Senator representing Kebbi Central, Mohammed Adamu Aliero, has condemned the growing trend of election losers trying to overturn poll results.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of a retreat for the Senate and House Committees on Electoral Matters, held at the Legend Hotel, Airport Road, Lagos, the lawmaker warned that the pattern of resorting to bribery through court processes must be stopped.
He described it as a serious abuse that undermines Nigeria’s democracy.
“Perhaps, he may not even challenge the election result. It has happened in the past, a situation where the loser will go to court after losing the election, and then he will bribe his way and get himself declared as no longer desirable,” the senator said.
He lamented that such practices make a mockery of the electoral process, warning that unless reforms are implemented, confidence in democratic institutions would continue to erode.
Aliero added that lawmakers had spent over a year and a half conducting public hearings and working extensively to reform Nigeria’s electoral system.
“We will amend everything that needs to be amended so that there won’t be any ambiguity, inconsistency and discrepancies. We have observed many loopholes in the Electoral Act 2022, and we are currently trying to block such loopholes so that there will be free, fair and credible elections,” he said.
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