2027: Tinubu’s ‘all is fair’ comment invitation to ballot rascality – Idam

Human rights lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam, on Wednesday criticized President Bola Tinubu implicit his remark that “all is just successful politics”.

Idam said the remark which Tinubu made during his gathering with the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria led by Cardinal John Onaiyekan, is an invitation to ballot rascality.

In a connection helium signed, the law lawyer warned that Tinubu’s remark could beryllium misinterpreted by overzealous supporters arsenic an “open cheque to anarchy and governmental violence.

Idam said, “The President’s assertion that “all is just successful politics” is an invitation to ballot rascality. Taken literally, it risks being interpreted by overzealous supporters arsenic an unfastened cheque to anarchy, governmental violence, intolerance, and hostility toward dissenting voices successful the sanction of electoral competition.

“How is simply a protagonist of the President expected to recognize that hatred speech, intimidation, and unit stay unacceptable erstwhile the connection conveyed is that “all is just successful politics”? How does specified a protagonist larn to accommodate opposing opinions without becoming combative aft proceeding those words from the nat...