Political gladiators plotting against dictates of electoral act

Although there are many laws to guide the steps of political actors, the insincerity and narrow pursuit of selfish interest render the laws ineffectual.

This could explain why recently the leaders of the National Assembly, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila admitted there were errors in the Electoral Act 2022 after they had shot themselves and other statutory delegates out of the primaries. Earlier, there was speculation by an online medium that the Independent National Electoral Commission had succumbed and had listed their names. But, in a swift reaction, the electoral umpire debunked the insinuation that it doctored and backdated documents to accommodate nominations of Lawan and Akpabio as senatorial candidates for the 2023 general elections.

Okoye said: “As evidence of the alleged role played by the Commission, a certified true copy of Form 9C uploaded by their political party and received by the Commission on June 17, 2022, when the nomination portal closed was presented by the medium. “If minimum care had been exercised by the promoters of the story, they would have seen the two stamps of the Commission bearing different dates on the form. It is this form that is now misconstrued as INEC’s endorsement. For the record, the Commission has not recognised any of the two personalities as a senatorial candidate.”

Austin Umahi , a contender, stepped down at the second primary election conducted on June 9, 2022, which paved way for the governor to emerge unopposed. Recall that the former Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini, had warned that politicians who procured multiple forms were criminals and risked two years imprisonment.

Again, the APC in Jigawa also flouted the law during a special senatorial primary election following the death of its senatorial candidate, the late Tijjani Ibrahim Gaya in China after a brief illness. Weighing in on the contentious issues, Femi Falana , said: “Both the electoral act and the Constitution have empowered INEC to reject names of candidates that did not emerge from valid primaries but INEC gave the impression that its hands were tied.

The worst Senate presidiot or head of legislative arm that any democracy can imagine!😈🎃

These guys are just for their personal ambitions

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