The Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has said that the 2026 primary elections held by different political parties in the country is worse than the ones of 2022.
Amadi made this remark in an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST on Sunday night.
He said that why no lessons were learnt was that there were often no real consequences for violating due process.
According to him, political actors do not internalize the cost of breaking the rules because they were rarely penalized for doing so.
“The 2026 primaries are worse than the 2022 primaries. If candidates or parties lost elections for failing to follow fair and transparent procedures, they would be forced to learn from those mistakes.
“Unfortunately, a culture of what many describe as political banditry has emerged, where some believe they can disregard due process without consequences.
“When such behavior is rewarded rather than punished, it only encourages further violations and weakens democratic institutions,” he said.
