Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Leader Senator Bola Tinubu has lamented the threat to security in the country, urging the United States to assist Nigeria in tackling both terrorism and corruption.

He also called for Nigerian-American cooperation in the strengthening of democratic institutions.

Tinubu spoke in Lagos when he received an official of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ms. Tamara Klajn. He said America should help Nigeria to strengthen its capacity in these vital areas, adding that they are pre-conditions for democracy, development and prosperity.

Tinubu said: “Nigeria is tense and uncertain, and it is drifting. There is a disturbing sense of a lack of capacity at the highest level of governance. There is therefore an urgent need to develop democratic institutions.

“Strengthening democratic institution should begin with institutional guarantees of free and fair elections; as well as strengthening the judiciary”.

The former Lagos State governor lamented that the 2011 elections were not free and fair as expected, pointing out that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)manipulated the process to ACN’s detriment.

He added: “After ACN’s showing in 2011, the PDP has decided that the ACN would not win any further elections. All the elections since then have been flawed. INEC is sliding backwards.

“PDP has tried to undermine the opposition, especially the Action Congress of Nigeria, and I personally have suffered political persecution. The international community needs to press the Nigerian government now on electoral reform and not believe that the issue has been resolved or that INEC is passable.”

“The moment elections are not free, and you cannot settle election disputes, the next step would be in the streets. That would be bad for any country, as even the menace of Boko Haram would be a child’s play”.

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Ha ha ha ha. . , some news are better in the joke section.

Well every dog has the mouth to talk, after you have sold us out. Thank god GEJ betrayed u. I hope u have learnt ur lesson.

Tinubu,cry cry baby

Tinubu! Na wa for you. So without the USA, there can't be peace abi?

wayo acn

The number one terrorist calling for war against terrorism. Tinubu is a shameless thief and hypocrite like george bush.

53 years on and we are still looking to strengthen our democratic institutions - haba, we are not even thinking democratically to start with.

Un-democratic insitutions have flourished in all the time

It feels like setting up some coached ch.imps to run a mordern government. Their ideas stop as far as what they have been taught in their cages while in captivity.

success4:

Tinubu! Na wa for you. So without the USA, there can't be peace abi?

I wonder! Everything is USA. Is USA Nigeria's father? and then we wonder why Americans have no respect for Africans. Nigeria is just a disgrace. We will never learn.

tinubu what about usa helping Nigeria fight corruption: hahahahahaha you no won go jail. oleeeeeeee BIG TIME

They want to suffer us to death in this country. Please somebody should advise him to withdraw this policy. He got this one totally wrong.