A vital function of the executive arm of government is to ensure that national policies are properly implemented. It is against this backdrop that President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to “assure” fellow Nigerians that the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) under his regime would conduct a free and fair election in 2023. Unfortunately, there are clear indications that Buhari is already failing to live up to his promise.
See, the requirement for a free and fair election does not end with a mere declaration of the candidate with the highest number of votes as a winner. The processes leading to such elections are even foremost. Yet, President Buhari has been sitting idly by while there are widespread voter intimidation and massive schemes for vote buying around the country— all in favor of the ruling All Progressives Congress .
These cases of brute voter intimidation by the ruling party under President Buhari are consistent with an alarm raised by the eminent political economist and a founding father of the APC, Professor Pat Utomi. Mr. Utomi, who has since decamped to the Labour Party, revealed that opposing parties are not being allowed to put up their campaign posters, let alone rent campaign offices in the state of Lagos during the 2023 electoral cycle.
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