2023 Presidency: EU calls for sack of INEC Chairman, Tinubu's disqualification? Truth springs up

The European Union (EU) in Nigeria has reacted to a report alleging that it is calling for the immediate sack of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Part of the unfounded claim is that the EU is making this call to the Nigerian government in partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI) through a report that recommended that Yakubu should step down among other observations, Vanguard reports.

Part of the report credited to the international organisation said: “The Democracy Review Office for the EU recommends the following actions be taken to address the situation: the step own of the sitting INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. A review of the election result and implementation of corrections or the conduct of a supplementary.

“The disqualification of the president-elect and presidential candidate for the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for gross electoral misconduct as stipulated in the Nigerian constitution.”

However, the EU has dismissed the statement, insisting that it knows nothing about it Agnes Doka, the EU's press officer in Nigeria, speaking on the issue, said the organisation did not enter into any alliance with the NDI as alleged in the letter.

Doka added that the EU has nothing to do with the said letter with regard to the general elections which was purportedly issued by Eric Mamer on Thursday, March 2.