THE FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE FEDERAL RADIO CORPORATION OF NIGERIA SPOKE ON THE CRITICALLY ON THE CONDUCT OF THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS.

IN A MOVE TO SHIFT ALLIANCES IN NATIONAL POLITICS, THE FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE FEDERAL RADIO CORPORATION OF NIGERIA, LADAN SALIHU, WHO IS ALSO THE SPOKESPERSON OF THE LEAGUE OF NORTHERN DEMOCRATS SPOKE CRITICALLY ON THE CONDUCT OF THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS.

HE SAID NIGERIANS WERE CLEARLY INFORMED AND SENSITISED BY THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION, INEC, THAT THE DIGITAL COMPONENT OF THE ELECTION PROCESS WOULD BE FULLY DEPLOYED, ESPECIALLY DURING VOTING AND COLLATION.

HE NOTED THAT DURING THE COLLATION OF RESULTS, CONCERNS BEGAN TO EMERGE WHEN THE PROMISED DIGITAL PROCEDURES WERE NOT CONSISTENTLY APPLIED.


SALIHU RECALLED THAT THE 2023 ELECTION WAS UNPRECEDENTED IN SCALE AND CONTROVERSY, TO THE EXTENT THAT EVEN OPPOSITION PARTIES INITIALLY QUESTIONED THE CREDIBILITY OF THE OUTCOME, SUGGESTING A NEED FOR CAUTION AND SKEPTICISM AHEAD OF THE 2027 ELECTION.