Lagos based legal practitioner and rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), on Thursday declared that the ruling given by the Supreme Court on the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State is an indictment on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and political parties in the country.
Adegboruwa in his reaction to the ruling added that the constitution states clearly that sovereignty belongs to the people.
“The concept of election is to allow people to choose their leaders freely. We must avoid situations whereby leaders emerge through the courts, as that will be circumventing the will of the people.
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“Let us allow people to choose their leaders. These tribunal/court cases in Imo, Bayelsa, Zamfara, etc, constitute a serious indictment of INEC and the political parties.
“There is no legacy that the present administration has bestowed upon us as a nation in the area of electoral reforms, but rather things have gotten worse. Having suffered electoral injustice in his previous efforts, it is shocking that the President has retained and continued to benefit from obviously flawed electoral processes. Very unfortunate indeed,” Adegboruwa stated.