The former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has warned Nigerian electorates against voting for All Progressive Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections.
Jega gave the warnings Monday in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Hausa service monitored in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. He argued that the ruling and opposition political parties are, however; synonymous with corruption and various forms of embezzlement. According to him, the electorates, particularly the masses, should vote for a credible alternative political party in 2023. His words: “The APC and the PDP have ruled all we have seen. They do not mean reform.
“If you look at the fight against corruption, all the people who are said to be thieves will be punished because they stole under the PDP,” stating that they have now defected to the APC, and the media and people are silent. Continuing, he disclosed: “That is why we believe it is time to create a platform for all good people to return and contribute to the cause of change in Nigeria.” The 64-year-old Professor of Political Science at the Bayero University; Kano, said that he has registered as a member of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) to see how he could “help” the country.
He alleged that those in the major political parties have destroyed everything and had made the parties stigmatized. According to him; whichever good person joins the two political parties would be considered like them. On the agitations for separations, he said: “I blamed the moves for separation on bad leadership in the country,” noting that it had thrown the nation into its current problems. He said since these corrupt people have blocked everything, to the point that even if you are a good person and you are in their party and you can’t curse anything, then there should be a different party that will bring good people together. “Obviously the way I see our politicians running the election and the way they are represented when they are elected is really scary,” he lamented.
