SV: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

You should feel not only embarrassed but ashamed to be a Nigerian from the day elected politicians blatantly violated the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Section 68 (1) (g) that prohibits political defection thus, "A member of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House which he is a member if being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected." Also violated is Section 65 (2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution that states that for anyone to contest election in Nigeria, one must belong to a political party and must be sponsored by that party. The implication of that section is that it is not a person that voters vote for in an election but a party. That is why, according to Section 68 (1) (g), a defector to another party must vacate his/her seat in the House.

In view of the above, none of your hope will be restored or rather you will continue to nurse false hope infinitely until Nigerians learn to obey and respect the letters and spirit of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Political defectors are fraudsters of the electorates and not democrats.

S. Kadiri

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7/8/2018 is one of the days I feel embarrassed when referred to as a Nigerian! Honourable Boma Goodhead however, restored some hope.

CAO.

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