A member of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Diran Odeyemi, has said that the emergence of Prof Nentawe Yilwatda as APC national Chairman raises doubt about INEC’s neutrality in the elections to be held under his chairmanship.
He recently revealed that the appointment has exposed that Prof Yilwatda had APC’s DNA all along.
Speaking during an interview with PUNCHNG, Diran shared that his emergence as the ruling party’s chairman raises major concerns about Yilwatda’s neutrality in his previous assignments.
According to him, everyone questioning INEC’s independence after Yilwatda’s appointment cannot be blamed because arriving at such a conclusion is only logical.
“This appointment has again exposed who Prof Yilwatda is. He has APC DNA, which raises serious concerns about his neutrality in his previous assignments, through which he got the new appointment as APC national chairman. This again raises the question of how truly independent INEC is,” he said.
Diran further noted that he can only hope Nentawe Yilwatda’s friends and colleagues are not in charge of the 2027 presidential elections because it’ll be very suspicious.
He concluded by saying that it’ll be sad to accept that future election results have already been decided with Yilwatda’s new position.
“Let’s hope his contemporaries are not in charge of our elections in Nigeria, or can we rightly conclude that election results have been pronounced with the announcement of his name as their new chairman?” he added.
