Timenews reports that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Media aide, Lauretta Onochie, has denied being a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
During the screening by the Senate Committee on INEC on Thursday, Onochie, who was drilled by the lawmakers, denied being a member of any political party in Nigeria at the moment.
Onochie was nominated as a Federal Commissioner to represent the South-South Zone of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Onochie admitted to swearing an oath at an Abuja Federal High Court that she was a member of the APC.
She nevertheless said she stopped being a member of the party immediately after the 2019 elections.
Onochie further told the panel that Mrs May Agbamuche, a serving INEC National Commissioner from Delta State, is actually representing Cross River on the board of the commision.
As at the time of filing this report, it was yet to be decided if the nominee should be placed on oath, as suggested by Senator Bamidele Opeyemi (Ekiti North).
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