The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is demanding the immediate resignation or sack of the INEC Chairman, Professor Amupitan, and all the National Commissioners.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) had, in October last year, sworn in Prof Amupitan as the sixth substantive Chairman of INEC.
But ADC, during a press conference addressed by Senator David Mark, accused Prof Amupitan and his commissioners of taking sides with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and cannot be trusted to conduct the 2027 general elections.
“We demand the immediate resignation or sack of the INEC Chairman, Professor Amupitan, and all the National Commissioners. We no longer have confidence in them. We are convinced that they are incapable of conducting any credible election.
“Let us also make it clear: we are proceeding with our party programmes because there is nothing under the law that makes INEC’s attendance a mandatory requirement. We have duly served INEC notice, and we will proceed accordingly.
“We also call on the international community to take note of INEC’s actions of April 1st and of the restraint we are exercising today. We urge them to recognise the clear threat to Nigeria’s democracy and stability, and to hold accountable those who undermine the integrity of the electoral process.
“We call on Nigerians to defend our democracy. This is a defining moment. Stand firm. Speak out. Participate. Resist any attempt to impose a one-party state in Nigeria. Nigeria belongs to all of us, and together, we must protect it,” the party said.
