INEC okays Makarfi as PDP Ag National Chairman
(Nigeria) The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has recognised Sen. Ahmed Makarfi as the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In a statement by Mr Nick Dazang, INEC’s Deputy Director,
Voter Education and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja, said INEC ratified the
administrative approval granted Makarfi, based on the judgment of the Federal
High Court, Port Harcourt.
Dazang said the ratification was in line with INEC’s decision
extract, issued on July 14, 2016 by the Director, Commission’s Secretariat, Mr
Ishiaku Gali.
He said INEC would recognise the National Caretaker’s
activities such as the conduct of primaries of political officers and submission
of the plaintiff’s list of the candidate for any election to be conducted by
INEC.
``Two weeks ago, the commission received the candidate
forwarded to it by the Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the PDP, which had
earlier secured an order from the Port Harcourt High Court,’’ he added.
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