Kogi Guber: The Plot to Disqualify Barr. Natasha Akpoti, And the too Many Questions For INEC to Answer | By Isah Bala
Proponents of democratic tenents were very clear when they held that democracy allows fair and equal treatment of everyone no matter his/her gender, race or intelligence.
Barr Natasha Akpoti
I aligned with the school of thought when they held further that laws under democratic government shall be applied equally without any consideration.
The recent heat on our polity has, however, negated the foremost and pristine tenets of democracy which ought to be a departure from a defunct system that encourages treatment and interpretation of laws based on who is involved.
INEC, an electoral umpire which ought to hold high and protect the Nigeria democracy by being non partisan, non partial, independent and conduct free, fair and credible elections that will usher in the most credible candidate to drive the needed change is regrettably the one frustrating the process that would have provided the best that will lead the rest.
We are recently struck with one of the many crimes of the commission by aiding and abetting the plot to knock Barr Natasha Akpoti out of Kogi State governorship election slated for November 16.
If INEC posed that the 34 year old running mate which is to be substituted is a 'minor' and punishable by disqualifying SDP and its candidate from the election, what happens to 33 year old Mahdi Aliyu Gusau who the same INEC screened and was allowed to be a running mate to governor Mohammed Mattawale of Zamfara State and they both contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 2019 governorship election?
Where was INEC and the constitution when the 33 year old man was celebrated on media spheres as the youngest deputy governor ever in Nigeria?
What happens to 29 years old Friday Echaria of AGAP, and 34 year old Ukah Chukwuma Prince of APP who were screened by INEC and contested as running mates in the last governorship election in Abia State.
What has changed in Nigeria constitution that allowed 33 year old Mahdi Aliyu Gusau of PDP, 29 year old Friday Echaria of AGAP, and 34 year old Ukah Chukwuma Prince of APP to contest as running mates in the last governorship election?
Then, we ask, what happens to the landmark ruling of Supreme Court in 2007 that ruled out INEC power to disqualify any candidate?
These and many unanswered questions have invariably gave room for conspiracy theory to hold sway as the unfolding events spelt the plot is aimed at clearing every hitches for Governor Yahaya Bello whose administration failed every gauge for good governance and severely knocked by political pundits for setting precedent for all time abysmal performance in the state.
I aligned with the school of thought when they held further that laws under democratic government shall be applied equally without any consideration.
The recent heat on our polity has, however, negated the foremost and pristine tenets of democracy which ought to be a departure from a defunct system that encourages treatment and interpretation of laws based on who is involved.
INEC, an electoral umpire which ought to hold high and protect the Nigeria democracy by being non partisan, non partial, independent and conduct free, fair and credible elections that will usher in the most credible candidate to drive the needed change is regrettably the one frustrating the process that would have provided the best that will lead the rest.
We are recently struck with one of the many crimes of the commission by aiding and abetting the plot to knock Barr Natasha Akpoti out of Kogi State governorship election slated for November 16.
If INEC posed that the 34 year old running mate which is to be substituted is a 'minor' and punishable by disqualifying SDP and its candidate from the election, what happens to 33 year old Mahdi Aliyu Gusau who the same INEC screened and was allowed to be a running mate to governor Mohammed Mattawale of Zamfara State and they both contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 2019 governorship election?
Where was INEC and the constitution when the 33 year old man was celebrated on media spheres as the youngest deputy governor ever in Nigeria?
What happens to 29 years old Friday Echaria of AGAP, and 34 year old Ukah Chukwuma Prince of APP who were screened by INEC and contested as running mates in the last governorship election in Abia State.
What has changed in Nigeria constitution that allowed 33 year old Mahdi Aliyu Gusau of PDP, 29 year old Friday Echaria of AGAP, and 34 year old Ukah Chukwuma Prince of APP to contest as running mates in the last governorship election?
Then, we ask, what happens to the landmark ruling of Supreme Court in 2007 that ruled out INEC power to disqualify any candidate?
These and many unanswered questions have invariably gave room for conspiracy theory to hold sway as the unfolding events spelt the plot is aimed at clearing every hitches for Governor Yahaya Bello whose administration failed every gauge for good governance and severely knocked by political pundits for setting precedent for all time abysmal performance in the state.
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