The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),
Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has warned politicians and the electoral commission to desist from fraud and malpractices across Nigeria.
He also urged politicians to pursue accountability or risk public disgrace and full weight of the law, stressing that “the problem of election rigging cannot be solved without exposing and holding every culprit accountable”.
Professor Odinkalu was addressing a meeting between political parties and the rights commission held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Wednesday.
At least 14 representatives out of the 26 political parties in Nigeria were in attendance.
Some of the Political Parties representatives are set to join the fight for accountability but with the Human Rights Commission set to unearth past electoral fraud, it remains to be seen if these parties and other stakeholders will support this campaign that will guarantee good governance in Nigeria.
The Chairman of the Commission said it was time for political office holders to be truly accountable to the people, a mission which the Commission is set to accomplish.
The Human Rights Commission put together a report reviewing Court decisions and election Tribunals from 2007 to 2011 which established violations of Electoral laws perpetrated by Electoral Officials, Security Personnel, Politicians and their Supporters.