The Interim National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday, disclosed that he was a beneficiary of election shenanigans and struggles.
Aregbesola called on relevant authorities to change the process of who manages the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
He spoke during a panel discussion in Abuja with the title: “Innovation in electoral technology 2015-2025.”
According to Aregbesola: “Whereas Stalin said cynically that the voters do not matter as the man who announces the result of the election.
“Therefore Stalin said cynically, since he said so, we have seen it clearly. It’s not about politicians not being willing to accept the victory of whatever they want to know. I’m the beneficiary of Shenanigans in elections and struggle for it.
“So you can, what I want to say about it, I tell you what it is. I’m telling you clearly, If you do not change the process of who manages what in the electoral body, to at least downplay a single person dictating the tune and managing their affairs, we are joking with it.”
The former governor of Osun State charged INEC to publicly present the technology it wants to use during elections.
He added: “Besides that, is the fact that we must compel INEC to do a proper presentation of the technology it wants to use. Let us have an idea of what we want to do, physically demonstrate it.
“Don’t tell us you are using BIVAS, you are using this only for one election day, only to change the entire thing and we don’t know. It’s abracadabra.
“Let INEC demonstrate to Nigerians, it’s part of the law of INEC. The existing law of INEC compels it to demonstrate to Nigerians how it’s going to conduct the election.
“That will go a long way to at least compel it to a standard procedure that you have shown us. Not for us to wake up on election day and see different things. That is my first position.”
We must change process of who manages INEC, downplay dictatorship in election- Aregbesola