No President makes reforms leading to his downfall, only Jonathan – Shehu Sani

With the exception of former President Goodluck Jonathan, former federal lawmaker and activist Shehu Sani claims that no politician has ever implemented electoral changes that resulted in their downfall.

As one of the panellists at the inaugural Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Roundtable in Abuja on Thursday, Sani addressed the audience on the subject of the judiciary’s role in Nigeria’s democratic sustainability.

Politicians lack honesty, according to the former senator who served in the 8th parliament as the representative for the Kaduna central senatorial district.

“Well, I had the privilege of being in the civil society and I’ve been in politics. And if you mix these two experiences you’ll be able to know the two sides and also to be able to understand where the issues are,” he said.

“As activists, our thinking fundamentally differs from politicians. I’m still trying to find out if there’s any electoral reform Nigerian politicians cannot reconvent.

“We talk about the judiciary as the last hope of the common man, why are the political parties not the last hope of the common man, why is INEC not the last hope of the common man, why is the Presidency, the military, Senate and House of Reps not the last hope of the common man?

“We want a perfect judiciary in an imperfect system. In the field of activism, we’ve two sets of ideas – this is wrong and this is right – politicians don’t have that.

“We expect more from our judiciary. No president will make electoral reform that would lead to his downfall in office, only Jonathan.

“Only Jonathan appointed a Chairman of INEC he never knew and never met. Only Jonathan can introduce a data capturing machine and ended up being captured,” he said.

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