Former President Goodluck Jonathan has claimed that Nigeria is just not getting correct vote counts throughout elections, due to “ghost voters”.

Jonathan stated it’s extra honourable for the chairman and different officers of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) to resign, somewhat than succumb to stress to govern elections.

The previous chief made the assertion on the YIAGA Africa Reflection Convention on Democratic Elections in West Africa held in Abuja.

He stated:

“In Nigeria, you possibly can’t get an correct depend of votes as a result of I consider that now we have too many ghost voters.

“We will need to have credible individuals. From what (ex-INEC Chairman, Attahiru) Jega stated, political leaders who’re so domineering will pressurise you to do what’s fallacious; it is best to have the ability to resign and depart. It is best to have the ability to resign and stroll away, please.

“If we don’t have this type of individuals, then we’re in bother. And I don’t need any INEC official to say I used to be pressurised. If you’re accepting to be Chairman of INEC or to be a commissioner of INEC, then try to be able to say, ‘If I’m pressurised to do what’s fallacious, I’ll care for the democratic individuals and stroll away’.

And if we don’t have such individuals managing our electoral administration our bodies, if what now we have are individuals who will proceed to go in a circle, we won’t get what we wish.”

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