Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students Senate have rejected recent speculations about the removal of incumbent President Comrade Adedayo Asefon due to alleged illegitimate tenure extension on Monday.
According to Comrade Usman Mohammed, Secretary Zone A Stakeholders Forum, the Union had fixed Friday, August 12, 2022, to induct the acting National President.
However, the NANS Senate condemned and interpreted Mohammed’s statement as unauthorised and spiteful. He claims that he is neither a senator nor a member of the Senate.
They also addressed the allegations against the President in a statement approved by the Senate president, Deputy Senate President and Clerk, Chuks Okafor Innocent, Uzman Nagwaza, and Juliet Obinta. Asserting that irrespective of the attacks by disqualified contestants, Comr. Adedayo remains President until the upcoming election is conducted.
According to a punch report, the statement reads.
"The constitutional process for transition has started with the Convention Planning Committee in place, and aspirants into different offices have obtained nomination forms and have been duly screened as required by the constitution, so the insinuation that the President is not transitioning power is not only irresponsible but self-serving.
"Security agencies have been notified to investigate the said comrade for his attempt to cause the breakdown of order and peace at this sensitive period of our nation’s history."
"Comrade Adedayo Asefon remains the constitutionally recognised President and the Senate is the only authority empowered by the constitution to remove a sitting president."
"The transition process is in top gear and those that are agitated because they can’t prove their studentship and as such are disqualified from contesting any office in NANS are behind this onslaught against the President because of his insistence that only registered students of a recognised tertiary institution will be cleared to contest the election."
"The President and the Senate have acted according to the constitution by constituting the Convention Planning Committee, which is saddled with the responsibility of organising the elective convention, and as such, the President cannot be blamed for any delay in the process as he is not part of the CPC."
Citing the Nigeria constitution a NANS President should not spend more that 15 month in office.
Conversely, the said Nans President has spent close to 17 months, so constitutional he shouldn't be the incumbent president.