Nigerian activist Aisha Yesufu has warned that elections must be free and fair in order to prevent civil unrest.
NEWSNGR reports that Yesufu stated this during an interview on Symfoni TV.
She argued that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is not the problem of Nigeria’s electoral system but the people working within it.
Yesufu urged Nigerians to force INEC to uphold democratic integrity instead of depending on its voluntary cooperation.
She stated that there is no better day for revolution than on election day through voting for the right candidates to better the lot of Nigerians.
Yesufu said, “There is no better day for revolution than election day. I’ve always said that INEC is not the problem. The people in INEC are the problem. So everybody should tell their members who are in INEC, police or whatever to do the right thing.
“Because on that day we will stand and be on the streets. Nobody is going to work. Nobody is traveling. Everybody will be there. So we can easily do that revolution that people call for on that day.
“So that’s how we are going to follow it. There’s nothing like you are depending on the goodness of INEC. Everybody must do the right thing.”
