Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has advised the National Assembly to ensure that all measures should be taken to block this off-cycle election in Nigeria.
Speaking to journalists after voting at Otuoke, Ward 13, Unit 39, the former president stated that the off-cycle election is not a global practice.
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He said, “Basically, this is an off-season election. I get worried about off-season elections and will use this opportunity to plead with the National Assembly to block it.
“This is not the best practice; the country can elect their people at the same time as America, which elects everybody at the same time.
“If we continue with this based on our laws by the judicial officers, there will be a time when the Nigerian presidential election will be off-season.
“Nigeria should be worried; when I say the Nigerian presidential election may be off-season, they may say how? and why it almost happened in 2007, when I was the running mate to late Yaradua. In that election, seven justices presided over the case; three of them said the process should be annulled, while four of them sustained it.
“If one had crossed over by now, the Nigerian presidential election would have been off-season.”
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