A political activist and former federal lawmaker, Usman Bugaje, has stated that any election the place the president appoints the chairman of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, is a sham.
Bugaje made this assertion on Monday, whereas responding to questions in an interview on Come up Tv.
Based on him, reforms should concentrate on insulating the electoral physique from political manipulation.
Talking on who appoints the electoral umpire, the previous federal lawmaker warned that democracy couldn’t stand if the president remained answerable for the method.
“I don’t assume the president, and I don’t imply this president, any president ought to have a hand in deciding on the INEC chairman. That’s the purpose.
“I feel any election that the president will take part in and he would be the one to herald who would be the INEC chair, I feel it’s a sham election,” he stated.
