- Peter Obi has declared that the Nigeria cannot grow with election rigging
- According to him, rigging that characterised the general election undermines Nigeria’s democracy
- Going further, he blamed the sustenance of incompetent persons in political offices on election rigging
Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in February 23 presidential election, Peter Obi, has declared that the country cannot grow with election rigging.
Obi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday,March 17, Channels TV reports.
According to him, rigging that characterised the general election undermines Nigeria’s democracy.
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“The only thing rigging does to a country is that it continues to keep incompetent people in office, and as a result, rather than put energy in creating jobs to engage its teeming youths, it instead channels it trying to contain all sorts of vices and brigandage,” Obi said.
Going further, he blamed the sustenance of incompetent persons in political offices on election rigging, and added that the enormity of damage done to Nigerians cannot be quantified.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, condemned the suspension of elections in various states across Nigeria.
Obi also urged the international community to show more than a passing interest in a “contrived stalemate in the elections affecting Rivers and five other states”.
In a statement released by his media aide on Tuesday, March 12, the former governor kicked against the alleged role of the military in the election.
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He also queried the alleged forceful relocation of collation centres to a military formation, as well as the refusal of the military to allow journalists and local and foreign observers access to the collation process.
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