The Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has said most of the recently concluded primary elections across various political parties were fraudulent.
Amadi said this during an interview on Arise Television, stating that the results increased internal conflicts, and weakened party leadership.
According to him, the parties are not strong enough to enforce discipline among aspirants and members.
“Most party primaries were fraudulent. Even some of the House of Representatives aspirants were favoured by zoning but somehow they don’t get into the list, so governors’ influence matters.
“Again, if you look at chaos in the parties’ organization – new entrants come in and crowd out old members. Take for example in Delta State, where former governor Ifeanyi Okowa came in to unseat Ned Nwoko.
“Not necessarily that the likes of Nwoko didn’t perform but they have been dislocated by some structural changes,” he said.
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