Ikeji, says the just concluded election was one of the most rigged
elections he had ever witnessed in Nigeria, despite being considered
free and fair.
Speaking on a breakfast show, Sunrise Daily on Channels Television on
Monday, Mr Ikeji accused INEC officials of being compromised,
stressing further that the politicians themselves were out to rig and
those who won simply outwitted those who lost.
"Just about every politicians I came across was in the game of
rigging. Nothing can be farther from the truth than that these
elections were fair and free.
"In fact I have to be honest, this is one of the most rigged elections
I have witnessed. I was in the field and I can tell you that electoral
offences were rampant," Mr Ikeji said.
On card readers, the election observer expressed dissatisfaction. He
said that the card readers did not work in many areas he went to.
He said that they (the electorate) had agreed not to use the card
readers, revealing that he clearly saw people coming back to vote
twice while some voted three times in both national and state
elections.
He added also that some polling units were dominated by some political
parties, as they were able to buy the minds of voters and the
electoral officials.
Mr Ikeji also said that all materials for the election should have
been present at the commencement of the voting, including the result
sheets, which various political party agents should verify.
He also indicted some election observers saying many of them were
compromised and carried out their duties with bias.
He reacted to the statement by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) that it had commenced the compilation of all
electoral offences recorded in the 2015 general elections with a
view to prosecuting those found wanting.
The legal practitioner said that it was a good statement by INEC that
they would prosecute electoral offenders, but noted that the solution
does not just lie in advocacy, pronouncement or trying to put
technology in place to obviate the need for politicians to rig.
He advised that the attraction in elective and political public
positions be reduced to discourage politicians wanting to get to
position by all means.
--ChannelsTV
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