https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feiXpeqNgiQ

Five years later, President Bola Tinubu defiled the constitution to appoint him a Resident Electoral Commissioner of the electoral commission, INEC.

By Abdulqudus Ogundapo

Etekemba Umoren, now appointed a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) from Akwa Ibom State.

In August 2018, Etekemba Umoren, now appointed a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) from Akwa Ibom State, underwent what could best be described as an induction into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), video evidence confirming his strong tie to the ruling party and open partisanship has shown.

The event was overseen by the current Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who was then the Senate Minority leader.

During the rally in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Akpabio welcomed Mr Umoren and other members of the state executive council of Udom Emmanuel, who are defecting to the APC in a show of loyalty to their principal, Mr Akpabio.

“From today have you accepted that Akwa Ibom State should become APC, and that old things have passed away?” Mr Akpabio asked Mr Umoren on stage as he handed him a broom, the emblem of the APC.

“If you say so, collect the broom, wave to the crowd here and tell them they’re in safe hands.”

Mr Umoren collected the broom, shook it vigorously to the crowd and chanted the party’s slogan. “APC! APC! Akwa Ibom, you are in safe hands,” he told the audience, still shaking the broom.

Illegal appointments

Five years later, in defilement of the constitution, President Bola Tinubu appointed Mr Umoren a REC from Akwa Ibom despite the clear prohibition of appointing partisan persons to the electoral commission.

“A member of the Commission shall be non-partisan and a person of unquestionable integrity,” Paragraph 14 (2), Item F, third schedule of the 1999 Constitution states.

The Senate led by Mr Akpabio, who inducted Mr Umoren into the party, upheld the illegality by confirming his appointment.

Another member of his party appointed into the commission is Isah Shaka, the REC from Edo State.

Meanwhile, two others are found to be long-time loyalists of Mr Tinubu and his Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

While Bunmi Omoseyindemi, the newly appointed Lagos REC had enjoyed Mr Tinubu’s political patronage, the newly appointed Rivers REC, Anugbum Onuoha, is a long-time ally and a relative of Mr Wike.


Poor attempt at denial

Despite the abundance of evidence that the illegally appointed REC from Akwa Ibom state is a member of the ruling APC, the party is attempting to sway public opinion by denying his membership.

Leading a group of party members to address a press conference on Sunday, Eseme Eyiboh, the spokesperson to Mr Akpabio claimed Mr Umoren was not a member of the ruling party.

Mr Eyiboh, who said he was speaking on behalf of the party leaders in Akwa Ibom State, noted that Mr Umoren appearing in APC regalia, does not automatically imply he was a member of the party.

He was silent about the video that showed Mr Umoren chanting the APC slogan as he brandished the party’s emblem, a broom, in public.

Mr Eyiboh claimed Mr Umoren was a bureaucrat and not a politician, adding that his service as a permanent secretary, chief of staff and then secretary to the state government was to the government and not to a political party.

He said: “The member of a political party must be not just a card-carrying member, he must be in financial standing with that political party. He must be among the registered members and prescription has nothing to do with uniform or mode of dressing.”

He added: “I have also seen that he wore the uniform of APC. The law is very strict and there is a plethora of Supreme Court cases on who is a member of a political party.

“For you to take an ordinary mode of dressing – the member of an organisation is not determined by their clothing by membership of that organisation. Every organisation has its criteria for its membership.”

Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the APC in Akwa Ibom, Otoabasi Udo, said what Mr Eyiboh disclosed at the press briefing is the position of the APC in the state.

“He is an APC person. He is the spokesperson for the Senate President who is an APC member. What he is saying is not out of the position of the APC,” Mr Udo told PREMIUM TIMES.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/640503-video-inec-rec-waves-apc-broom-chants-party-slogan-at-political-rally.html

And you are still acting surprised?

Welcome to Nigeria

As hardened criminals they will always want to defend the indefensible. This is how they bastardized everything including supposed neutral institutions like INEC.

They will soon come and explain, they have explanations for every of their demeanors without any iota of shame.

Evil party. The most fraudulent and corrupt political party in the history of Nigeria's political development.

Whare are the 30k agbado miscreants? Come and defend your oppressors.

Welcome to Banana Republic where the law is for the poor masses. We're heading to a One Party state

Una go wail tire, this is time for payback. The former INEC REC in akwaibom was a confirmed PDP Member and nobody cried foul. Infact the entire State electoral body is made up of PDP Members yet no one is crying. Na this innocent man una wan crucify cos Apc is about taking over akwaibom which has been used by the he previous and incumbent government PDP led government as a tissue paper.una never see chumtin

Etekamba Umoren is Known thief we all know him, how can Akpabio appoint a criminal to head in Akwa Ibom Inec Rec, this criminal rascality must stop.

The drugs Lord in Asorock is planning rigging in 2027

Politicians

E don Burst.
I'm shalipopi voice

Na today?

