The immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has advised Nigerians to shun the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming 2023 general election.
According to him, choosing any of the parties as an option again would amount to another four years of disaster for the country.
Jega spoke in an interview with BBC Hausa.
“The APC and the PDP have [ruled] all we have seen, they do not mean reform,” Jega said.
“If you look at the fight against corruption, all the people who are said to be thieves will be punished because they stole under the PDP, now they have defected to the APC, and you are silent.
“That is why we believe it is time to create a platform for all good people to return to, to contribute to the cause of change in Nigeria,” he said.
On his registration with Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), he said the decision was to allow him try his best to help the country, adding that major political parties have destroyed Nigeria.
He went further to say, “So since these corrupt people have blocked everything, to the point that even if you are a good person if you are in their party and you can’t curse anything, then there should be a different party that will bring good people together.
“Obviously the way I see our politicians running the election and the way they are represented when they are elected is really scary.”