Leaders of the main Opposition Political Parties in Nigeria said they will explore every Constitutional means to cure the indirect hijack of the Independence of political parties, owing to what it calls the provisions contained in the newly passed Electoral Act 2026.
The group which said this at a meeting in Abuja emphatically rejected the country’s new Electoral Act 2026, describing its provisions as undemocratic, arguing that its implementation will undermine transparency and sanctity of the ballot which which are fundermental to free, fair and credible elections and the bedrock of participatory democracy.
The group said the obnoxious Electoral Act 2026 is without doubt enacted to undermine Democray in Nigeria and part of ongoing design by the Tinubu-led Government to disorganize and weaken the opposition, corrupt the electoral system, compromise Democratic Institutions and foist a totalitarian One-party rule on Nigeria.
The group said the Electoral Act amendment is made to create chaos and disorder in the ranks of the opposition Political Parties, in the hope that they would not be able to present a candidate, such that President Tinubu would be the only serious candidate in the 2027 General Election – a plan they call the coronation of Tinubu in 2027, instead of a free and credible election.
(Editor: Ken Eseni)
