The former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, on Monday advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and
other stakeholders in Nigeria to get their acts together and conduct credible,
free and fair elections.
Wabara, who is the Secretary to the Board of
Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the Nigeria’s
stakeholders should be wary of the fact that the world has moved on beyond the
pacifism of old.
“Right now the world is no longer practicing
pacifism at the global stage. The world is saying if you don’t get it right
within the confines of your boundaries, global interests can intervene,” Wabara
said, adding that no one should present the international community with a
Venezuelan situation in Nigeria.
He said the mismanagement of the February 16
elections, leading to its postponement by INEC, was an indication that the APC
has lost the general election.
According to him, “It is very glaring that APC has
lost the presidential election, but if INEC brazenly declares the ruling party
the winner, the world may be left with no other option than to apply the
Venezuelan formula, which eluded Chief MKO Abiola in 1993.
‘’The world is evolving, and right now, it appears
that evolution has turned full circle. If we had the situation in 1993, Abiola
would have been president.”
Wabara urged Nigerians not to be deterred by the
postponement, adding that having suffered the last four years, one week of
additional suffering will avert four years of unprecedented suffering, as he advised
Nigerians to stand firm and cast their votes next Saturday.
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