From Hussaini Yero
The all progressive Congress APC, zamfara state chapter has draged the zamfara state independent Electoral commission ZASIEC to court over a serious injustice that is about to be clamped on the party, Democracy and the good people of Zamfara, according to APC.
This is about the upcoming local government councils elections that the state government in gross abuse of the electoral laws is organizing as a cult so that at the end of the exercise, they can declare their party and their stooges as winners against the will of the people.
The State publicity secretary Mallam Yusuf Idris told the journalist that, we have tagged in Press briefing as: The plot by Zamfara Govt/ZASIEC to deny people their constitutional rights at LGA Council elections
He said it’s compulsory to the ZASIEC should be given three months election notice to enable them sales party expression of interest and nominations forms, secreen candidates, conduct party primaries, attend to appeals on complaints, organize/carryout campaigns and prepare for the election which is not possible to execute within the announced unconstitutional time frame of just one month, given by the state government
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has uncovered a grand plan by the Zamfara State government using its tool, the state’s Independent Electoral Commission, ZASIEC to manipulate local government councils elections.
The state government which unconstitutional in total violation of the guiding rules and regulations and the principle of fair play is using a PDP card carrying member as the commission’s chairman to perfect injustice and injure other political parties and the citizens by denying other political parties’ candidates to satisfactorily participate in the electoral process in total violation of the electoral act.
We are appealing to our teeming supporters and members who have already indicated interest to vie for various elective positions of Chairman or councillor to exercise patience as the party leadership in consultation with critical stakeholders will do all that is necessary to ensure justice is done to members by the ZASIEC.
The state government which swore-in the commission’s chairman, Bala Aliyu Gusau on the 14/10/2024, the chairman immediately after taking oath of office and oath of allegiance announced a date for the local government election without even reporting to the office.
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