Senate Minority Leader Questions ADC’s Push For Prof. Amupitan’s Removal

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The Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, has criticised the African Democratic Congress over its demand for the resignation of INEC Chairman, Professor Amupitan Joash. He recently had his say while speaking during an interview on Arise Television, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Warning against the continuous escalation of political tension through protests and public agitation, he stressed that such calls could further heighten political tension in the country.

He added that the demand is not new in Nigeria’s political history and should not be seen as the ultimate solution to electoral disputes.

His words, “If you are a very good student of Nigerian political history, you will know that that is not the first time that a political party has insisted or demanded that the chairman of the electoral umpire should resign. I don’t think that is the ultimate.

Assuming without conceding that the INEC chairman resigns today, who is going to midwife the 2027 election? If you are saying that the INEC chairman is biased, the concomitant implication is that the electoral body is no longer capable of conducting the election.

So because he is accused of misinterpreting, he should resign. I don’t believe in that. And I don’t believe in the constant raising of the political temperature of this country by this constant protest.

You saw the protest yesterday by members of the ADC. The ADC is just one political party out of the 19 that are participating in the electoral process in Nigeria. And so if you look at the protests that have been going on, it’s all about ADC. If they want to unseat President Tinubu, Fine, it’s their legitimate right. But is that how to go about it?

If you say they misinterpreted the pronouncement of the court, status quo ante bellum, lawyers have given different interpretations. They say maintain the status quo as it was before the crisis. What is the misinterpretation there? Don’t forget that the various political actors in ADC are in court for various reasons.

The political persons you saw there left their various political parties and say that they are adopting EDC as their platform to unseat the president. So if you want to adopt a platform, do you go to take over the platform? Instead of going through the process and exonerating themselves, they are on the streets.”

WOW.