Most of the recently concluded primary elections across various political parties were fraudulent, Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has said.
In an interview with Arise Television, Amadi made this known, saying the results increased internal conflicts and weakened party leadership.
He said the parties are not strong enough to enforce discipline among aspirants and members.
“Most of the party primaries were rigged. “Zoning also favored some of the aspirants for the House of Representatives but somehow they don’t get into the list, so governors’ influence matters.
“Again, if you look at the chaos in the organization of the parties, new entrants come and push out old members. For instance in Delta State where the former governor, Ifeanyi Okowa came in to unseat Ned Nwoko.
“It’s not that Nwoko and the likes of him did not perform, but some structural changes have dislocated them,” he said.
