President Muhammadu Buhari has debunked allegations of having a family relationship with Amina Zakari, who was recently appointed the Chairperson of INEC Advisory Committee and Presidential Election Collation Centre Committee.
A statement by his spokesman Garba Shehu on Friday said: “President Buhari and Commissioner Amina Zakari don’t share a family relationship. An inter-marriage occurred in their extended families, so the imputation of blood relationship between the President and the electoral commissioner is a simple lie.”
The appointment of the Zakari who formerly headed the ICT department of the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come under severe attacks from the main opposition party PDP, accusing Buhari of building a rigging architecture ahead of the 2019 elections.
President Buhari is set for a race with Atiku Abubakar in the presidential polls in February 2019.
By our Reporter
