Olawepo-Hashim calls for disbandment of INEC over appeal court judgment

A erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner and chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called for the disbandment of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, pursuing a caller Court of Appeal judgement connected the Electoral Act.

Olawepo-Hashim said the appellate court’s determination exposed cardinal flaws successful the medication of elections and raised superior concerns astir the credibility of the electoral body.

In a statement, helium argued that the judgement had rendered cardinal provisions of the Electoral Act ineffective, insisting that far-reaching reforms were indispensable to reconstruct nationalist assurance successful Nigeria’s electoral process.

According to him, the ruling highlighted the request for a implicit overhaul of INEC, which helium accused of failing to conscionable the expectations of Nigerians.

“The accusation of this judgement is that the existent operation of INEC has go untenable. The committee should beryllium disbanded and replaced with a much transparent and accountable instauration susceptible of conducting credible elections,” helium said.

Olawepo-Hashim maintained that electoral reforms indispensable spell beyond amendments to the instrumentality and code what helium described arsenic systemic weaknesses wrong the electoral absorption body.

He stressed that ideology tin lone thrive erstwhile elections are conducted successful a mode that reflects ...