2027: Politicians lobbying university professors ahead election — Ex-INEC REC Igini

Former Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mike Igini, has alleged that politicians person begun lobbying assemblage professors and officials of national agencies up of the 2027 wide elections.

Igini made the allegation portion speaking astatine the 2026 Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Democracy Dialogue on Thursday.

He said politicians were already reaching retired to academics successful assemblage communities arsenic portion of efforts to power the electoral process.

“As we are heading for election, arsenic I talk to you, politicians are already going to the assemblage communities to scope retired to the professors, to the academics, and of people they effort to usage the national agencies that INEC would usually usage arsenic collation officers and returning officers. They are already reaching retired to them,” Igini said.

He argued that the credibility of elections successful Nigeria and crossed Africa would beryllium mostly connected the independency and effectiveness of electoral absorption bodies.

Igini said governmental parties and the judiciary, which helium described arsenic indispensable organs of antiauthoritarian practice, indispensable besides play stronger roles successful protecting the integrity of elections.

According to him, Nigeria should emulate the United Kingd...