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2023: Ex-INEC boss, Jega warns Nigerians against voting for APC, PDP

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has cautioned Nigerians against voting for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Jega, who featured on BBC Hausa, in Kaduna state noted that the two major political parties were synonymous with corruption, asking the masses to choose a credible alternative.

He said, “The APC and the PDP have [ruled] all we have seen, they do not mean reform.

“If you look at the fight against corruption, all the people who are said to be thieves will be punished because they stole under the PDP, now they have defected to the APC, and you are silent.

“That is why we believe it is time to create a platform for all good people to return to, to contribute to the cause of change in Nigeria”, the ex-INEC Chief added.

The Professor of Political Science at the Bayero University Kano, said he registered as a member of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), to see how he could “help” Nigeria.

He alleged that those in the major political parties have destroyed everything and had made the parties so stigmatised that whichever good person joins the parties would be considered like them.

On the agitations for the country to split, the former INEC boss blamed the move on bad leadership in Nigeria, noting it had thrown the nation into its current problems.

“So since these corrupt people have blocked everything, to the point that even if you are a good person if you are in their party and you can’t curse anything, then there should be a different party that will bring good people together.

“Obviously the way I see our politicians running the election and the way they are represented when they are elected is really scary”, Jega submitted.

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