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2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by Nobody: 10:07am On Jul 16, 2015 |
WARRI – FORMER Director General of the of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and Member of Commonwealth Arbitral Tribunal, Prof. Epiphany Azinge, SAN, has declard that the 2015 general elections in Nigeria was massively rigged by politicians. Azinge made the declaration in his keynote address delivered at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA Warri Law Week held in Warri, Delta State yesterday. In his words, “Let the truth be told, the last election was rigged as any other we have witnessed. The difference was that political parties rigged massively in their comfort zones.” While noting that the immediate past President of Nigeria was globally applauded and commended for conceding defeat, he noted that, “politicians and political parties spent outlandishly to win elections. The law was honored more in the breach than observance with high cost of election, comes all sorts of electoral offences, bribery, undue influence, thuggery, violence and disorderly behaviour. We have now graduated to kidnapping, abduction and political assassination during election.” Azinge who spoke on “Nigeria Enduring Democracy: The Challenge of Effective Electioneering and Independence of the Judiciary” noted that the 2015 electioneering campaigns was characterized by the desperation on the sides of the political parties who indulged in hate campaigns to succeed. He blamed the Nigerian Media for playing ignoble role in promotion of hate campaign, indicating that all is fair in warfare, pointing out that derogatory statements were freely used during the electioneering campaigns. Azinge posited that the police and the civil defence be used in election monitoring while the military be discarded. According to him, “if need be, then we should train and equip our police to handle such delicate issue.” He blamed the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC for failing to ensure compliance with constitutional limits for campaign expenditure. He suggested better welfare conditions for Judges and Judicial Staff in the country by evaluating the salary structure of judges and how safeguard they are and examination of the process of appointment, discipline and removal of judges and to know if the other arms of government are capable of compromising the judiciary because of financial control or lack of autonomy. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA Warri Branch led by the Chairman, Mr. John Aikpokpo- Martins (Esq.) has demanded a probe of the administration of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan for allegedly mortgaging the state into a debt profile of N637.22 billion. Aikpokpo-Martins said, “It will not be acceptable to pretend that our common patrimony had not been rapaciously devoured by the past gatekeepers; doing things differently will not be enough. We demand a probe because Deltans deserve to know.” He also called on the Okowa led government to cancel the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT at Warri/Sapele road which was embarked upon by Uduaghan and restore same to its former state, noting that it poses great hazard to the lives, property and vehicular movement as well as cause loss of man hours among others. He also appealed to the governor to prevail on the contractor handling the Warri High Court Complex Project to return to site and resume work with a view to completing the project. Delta State Governor, Sen. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa who was represented by the Commissioner for Housing, Arch. Joseph Ajiri Ogeh promised to tackle the menace the BRT is causing Deltans. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/2015-general-election-was-massively-rigged-prof-azinge/ |
Re: 2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by maverickdude(m): 10:09am On Jul 16, 2015 |
wu cares...we nw have d change we wnted |
Re: 2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by dunkem21(m): 10:09am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Re: 2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by TheSonOfMark(m): 10:14am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Kwankwanso already admitted that APC used the Almajiris (underaged voters) to vote out GEJ. They endorsed the rigging. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by temitemi1(m): 10:19am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Known fact! Jega the rigging tool made that happened!! |
Re: 2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by otabuko(m): 10:40am On Jul 16, 2015 |
It was totally rigged,we all know about that,JEGA made it possible.Some gullible guys said who cares......we have the change we need but it's unfortunate,i wish we had a better mindset..... |
Re: 2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by size40: 10:53am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Whether rigged or not, am happy GEJ is out of office. Am happy the PDP has been buried for life. Next page jari |
Re: 2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by babajero(m): 11:19am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Even buhari knows it was rigged, and that shows the he is corrupt as well |
Re: 2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by Amein(m): 11:41am On Jul 16, 2015 |
otabuko:i think for a sitting nigerian president to be rigged out in a presidential election,there is no greater DULLARD on the face of the earth than GEJ. |
Re: 2015 General Election Was Massively Rigged – Prof. Azinge by otabuko(m): 1:10pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
Amein:He wanted to sustain democracy and peaceful coexistence.... Gracias! |
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