The 2023 vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, has declared that Nigeria’s deepening insecurity and corruption are direct consequences of electoral fraud.
Baba-Ahmed made the remark in an interview today. He faulted INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, for some of the irregularities that marred the 2023 presidential election, which produced former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner.
He said, “All I want is a credible person, not somebody who will clearly rig what the constitution provides: 25% in at least two-thirds of the states of the federation and the FCT, and go ahead to breach the constitution and put Nigeria into what Nigeria is today.
Just one individual. Throughout human history, individuals make or break societies.”
Baba-Ahmed, who was Obi’s running mate in the 2023 presidential election, said electoral recruitment remained the bane of Nigeria’s democracy.
He said, “Our leadership recruitment is the bane of our problems.
“Electoral fraud is the single most important fact to be addressed in our lives as a nation, even beyond insecurity.
“Insecurity is derived from electoral fraud. The Nigerian election gave birth to the kind of insecurity we have today.
“Corruption is aggravated by electoral fraud. The destruction of our youths, of the system, is aggravated by electoral fraud.”