Some Nigerians online have reacted to allegation by the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, of plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu.
CUPP on Saturday alleged that President Buhari wants to replace Yakubu with Amina Zakari as Acting Chairman under the guise of INEC’s inability to conduct the presidential and National Assembly elections.
According to CUPP, Buhari wants to sack INEC Chairman for refusing to conduct staggered election.
The report has since stirred diverse reaction from Nigerians on social media.
However, while some Nigerians called on Buhari not to sack INEC Chairman, Yakubu, others condemned the allegations involving Amina Zakari and President Buhari.
Here are some comments gathered by DAILY POST from Twitter:
@Jacksonphn “Buhari/APC planning to sack Mahmood Yakubu as INEC Chairman, replace him with Amina Zakari. This plot is seriously being considered by the Cabals. They want to hide under the guise of the election postponement and claim Yakubu is not competent. Buharists ask to trend sack Yakubu.”
@Demolarewaju “The anger of Adams Oshiomhole is self-serving: APC wanted staggered elections but INEC frustrated it, Nigerians should make clear that any attempt to give the Onnoghen treatment to Mahmood Yakubu to pave way for Amina Zakari will mean that NigeriaDecides2019 is a fiasco.”
@Sylamlabu “Don’t try to heat up the polity that is already heated up by this postponement. Have some decorum and guided.”
@Usmanmasaga “The attempt to force Mahmoud Yakubu, the Chairman of INEC, to field APC candidates in Zamfara state or end up losing his job is condemnable. Buhari you are playing with fire. Removing the INEC Chairman and replacing him with Amina Zakari will not be the end of your problems.”
@Teamfashola “Leave Amina Zakari alone! I can now officially say that I hate the PDP. You do not support women and girls rights to growth and you love to bully them out of positions. ”
@SugarZeddy “Leave Amina Zakari alone, PDP supporters spreading hate!”
@MobiliseforAtiku1 “We hope Buhari will not set this country on fire by bringing his in-law Zakari to supervise this crucial Presidential election? This can’t be true?”
@OdogwuGNR. “If the consideration for Amina zakari is true, just know the man doesn’t want to hold the election but possibly crash the system and throw the nation into monumental crises.”
@Demola “APC has now become super-desperate, on a level never before seen in Nigeria. The plan is to capitalise on our collective outrage to implement a suspension of Yakubu Mahmood and bring in Amina Zakari, Buhari’s relative, as Acting Chairperson to conduct the 2019 elections.”
@SnrCadre “Just like CJN Onnoghen, they’ve started flying another kite using Puppet Kadiara, to instigate the resignation of Prof Mahmoud Yakubu as INEC Chair, so their Amina Zakari can take over the elections. Nigerians must reject this.”
@ShedrackSaidu “We reject anything from Amina Zakari. And any part she is going to play to enthrone incompetency.We reject it.”
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