2018 when I went to collect my PVC. One of the Inec staff was wearing a shirt with the insignia " Ajimobi for Senate".

An Inec official that should be nonpartisan wearing such shirt and even wearing it to work

Like someone said, Nigeria fit be Neflix channel wey them dey watch us the way we dey do for Heaven..

Naija I hail .

Everything will end here on earth even the oppressor and the oppressed.

The rigging machinery for 2027 is already being built.
Waiting for Sukanmi the FreeStuffsNG guy to come and tell us that what he is waving is not APC broom but mop for mopping water from the floor

Harmuny:
Welcome to Nigeria

You mean Tinubu’s Nigeria of fraudsters, drug lords and certificate forgers

This isn't news...! Even the CJN is a staunch supporter of the APC.

Naija is more or less a one party state.

APC members are even masquerading under PDP and Labor party.

Normal tin infact they should make all apc members inec officers

The same people who appointed Lauretta Onuiche as INEC commissioner or another APC? This is how they appoint people that help them rig elections and call it democracy

These people are still looking where every angle that they can find some tears and cry it in public. Election is over, lets face our own lives

Who doesn't know that INEC is an extension of APC

APCs 8 yrs is worse than PDPs 16yrs

I just want to live my life right, so I don't have to come back to this earth again or if I will come back, then it's has to be one of the saner countries.

We are products of the system we call "Corruption".

Anybody crying against this government will do the same or worse if he's given the opportunity.

As it is, If you can't be very holy as to not to want to reincarnate back to this country, then you have to seize the government by their balls, but you have to be clean to do that; but then again who's clean?

Politics na who e favor. nobody get your time.

Abeg make I continue my "Age of Reasoning".

dominique:
Na wa o. How can such electoral officer conduct free and fair elections? Other parties must clamour for his for his removal else they cancel the election

Conversely...

It's a relatively old video going back to 5 years ago. So, he may NOT be a current member of APC. But if there's more evidence to link him to the party, then he can step down.

Many folks such as Atiku Abubakar who where members of APC left to join other political parties, so old video recordings of those men and women waving the APC broom symbol doesn't mean they are still current members of the APC.

Phantom233:
Una go wail tire, this is time for payback. The former INEC REC in akwaibom was a confirmed PDP Member and nobody cried foul. Infact the entire State electoral body is made up of PDP Members yet no one is crying. Na this innocent man una wan crucify cos Apc is about taking over akwaibom which has been used by the he previous and incumbent government PDP led government as a tissue paper.una never see chumtin

u are pathetic
APC was brought in to correct the many errors of PDP but here u are encouraging them to do even worst than what PDP did.

the fall of APC will be too drastic

Check my signature for your project work and data science

Fatbam005:
Everything will end here on earth even the oppressor and the oppressed.

But before it ends, the oppressed will see hell on earth, because he has chosen to perish for lack of knowledge and be a tribesman.

EloquentMedia:
UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR ROLE IN SOCIETY, YOU CAN NEVER MAKE ANY MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION.

According to the Greeks there are three types of people on earth,

- the idiots,

- the tribesmen, and

- the citizens.

Studies show only 10% of Africans are citizens.

The remaining 90% are either tribesmen or idiots.

1. THE IDIOTS.
When the Greeks used the word "idiot", they did not use it as a curse word.

Idiots are people who just don’t care.

If they write exams, they will cheat.

If they are in government they will steal.

An idiot does not care at all, if he eats bananas he throws the peels anywhere instead of putting them in a trash bin.

According to the Greeks, some societies have more idiots than tribesmen and citizens.

2. THE TRIBESMEN
The next set of people are tribesmen, these are people that look at everything from the point of view of their tribe.

These are people that believe in you only if you are part of their tribe.

It can be terrible to have a tribesman as a leader, he will alienate the rest.

When the Greeks talk about tribes, it’s not just about ethnicity, they also consider religion as a tribe.

A great percentage of Africans are tribesmen, because they view everything from the point of view of their tribes.

They trust only their tribesmen.

3. THE CITIZENS
The last group are citizens.

These are people that like to do things the right way.

They will respect traffic light rules even if no one is watching them.

They drive within speed limits.

They respect the laws, won’t cheat in exams.

In government they won’t steal.

They are compassionate and give to others to promote their wellbeing.

Citizens often promote projects that benefit everyone.

The Greeks called this group the citizens.

Some countries have more citizens than tribesmen and idiots.

Others have so many idiots.

A tribesman can become a citizen through orientation.

And an idiot can become a citizen by training and constant enforcement of the law.

But things fall apart if you elect an idiot or tribesman to lead you if he has not been reformed.

Where do you belong?

Are you an idiot, a tribesman or a citizen?

Reflect about your life.

Reflect about your country and Africa in general before you answer.

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