{"id":82937,"date":"2021-06-30T19:47:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T18:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=82937"},"modified":"2021-06-30T19:47:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T18:47:28","slug":"pdp-leaders-storm-senate-protest-onochies-nomination-as-inec-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-leaders-storm-senate-protest-onochies-nomination-as-inec-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP leaders storm Senate, protest Onochie\u2019s nomination as INEC Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1704012288020571317\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party besieged the Senate on Wednesday to protest against the nomination of the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, for appointment as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, representing Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>The party leaders also assured the defecting senators from its party that they would be made to lose their seats in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The Party seized the opportunity to submit a letter of protest against the nomination of Onochie for the top INEC job.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was addressed to the Chairman, Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Kabiru Gaya.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, titled, \u201cRejection of the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as INEC Commissioner,\u201d and signed by Senator Umaru Ibrahim Tsauri, the National Secretary of PDP.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the letter read, \u201cThe National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has learnt of the nomination of Mrs. Lauretta Onochie as a Commissioner in INEC by Mr. President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nomination which was read on the floor of the Senate and forwarded to your committee for screening has created a lot of misgivings in the court of public opinion and judgement.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cOur Party considers it as important to bring to the attention of your committee the fact that our duty is to let you know that the National Assembly must endeavour to do things right and in accordance with the dictates of the laws of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nigeria Constitution 1999 as amended clearly prohibits people like Mrs. Onochie, who is very partisan, in fact, a card-carrying member of a political party to be appointed into INEC as an electoral umpire. Section 156(i)(a) and third schedule, Part 1, Item F, Paragraph 14(1) of the Constitution have outrightly disqualified her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are, therefore, writing to ask the Chairman to save the Senate President, the Senate itself and Mr. President from being ridiculed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on your committee to reject the nomination of Mrs. Onochie because she cannot be neutral or independent as she is factually known to be an unrepentant card-carrying member of the APC with uncountable number of proofs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer confirmation will be a wholesome abuse of democratic tenets and dragging the reputation of the President and the Senate in the political mud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, don\u2019t make an avoidable legislative and political mistake for the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKindly, accept the assurances of our highest consideration and esteem regard.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party besieged the Senate on Wednesday to protest against the nomination of the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, for&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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