Honest elections impossible in Nigeria – Muslim group backs Senator Obiorah on INEC reform

The National Muslim Youth Association, NMYA, an alumni of Muslim Tertiary Students Association, has declared that honest elections are impossible in Nigeria with the President and the governors continuing to wield the power of appointing chairmen and members of electoral bodies.

The association said this on Monday at a press conference addressed by its President, Abdulraham Aliyu along with several other members in Abuja.

While aligning itself with the position of Senator Ikechukwu Obiorah, who had already forwarded a bill seeking to take away the power of appointing chairmen and members of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and State Independent Electoral Commission, SIECs, from the President and…