Mockery of Democracy – Peter Obi Blasts Rivers LG Poll

 

Former Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has reacted to the just concluded Local Governments’ election in Rivers State.

 

He described the election as a “mockery of democracy.”

 

Obi stated this on Sunday via his X page.

 

He said the conduct of the election was rascality taken too far.

 

According to him, when a Sole Administrator, illegally appointed conducts an election that should empower the people, it is not democracy but outright desecration of its very foundation.

 

The former Anambra state governor added that such actions are unconstitutional, legally untenable, and morally indefensible.

 

He added that the actions send a dangerous message that the rule of law can be discarded at the whim of those in power.

 

“Nigeria cannot afford to continue on this perilous path. We cannot pretend to practise democracy while silencing the will of the people – especially at the grassroots, where democracy matters most,” he wrote.