Election 2019: INEC excludes Amina Zakari from Collation Centre of the Presidential Poll Results

As the general elections draw nearer, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has excluded Amina Zakari and other national commissioners from the collation of presidential poll results.

The electoral body had initially designated Zakari to lead the collation centre during the Presidential election on February 16th. This followed a public outcry with many claiming that Zakari is a relative of President Buhari, an allegation that has been denied by the Presidency and Zakari herself.

According to The Nation newspaper, the collation of election results would be done at the collation secretariat and not the collation centre.

“No national commissioner is in charge of collation of presidential poll results. It is true that there is what is called collation centre but it is separate from the collation secretariat, which is responsible for the collation of results.

“No national commissioner will be appointed into the secretariat committee. So, Hajiya Amina Zakari or any national commissioner does not have anything to do with the collation of results.” a source told the Nation

This is coming after several people kicked against her deployment to the presidential poll centre, Amina Zakari is a distance niece of President Buhari who is seeking reelection and according to the opposition, there might be a conflict of interests.