Civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, Tuesday rejected Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. HURIWA kicked against the nomination, accusing the Presidential aide as a peddler of fake news.
In a statement signed by its national convener, Emmanuel Onwubiko, the group said “Lauretta Onochie is known on social media for peddling fake news and pictures as some of her claims have been proven to be false including tweeting false pictures to praise the Buhari administration.”
This is even as the group faulted the nomination on alleged partisanship of the nominee, saying “Luaretta Onochie is a fanatical member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and so by her appointment into a commission tasked with the mandate to conduct elections in Nigeria wherein the All Progressives Congress will participate, President Buhari is setting the stage for a very huge political crisis, which is capable of derailing our democratic process.”
