The Senate on Tuesday, rejected the confirmation of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the INEC.
Chairman of the Committee, Kabiru Gaya, in his report said Onochie did not satisfy the provisions of the Federal Character Principles because there is currently a serving commissioner from Delta State, where she hails from.
Onochie, currently a Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2020 as an INEC commissioner to represent Delta State
At the screening exercise last thursday, Onochie who described herself as ‘madam due process’ told the Senate panel that she quit politics in 2019 and that she is no longer partisan – a claim which turned out to be false.
