I have already have stated my case that the ballot box is sacrosanct and ought to be regarded and treated as such by all organs of governance and by all political interest groups and political stake-holders. However, to the best of my knowledge, there is no legislative or constitutional provision for a death penalty for ballot box snatching in Nigeria although a reasonable case can be made that due to its potential to destabilize the polity and precipitate bloody civil disorder, ballot-box snatching ought to be considered an offense against the country that warrants a deterrent punishment as heavy as a death penalty. No stone should be left unturned in discouraging and deterring ballot-box snatching, at any level, as long as the nation relies on representative democracy. Why would anyone even contemplate an act of ballot box-snatching? All political parties should join hands in openly taking a stand against ballot-box snatching. No political party should equivocate or allow itself be seen as equivocating in condemning and taking a firm stand against ballot box snatching. For Nigeria to move forward, Nigerians should be able to elect accountable leaders. You cannot elect accountable leaders by a crooked means of ballot box snatching.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:40 PM Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
Victor Okafor,
.....and if there is, what happens? Summary execution? Should be treated in consonance with prescribed laws? What is your opinion?
Good men and women are not neutral in situations like this.
CAO.
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Victor O. Okafor, Ph.D.
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Eastern Michigan University
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