A group, the Unified Nigerian Youth Forum, has warned against the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, ahead of the 2023 general elections.
It also warned politicians to halt the unnecessary distraction of the INEC chairman as the nation prepares for the forthcoming polls.
Addressing journalists in Kaduna on Friday, the President, UNYF, Abdulsalam Kazeem, said it was unacceptable that despite the laudable electoral reforms embarked upon by Yakubu, some individuals and groups were demanding his resignation or sack.
According to him, those behind the charade are nothing but paid agents and goons of selfish and unpatriotic politicians seeking to manipulate next year’s general elections at all cost.
He added that politicians, who were not comfortable with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, should forget the 2023 elections and not disrupt the commission’s mandate of conducting free, fair and credible polls.
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