Guest lecturer and former head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar speaking during the silver jubilee celebration of the National Defence College in Abuja on Friday (16/6/17).
Former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar has been appointed as the leader of the Commonwealth Observer Group for the soon-to-be-held elections in Pakistan.
Famzn News gathered that the Arabic nation will on July 25th head to the polls to choose their leaders.
Abdusalami will be going into the duty with several persons picked from across the regions of the Commonwealth with foundations in law, diplomacy, politics, media and election administration.
The team has been charged with identifying reasons that affect the credibility of elections.
“The Commonwealth Observation Group is to act impartially and independently,” said Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland.
“It will be free to propose actions on institutional, procedural or other matters as would assist concerned authorities with elections in the future.”
The Group will arrive in Pakistan, July 18th and return July 30th.