Sentences with phrase «independent electoral umpire»

It is the political will of the government of the day, as well as a genuinely independent electoral umpire in Nigeria's case, the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The party went further, «The party is shocked that INEC, a supposedly independent electoral umpire could allow itself to succumb to the antics of the APC by following the unlawful directive of an obviously partisan AGF to substitute a candidate in the middle of the ballot process.

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He said electoral reform and the appointment of Prof. Attahiru Jega as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman restored his confidence in politics after previous umpires «disappointed» him.

The lawmakers at the plenary on Wednesday resolved to mandate the Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission to probe into why the electoral umpire found three of its workers guilty in the registration scandal but chose to issue a new card to Bello.

According to them, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was not spared of the attack, saying, these politicians were afraid of due process that the electoral umpire was working hard to achieve.