Femi Falana describes 2019 General Election as an expensive joke

– Femi Falana described the 2019 General Election as an expensive joke

– He expressed worries over the possibilities of Nigeria conducting a credible election

One of Nigeria’s respected legal practitioners, Femi Falana SAN as reacted to the 2019 General Election, which took place on the 23rd of February and 9th of March respectively.

Femi Falana described the 2019 General Election as an expensive joke as he disclosed his worries on the possibilities of Nigeria conducting a credible election.

The Legal Practitioner, who was on air as a guest during the Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily said, “This country spent over N250 billion from public purse on this useless enterprise apart from what each of the governors and political party spent, which is more than 250 billion.”

“If we want to get out of the crisis of monumental dimension, we need to go back to the drawing table, beyond the two major political parties. Nigerians must organize because this expensive joke cannot continue.”

Femi Falana in his statement during the interview spoke on electoral violence as he claimed it cannot end despite warnings and preaching except there is an effort by the electoral offences tribunal to follow through the cases after elections.

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He said, “We have close to 40 million illiterate adults, the majority of them are roaming the street. In such an environment, you could preach till the second coming of Christ, but that will not stop people from getting involved in electoral offences and other acts of criminality.

“All those who have been caught disrupting our elections are agents of politicians. The police and security agencies have arrested in the last 6 months, over 2000 electoral offenders, what do we do with them, once the elections are over, our attention will shift elsewhere.

“An electoral offences tribunal are to take over these cases like the EFCC or ICPC and investigate them thoroughly and charge those who have been indicted, but the suggestion was rejected.

“From the human rights community, we are trying to partner with the police and the INEC to ensure that we can assemble young lawyers to take on the prosecution of the cases of behalf of INEC. Otherwise, everyone will go back to business as usual as soon as possible.

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