{"id":362689,"date":"2025-08-17T19:17:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=362689"},"modified":"2025-08-17T19:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:17:28","slug":"by-elections-nigerias-electoral-process-has-deteriorated-under-tinubu-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/17\/by-elections-nigerias-electoral-process-has-deteriorated-under-tinubu-adc\/","title":{"rendered":"By-elections: Nigeria\u2019s electoral process has deteriorated under Tinubu \u2014 ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"><strong>ADC criticized Saturday&#8217;s by-elections across 13 states for widespread violence, vote buying, manipulation and administrative errors under Tinubu&#8217;s leadership<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"><strong>Party cited arrest of 300 armed thugs, N25.9 million vote-buying seizure, and BVAS failures as signs of electoral banditry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed concern about the conduct of the by-elections held on Saturday in 13 states and 16 constituencies of the federation, claiming that the exercise once again demonstrated how far Nigeria&#8217;s electoral process has deteriorated under President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>The ADC&#8217;s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, issued a statement on Sunday morning stating that the polls were marred by widely reported violence, vote buying, manipulation, and other administrative errors.<\/p>\n<p>The ADC observed that the party did not submit candidates for the majority of the positions up for grabs in the byelection. As a result, with all of its flaws and anomalies, this election should not be viewed as a test of the Opposition Coalition&#8217;s strength or capacity, but rather as a sad reflection of how far the system has been perverted against the will of the people.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: &#8220;What Nigerians saw in yesterday&#8217;s by-elections is yet another reminder that democracy, like the economy and our national security, is deteriorating under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen elections are marred by widespread violence, when ballots are openly and brazenly exchanged for money, when opposition candidates are excluded without explanation, and when the very institutions entrusted to safeguard democracy become complicit, then the vote of the ordinary Nigerian ceases to have meaning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some states, nearly 300 thugs armed with rifles, knives, and cutlasses were arrested on election day. Is this democracy or banditry disguised as voting?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some states, whole polling units were cancelled due to ballot box snatching and the open intimidation of voters. If citizens cannot go to the polls without fear of assault, then the most basic covenant between the state and its people has already broken down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one state, a vote-buyer was caught with N25.9 million intended to procure and corrupt the will of the people. In another, election officials were themselves implicated in similar inducements. This is no longer isolated malpractice; it is fast becoming the political culture of our electoral process under the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter so many years, the failure of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in some states has once again raised questions about the Commission\u2019s competence, sincerity, and perhaps, complicity. Nigerians deserve elections that command the implicit confidence of every citizen and the respect of the rest of the world. INEC must not be allowed to turn excuses into a code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bigger picture that we must all remember is that for better or worse, these by-elections represent the clearest indication of a dress rehearsal for 2027. If violence, vote buying, candidate intimidation and exclusion, and collusion between security forces and compromised election officials become the new normal, then Nigerians and the international community must brace themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ADC therefore calls on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to rise above his partisan interest and, for once, demonstrate genuine leadership by ensuring that Nigerians can cast their votes freely and safely. The President must recognise that no government can claim legitimacy if it consistently presides over elections that citizens and the international community perceive as fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on INEC to immediately investigate the brazen and reckless irregularities that have been revealed and reported, sanction all compromised officials, and take the urgent and necessary steps to restore public confidence in our nation\u2019s electoral process. If INEC cannot guarantee the integrity of a by-election, then Nigerians are right to question its institutional capacity and all-around readiness for a general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a similar regard, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/15\/adc-accuses-police-of-blocking-aregbesola-from-ogun-by-election-campaign\/\">ADC<\/a> calls on the international community, especially Nigeria\u2019s democratic partners and election observers, not to look away. Silence in the face of such brazen subversion of democratic norms will only embolden those who profit from this chaos. Nigeria is too important to Africa and the world to allow its democracy to collapse under the weight of complicit impunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge civil society, the media, faith leaders, and indeed every Nigerian who believes in freedom to resist the slide into electoral banditry. If we do not defend the sanctity of the ballot today, there may be nothing left to defend tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ADC notes the recent declaration of both the PDP and the APC as terrorist organisations by a Canadian court. This must have come as a great embarrassment to all citizens. 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