Soyinka, Tinubu at Oshiomhole’s anniversary: Iwu must go – The Nation
November 13, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
The campaign for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chair Prof Maurice Iwu’s removal intensified yesterday, with Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka and others insisting that he must go.
Speaking during the celebration of the first anniversary of Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole in office, they said there would be no free and fair election if Iwu is not removed.
They were reacting to senate President David Mark’s comments that Iwu’s removal would not solve the country’s electoral problems.
Others are former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu, former Kaduna State Governor Balarabe Musa, former Edo State Governor John Odigie-Oyegun. Their stand is that only electoral reforms will ensure Nigeria’s growth.
Soyinka, who delivered a lecture entitled: “Electoral integrity begets governance integrity”, said the people’s right to choose their leaders through the ballot box is not debatable.
For the people to be able to do this in a free and fair election, they need an impartial arbiter, he said.
