{"id":178585,"date":"2025-09-12T08:56:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kachikwu-critiques-inec-boss-over-tinubus-actions"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T08:59:13","slug":"kachikwu-critiques-inec-boss-over-tinubus-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kachikwu-critiques-inec-boss-over-tinubus-actions","title":{"rendered":"Kachikwu Critiques INEC Boss Over Tinubu&#8217;s Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the last general election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has suggested that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, gave a parting \u2018shot\u2019 at President Bola Tinubu by recognizing the David Mark-led leadership of the ADC.<\/p>\n<p>Kachikwu specifically stated that he knew that the INEC chairman was going to give the President \u2018a big middle finger\u2019 to show his displeasure towards the president.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today on Thursday, Kachikwu argued that Yakubu should not have made pronouncements concerning the ADC while several cases involving the party were still pending in court.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes after the INEC on Thursday gave its backing to the David Mark led ADC\u2019s leadership, publishing their names on the Commission\u2019s portal.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kachikwu criticised Yakubu, describing him as the worst and biggest mistakes Nigeria had ever made as a country.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cAnd I believe in the Nigerian judiciary. I believe that ultimately they will decide the outcome of this case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never had any faith in the INEC Chairman\u2019s ability to do anything concerning this, because it\u2019s one of the worst, the biggest mistakes we\u2019ve made as a country. I\u2019m glad that he\u2019s leaving, but we know that the court will ultimately decide and will see the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t expecting him to do anything otherwise. I knew that, as the chairman was leaving, I knew that he was going to give the President a big middle finger and he was going to do anything to show his displeasure towards the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s what he did. I\u2019ve said this. I knew that this was what he was going to do, and he did it. Of course, he waited just a few weeks before leaving so he could do it. And then, I mean, of course, no remorse, nothing anybody can say to him. But he\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd again, you will see the politics in Nigeria. I mean, when people have had dealings and have things that they have done that they are hiding, nobody who can afford to say anything to him because they can\u2019t afford to expose each other. And so, he has done what he has done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, my party, the party of Nigerians who are trying to see how they can rebuild Nigeria, we are the victims here. And when two elephants are fighting, the grass is the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the last general election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has suggested that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, gave a parting \u2018shot\u2019 at President Bola Tinubu by recognizing the David Mark-led leadership of the ADC. 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