ABUJA – The Senate Tuesday, rejected the nomination of Ms Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
This was made known during Tuesday’s plenary when the Chairman of the Committee, Kabiru Gaya, submitted his report.
According to the chairman, Mrs. Onochie did not satisfy the provisions of the Federal Character Principles.
The Senate at the committee of the whole subsequently voted against her nomination.
Recall that the nomination of Onochie by President Muhamadu Buhari had attracted widespread condemnation by critics who accused her of being a partisan member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and thus not qualified to serve as an INEC Commissioner.
Onochie, however, claimed to have resigned from APC when she appeared for screening before the Senate last week.
