As the general elections draw nearer, the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) has excluded Amina Zakari and other
national commissioners from the collation of presidential poll results. The
electoral body had initially designated Zakari to lead the collation center
during the Presidential election on February 16th. This followed a public
outcry with many claiming that Zakari is a relative of President Buhari, an
allegation that has been denied by the Presidency and Zakari herself.
According to The Nation newspaper, the collation of election
results would be done at the collation secretariat and not the collation
centre.
“No national commissioner is in charge of collation of
presidential poll results. It is true that there is what is called collation
centre but it is separate from the collation secretariat, which is responsible
for the collation of results.
“No national commissioner will be appointed into the
secretariat committee. So, Hajiya Amina Zakari or any national commissioner
does not have anything to do with the collation of results.” a source told the
Nation
