Bishop of Nike Diocese (Anglican Communion), Enugu State, Rt. Rev. Christian Onyia, has berated traditional rulers and religious leaders over their alleged ignoble role in the just concluded general elections.
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Onyia said observed that most of the provisions of the new electoral law on the conduct of elections were not met. “Apparently, there is a lack of political will to implement the law. The elections witnessed, among others, late arrival of voting materials to the polling units, poor conduct of INEC officials, malfunctioning of BVAS devices, change of location of polling units, and non-compliance with electoral guidelines on the upload of election results to IRev.
“The low voter participation does not only indicate the loss of confidence by Nigerians in the institutions charged with the responsibility to conduct a credible election but a failure of democracy to deliver development in Nigeria. He said: “Some Church leaders turned the pulpit into a place to campaign for political parties and their preferred candidates. In some other places, traditional rulers who are known supporters of the ruling party, imposed midnight curfews to perform ‘Oro’ rights, slaughtered animals and strategically placed the sacrifices at voting centres to scare voters,” he revealed.
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