Buba Galadima Blames INEC for Not Calling Political Players to Order

New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) head Buba Galadima has bemoaned the incapacity of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to summon political figures to account during the early campaign.
During an appearance on Arise Television’s “Prime Time” program, Galadima reportedly claimed that although INEC has the constitutional authority to impose order on political participants, it is unable to do so since the people who pay the piper set the rules.

Galadima emphasized that the early campaign was launched by the ruling All Progressives Congress.

In the past six months, I have repeatedly voiced my displeasure with INEC’s failure to hold political figures accountable, he added.

“They are unable to call them to order because the people who pay the piper set the rules,” I realized bitterly.

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Campaigning before INEC’s approval was a problem that the current government initiated.

In the current political climate, this implies that INEC is unable to serve as an umpire.

As for the 2027 general elections, the PDP has called for the full execution of the Electoral Act’s provisions regarding the electronic transmission of results and has threatened to oppose any attempt to sway the outcome or weaken Nigerians’ will.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)-approved Smart Card Reader (SCR) or any other electronic device must be used to capture and transmit election results straight from polling places in accordance with Section 64(4), (5), and (6) of the Electoral Act 2022.

When INEC acknowledged that there were “glitches” in the live broadcast of the 2023 presidential results, the nation was incensed.

PDP National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba indicated during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday that the party was extremely alarmed by what he called “institutional manipulation” of previous elections.