Nigerians have reduced democracy to ‘skit’- Showunmi laments

Convener of the Alternative Movement, Segun Showunmi, has lamented that Nigerians person reduced antiauthoritarian information to “skit making.”

He argued that ideology without progressive national information helps politicians manipulate the process.

He stated this connected Friday portion receiving members of the Action Alliance and the Labour Party astatine his residence successful Abeokuta, the superior of Ogun State.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain added that elector cards belonging to non-participants are often utilized by politicians to rig and inflate votes connected predetermination days.

Showunmi said, “The archetypal is that, what is the constituent of a ideology that you each are not participating in? Nigerians, you person reduced this ideology to skits. Instead of joining governmental parties, you volition not join. They volition inquire you to spell and cod PVCs; yes, you whitethorn reluctantly cod them due to the fact that you are utilizing them arsenic a means of identification.

“Up until now, I’m told that we person done implicit 90 cardinal PVCs successful Nigeria. I don’t cognize if we person sorted retired those who died and those who are alive, but I judge that the fig of younger radical coming into the abstraction is much than our decease rates.

“Unfortunately, much than immoderate different state successful the world, Nigeria is 1 of the nations w...