Elections should end at polling units, not courts – Obidient Movement’s Tanko

The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, has said predetermination outcomes should beryllium decided astatine polling units alternatively than done prolonged ineligible battles successful court.

Tanko, who is simply a adjacent adjutant of erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner Peter Obi, spoke connected Wednesday during an interrogation connected a existent affairs programme connected Eagle 102.5 FM successful Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun State.

The Obidient Movement National Coordinator noted the increasing dependence connected judicial involution to resoluteness electoral disputes and its implications for Nigeria’s democracy.

He said elections should bespeak the existent opinions of voters from the grassroots level, portion informing that continued reliance connected tribunal decisions successful electoral matters could undermine the credibility of the voting process.

Tanko said: “We don’t privation to springiness immoderate accidental for america to extremity up successful tribunal astatine all.

“Elections should beryllium done and dusted astatine the polling units. We volition not privation to springiness immoderate accidental for america to spell to immoderate tribunal whatsoever.

“Let’s woody with this contented erstwhile and for all, found the winner, and determination on.”

Elections should extremity astatine polling units, not courts – Obidient Movement’s Tanko