APC Criticizes INEC Over Redeployment Of RECs

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over
the recent redeployment of Resident Electoral
Commissioners (RECs), a move the commission said it
made as part of ways to ensure a free and fair election
in 2015.
The Chairman, Enugu State chapter of the APC, Ben
Nwoye said redeployment of RECs had almost become
a routine.
”It is bad for INEC to routinely, switch the RECs few
weeks before the general elections. It shows that INEC
trusted in the conduct of the elections,” he said.
The APC chieftain described the recent exercise as a
recipe for disaster, stating that the re-deployed RECs
already appreciate the geographical terrain of their
operations and had built confidence with the political
stakeholders in their various states.
“Enugu state do not have confidence that the new REC,
Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu will be able to conduct
or supervise a free and fair election because of his
antecedents in Anambra State. He supervised the
conduct of the most unfair election in Anambra state
which is subject of litigation. INEC Charman, Prof.
Attahiru Jega admitted that the election he(Onukaogu)
conducted in Anambra last year was floored,” Nwoye
said.