Atiku Say Judges Dey Pick Leaders – Donate Him House For Yola To ADC

Atiku don talk say make dem make the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) compulsory, electronic transmission of results sure, and make dem change the judicial system. E still gift one of him house for Yola to ADC. The former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, talk say the ongoing voter registration go only make sense if dem do better electoral and court reforms. E talk say the electoral and court reforms go help make election process clean, build trust among the people, and make court dey independent. For wetin Atiku talk for statement wey e sign, e say, “The way Nigerians dey rush go register for Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) dey show say dem ready to choose leaders wey dem believe in for next election.” As big man for African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku talk say e no go do to just dey tell people to go register for PVC. E say e important make strong reforms happen to keep election process clean, build trust again, and make court no dey use hand choose who go rule. E talk say, “Since, our election quality just dey fall, as voter turnout for 2023 election reach all-time low. Out of 93.47 million registered voters, na only 24.9 million people vote for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Dat na just 26.72%, the lowest since democracy return for 1999. Something suppose happen quick to stop this kind bad trend if we still want people to believe in democracy and wetin e fit do. The BVAS, electronic transmission and other issues wey join for this matter suppose dey well stated for constitution so say no be only judges go dey decide everything.” E still quote Prof. Chidi Odinkalu say judges don dey do pass their work, dem don turn to people wey dey choose who go rule, instead of make voters do am. Sometimes, dem even go beyond court to select leaders under cover of law.
Atiku talk say the reforms wey e want go bring power back to people, make dem dey choose who go rule, instead of small group of people wey get interest. E say make dem change 2022 Electoral Act to do these things: One, make BVAS dey compulsory to accredit voters and upload results straight from polling units and collation centres across Nigeria, no manual method for INEC again. Two, make INEC dey do electronic transmission of results from units to Inec Result Viewing Portal (IREV), no give dem any room to do manual work. Three, make result collation for ward level base only on wetin dem don already upload to the IREV no manual again. Four, make local government result collation still dey based on wetin IREV show from ward level. Five, state collation na from local government uploads to IREV no need for manual counting. Six, for national collation center, dem go still use only the result wey dem upload electronically no manual process at all. Seven, dem no suppose use manual method at all for anywhere not for accreditation, transmission or collation. number eight na say, make Nigerians vote for INEC Chairman, Resident Electoral Commissioners and National Electoral Commissioners no be by appointment again. Number nine, na say na INEC go prove say dem follow Electoral Act and Constitution well for election no be petitioner go dey prove anything. Meanwhile, Atiku don dash one of him house for Yola to ADC to take use am as Adamawa State Secretariat. The house dey for better area for Jimeta, near famous Mubi Roundabout, and e be former PDP office before. The property donation na big move from Atiku to push ADC strong for Adamawa. Last month, Atiku talk say e don commot for PDP and e movement make big ADC members join, including people like Senator Aishatu Ahmed (Binani), wey run for APC governorship in 2023, and Senator Jibrilla Bindow, former APC Governor. Umaru Jada, wey be ADC Organising Secretary, talk say thenew house go give dem better place to do party work.