Niger Delta
Jonathan, Diri Decry Thuggery, Advocate Electronic Voting
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, have lampooned politicians who promote thuggery and cultism as a means of winning elections in the country.
The two leaders who spoke during the third Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Ogbia held at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Otakeme, called for the immediate adoption of electronic voting system to curb the ugly trend.
Dr Jonathan specifically blamed the rising insecurity in the country on activities of politicians who are hell-bent on grabbing political power through the backdoor against the popular wish of the people.
According to the former president, over 50 per cent of the problems bedeviling the country including insurgency, cultism and corruption will be addressed with the adoption and effective use of e-voting.
“Our political activities particularly the use of young people as militiamen and thugs and so on to win elections has increased the security challenges facing our nation”, he said.
“Some of the youths they use are so protected that even the police cannot arrest them because they are ‘boys’ to powerful politicians who use them during elections.That is why I’ve always advocated that for us to move forward as a country, we must use electronic voting where nobody will use thugs to win elections. Immediately we use electronic voting, the issue of thuggery and cultism will drop by at least 50 percent”, the former President noted.
Also speaking,the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, represented at the occasion by his Deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, urged youths to shun politicians who only use them as canon fodders to achieve their selfish political goals and abandon them afterwards.
Diri noted that the only way a youth could resist the temptation of going into thuggery and cultism is to love and appreciate him or herself as a unique creation of God.
He seized the opportunity to call on the people of the state to key into the present administration’s prosperity agenda by embracing agriculture and small scale businesses to better their lot.
Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa
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