INEC: PDP leaders protest nomination of Lauretta Onochie
01 July 2021 |
9:23 am
Leaders of the main opposition party, PDP, on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly in protest, demanding the immediate reversal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Lauretta Onochie as National Commissioner of INEC.
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