- The federal government has revealed its position regarding the supplementary election held in Adamawa state on Saturday, April 15 that led to a fresh drama in the polity
- Reacting to the development after PDP’s Ahmad Fintiri emerged victorious, the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed said President Muhammadu Buhari’s government does not intervene in election matters that is within INEC’s power
- Alhaji Mohammed noted that Buhari does not micromanage INEC regarding the commission’s conduct of elections
The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, April 19, disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari refrained from reacting to the spectacle at the Adamawa state governorship election because he does not micromanage government agencies.
He argued that it was the prerogative of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deal with the infraction by the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Ari, The Punch reported.
