The recent nullification of local government elections in Ebonyi state by the Federal high court sitting in Abakaliki is commendable. The Viewers Corner News team has been waiting for such a verdict for a very long time. This means that there is a time for everything. Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state can not put all the people of the state inside his pocket, by using Ebonyi state money to fight and install whoever he wants in all the local government in the state. Things in life do not work that way. Local government elections should be transparent, just like every other election across Nigeria, so that voters would know those participating and whom to cast their votes for. This is one of the reasons Nigeria is practising democracy (government of the people). But in Ebonyi state, governor David Umahi and few of his close associates decide who becomes who in the state, which is bad. The Viewers Corner News team applauds the decision of the Federal high court in Ebonyi state for nullifying the fraudulent local government election in the state. We know that those chairmen and others whom governor David Umahi ticklishly installed will appeal the decision of the federal high court, but in the end, they will surely lose the case.
Source: Viewers Corner News.