Femi Falana, the human rights lawyer, says the house of representatives should pass the Electoral Offences Commission bill to tackle cases of violence in the 2023 electionsSpeaking on Sunday in an interview with Channels Television, Falana said many LGAs have reportedly been taken over by criminals.
Falana said the Independent National Electoral Commission alone cannot carry out a successful poll, adding that the people must be ready to defend their votes.“There are local governments in Nigeria today, where farmers have to pay levies imposed on them by terrorists. You can’t talk of elections in those places,” he said.
“Because if this trend continues, the credibility of the elections will be questioned. Candidate will say I would have won in places where you didn’t hold election, and that would be problematic.“I’d like to appeal to the house representatives to pass the Electoral Offences Commission Bill, which was passed last July by the Senate.
“INEC alone cannot conduct credible election. The people themselves must go beyond organising rallies, the people themselves, beyond attending rallies, must defend their votes. Under the new Electoral Act, elections would be won and lost at each polling unit, and there would be automatic transmission of results.
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