{"id":198296,"date":"2026-04-03T20:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-chairman-denies-role-in-nigerias-one-party-state-plan"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:49:43","slug":"inec-chairman-denies-role-in-nigerias-one-party-state-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/inec-chairman-denies-role-in-nigerias-one-party-state-plan","title":{"rendered":"INEC Chairman Denies Role in Nigeria&#8217;s One-Party State Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan, says he is not part of any plan to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.<\/p>\n<p>Amupitan said this on Friday during an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the commission\u2019s decision to delist the leadership got the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Amupitan said, \u201cLet me state very clearly that I\u2019m not a part of anyone\u2019s plan to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this judgment didn\u2019t come, would I decide on my own? Even on social media, if you look at people who talk, they speak from their own interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question is whether they lack confidence in what INEC has done. INEC didn\u2019t make the decision that is causing these grievances.\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. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan, says he is not part of any plan to turn Nigeria into a one-party state. Amupitan said this on Friday during an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST. 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