Buhari Nominates APC Card Carrying Member As REC In Osun

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated an All Progress Congress APC card carrying member Raheem Muideen Olalekan, as Resident Electoral Commissioner REC for Osun State.

The nominee disclosed that he was a card carrying member of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC while defending his nomination before the Senate Committee for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday.

Olalaken repeatedly confirmed his political affiliation with the APC.

He said “Olalekan said, “I am a member of APC. I am a member of APC and I contested for local government chairmanship in 2013.”

In spite of efforts of the committee members to help him with leading questions on his membership being old and not in posesson of the party membership card, the nominee still maintained his loyalty to the APC.

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His acceptance as APC member, however, confirmed a petition against his nomination by one Oyebade Adebisi Abideen, alleging that he has openly supported a particular political party which negates part of the constitutional criteria for INEC Commissioner.

The nominee who claimed to have left politics in 2013, confirmed that he was a DG to political aspirant in 2017.

He said “He said, “I am a member of APC. I am a member of APC and I contested for local government chairmanship in 2013. In 2015, I left politics and moved on to the University of Ibadan to go and study psychology.

“I had the card then when I had the intention of contesting for election. On the question, if I was a DG of a contestant, Yes I was DG of a contestant in 2017.”