Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has
described the 2019 general elections as an
‘expensive joke’.
Falana, who was a guest on Channels
Television’s Sunrise Daily, urged Nigerians to
organize themselves by going back to the
drawing board if the country stands a chance at
having credible elections.
“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.”
On the issue of reported violence across the
country, Falana believes that no matter the
amount of preaching, electoral violence cannot
end, except there is an effort by the human rights
community and the electoral offences tribunal to
follow through the cases after elections.
“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.”
Falana also suggested that the option of ‘E-
Voting’ would be problematic, citing examples of
its use during the elections of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, and the
Nigeria Bar Association NBA.

“Electronic voting is not the solution with
the state of impunity and recklessness in
the country; it is difficult. The EFCC is
now investigating what we now call ‘E-
Rigging’ in the NBA. The E-Voting
system would be problematic because
our political class is rarely prepared for
credible elections,” he maintained.
https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2019/3/human-rights-lawyer-femi-falana-describes-the-2019-general-elections-as-an-expensive-joke.html

Yakubu is a national fraud.


We all here when APC won majority states in 2015 election, no inconclusive.

All these new inconclusive are nothing but a way Yakubu is given APC second chance.

The court of law needs to start disgracing INEC

All sane Nigerians can see the joke organized under Buhari.
It got so worse that soldiers were snatching ballot box on behalf of polticians.

They'd soon start attacking this man with insults and abusive words. They always see white as black even though its glaring the colour is white. Our youths are amazing

Fear Yoruba

Nigeria itself is a joke so im not surprised

While INEC boss YAKUBU IS THE COMEDIAN. The Kevin Hart of 2019 election.. APC the show organizers, NIGERIANS audience.

This man that talks anyhow . Tomorrow he 'll speak good of the election

Perfect description




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But Atiku no go enter that Aso rock again na only see he go see am !!

Falana just mentioned 40 million illiterates?

He forgot to mention the 80 million more EDUCATED AND CIVILIZED illiterate adults who have constitute more danger by using their education and knowledge to embolden and justify the evil characters that have been ruling us.

It is more than an expensive joke!

These APChit govt is the scam of the century.

Yes oh, re-electing buhari is a serious expensive joke!!
All the people who contributed to the joke would start realising how serious things becomes very soon...

It's the greatest electoral fraud against mankind
Yakubu deserves eternal rest if it were to be the Chinese

Kingspin:
Yakubu is a national fraud

God bless u. A monumental fraud

Like someone above just said, Nigeria itself is a joke

Some gullible Magots will start telling us the president is Mr integrity.

Mr Femi u r right

An expensive joke taken too far

Even Buhari himself is a joke


Tell me why he can't organise an expensive joke of an election

A joke indeed.

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falana with his instability. I missed Gani Fawehinmi very consistent and fearless patriot




continue to rest in peace baba and let your good work influence sense in falana head


expecting Atiku to fall in his hand so that he can chop his own national cake too

This is not about the electoral umpire or the process, the actual players which is the politicians, for us to move forward, we no to call spade what spade is.

For me, INEC tried all what they could but for the idiotic politicians to spoil the whole process

One of the many wonders of INEC and APC in Kaduna State:

Accredited Voters: 1,428,895
APC: 1,044,710
PDP: 815,168

Total - 1,858,875.

Now, from the above, void votes are not recorded, the votes of the minor parties are not recorded yet, INEC has a super rising figure above the accredited votes after the end of the election.

Buharig only came to steal, to kill and to destroy.

Nothing is more corrupt than rigging of elections and no man is more corrupt than being a rigger. Buharig is too corrupt.
Nigeria is in a sorry State.

Nigeria problem na hausa

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this.Falana.is.too.expensive.wheneaver.he.speaks

DauraIsAGoal:
Fear Yoruba

Another evil tribalist is here again

One of the many wonders of INEC and APC in Kaduna State:

Accredited Voters: 1,428,895
APC: 1,044,710
PDP: 815,168

Total - 1,858,875.

Now, from the above, void votes are not recorded, the votes of the minor parties are not recorded yet, INEC has a super rising figure above the accredited votes after the end of the election.

Buharig only came to steal, to kill and to destroy.

Nothing is more corrupt than rigging of elections and no man is more corrupt than being a rigger. Buharig is too corrupt.
Nigeria is in a sorry State.