Plummetting voters figure in Nigeria could give bad leaders more opportunity to grab power – Otti warns 

Alex Otti has raised alarm implicit the continued driblet successful the fig of Nigerians exercising their voting rights during elections.

Otti, who was speaking successful Umuahia on Thursday during a lecture organised to people the 3rd day of his administration, said that lone 27% of registered voters formed their votes successful the 2023 election.

He warned that the refusal oregon reluctance of voters successful Abia and Nigeria astatine ample to play an progressive relation successful the electoral strategy would effect successful the emergence of incorrect leaders and atrocious governance.

Otti noted that citizens who registry to ballot but garbage to workout that mandate make stronger grounds for corrupt oregon unprepared persons to look arsenic leaders of the people.

The Abia State governor, who acknowledged that galore Nigerians are losing religion successful the country’s electoral strategy due to the fact that of malpractice, said this should not service arsenic an excuse to wantonness the governmental aboriginal of the state to corrupt individuals.

“You tin accidental sometimes erstwhile you travel and workout your volition that it does not count.

“If votes bash not count, wherefore bash politicians campaign? They could person conscionable sat down and written the results,” Otti said.

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