However, Obi has now reacted after the recent development. In a post he shared on his official X page on Monday, he expressed that what happened over the weekend in the name of election in Edo State does not in any way represent the democratic process we chose as a method of electing our political leadership.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Obi qualified the election has a blatant example of ‘state capture’ and continued gross undermining of our democratic process and values.
Obi stressed that any nation whose leadership recruitment process is so fatally flawed is doomed. He urge those in authority not to allow this situation to stand, or depend on it to remain in power.
In his words;
“What happened over the weekend in the name of election in Edo State does not in any way represent the democratic process we chose as a method of electing our political leadership.
“Instead, it was a blatant example of ‘state capture’ and continued gross undermining of our democratic process and values. Any nation whose leadership recruitment process is so fatally flawed is doomed, and we are all seeing the effect in our country.
“I urge those in authority not to allow this situation to stand, or depend on it to remain in power.
“As a country, we have invested significantly in IReV and BVAS, and they must be allowed to function and used properly in order to free our electoral process from the massive falsification that has plagued it and worsening”.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
