INEC declares position on party merger, defection
says defection by politicians is in order within the ambit of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) guidelines.
Agboke said this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan.
He said that the commission also had no restriction against two or
more political parties merging, subject to their agreement to come
together and foster a common front.
According to Agboke, the commission was only interested in healthy
rivalry among political parties and allowing the people to make
informed political choices.
"The commission does not want a situation where an individual or group
is compelling people to go in a particular direction because doing
this will be a very bad development for Nigeria's democratic process.
"Compelling people to go to a particular political party would not be
healthy for the 2019 general elections.
"Whatever INEC and political parties do must fall within the extant
law," he said.
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