A lecturer at the Federal University Dutse in Jigawa, Dr.
Abdulhakeem Adejumoh, on Tuesday cautioned the
Independent National Electoral Commission not to
venture into diaspora voting.
Adejumoh said that the commission must learn to
conduct perfect elections in the country before allowing
Nigerians in diaspora to vote.
He said, “Internal elections still have some issues hence
there is need to perfect that before advancing to diaspora
participation in Nigeria polls.”
“INEC has no capacity to conduct a diaspora polls
because of some intrigues involved,” Adejumoh said,
adding that resources and expertise were major factors
that could make INEC to fail.
Adejumoh believed that it would be difficult for INEC to
deploy personnel to countries of the world for election.
He argued that if such elections were left in the hand of
embassies, it could be rigged in favour of any ruling party.
He said that the current leadership of INEC has a lot to
do, to raise the level of performance of the commission to
the minimum set by Prof. Attahiru Jega.
He said that the commission must improve its
performance to ensure free, fair, credible and acceptable
elections in the country.
NAN
