Off season elections not global best practice – Ex-President Jonathan

Isaac Ombe, Yenagoa

The former President Goodluck Jonathan says the practice of Off season elections is not a global best practice as he called for its abolishment.
Dr. Jonathan spoke shortly after he cast his vote at Unit 39, Ward 13, in his country home Otueke in Ogbia LGA on Saturday also expressed fears that if the off season elections continues even the Presidential elections could go off season.
He therefore appealed to the National Assembly to ensure they do all it takes to block off season election in Nigeria.
The former President however congratulated the three states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi, for the success of the conduct of the election.

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His words : “Basically this is an off season election, I get worried about off season election and will use this opportunity to plead with the national Assembly to block it.

“This is not the best practice, the country can elect their people at the same time like the America that elect everybody at the same time.

“If we continue with this based on our laws by the judicial officers there will be a time the Nigerian presidential election will be off season.

“Nigeria should be worried, when I say Nigeria presidential election maybe off season, they may say how and why ? It almost happened in 2007 when I was the running mate to late Yaradua, that election, seven Justices that presided over the case three of them say the process be annulled while four of them sustained it.

“If one have crossed over by now the Nigerian election would have been off season.
The former President’s country home and other communities around , witnessed peaceful voting process at the time of this report .
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