The Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence (CAIDOV) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make sure that the desires of Nigerians prevail within the 2027 basic elections.
By Catherine Egwuom
The Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence (CAIDOV) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make sure that the desires of Nigerians prevail within the 2027 basic elections.
The Executive Director of CAIDOV, Mr Gbenga Soloki, made the decision in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.
Soloki mentioned the elections should depart from earlier flaws, irregularities and manipulations, noting that Nigerians desired real democracy the place their votes counted.
“Let the wishes of the people prevail during the 2027 general elections. This is our warning to INEC.
“Nigerians are tired of electoral fraud, vote-buying, voter intimidation, falsification of results and technical glitches that are deliberately orchestrated to subvert the will of the people,” he mentioned.
He urged INEC to revive public confidence via early preparations, clear recruitment and coaching of advert hoc workers, and efficient functioning of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
Soloki additionally referred to as for real-time digital transmission of outcomes from polling models to make sure transparency and credibility.
“The era of inconclusive elections, late arrival of materials, over-voting, ballot box snatching and announcing results that are at variance with what was recorded at polling units must end.
“INEC must be truly independent and impartial,” he mentioned.
The human rights activist urged safety companies to stay impartial {and professional} earlier than, throughout and after the elections, warning in opposition to voter intimidation and disruptions in opposition strongholds.
He charged political events and candidates to shun violence, hate speech, ethnic and non secular bigotry and embrace issue-based campaigns.
Soloki urged politicians to deal with starvation, insecurity, unemployment and hardship dealing with Nigerians of their marketing campaign guarantees.
He additionally referred to as on youths, girls and eligible voters to take part actively within the electoral course of and procure their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
“Vote-buying is mortgaging your future. If you sell your vote, you have sold your right to demand good governance. Nigerians must vote their conscience in 2027,” he mentioned.
He assured that CAIDOV, as a human rights and pro-democracy organisation, would embark on huge voter training and deploy observers nationwide to watch the elections(NAN)
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Edited by Buhari Bolaji(perform
