A former spokesman for the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Buba Galadima, has said that if made the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he would get funding for elections outside of the Federal Government allocation.
In an interview with Daily Independent published on Monday, Galadima said that funding for elections can come from donors to make elections free from the Federal Government’s control.
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“We don’t need government to fund INEC at all because we can request donor agencies that will bring materials and pay election officials so that we can have an independent election. If they can’t do that, let them appoint me chairman of INEC, I will get funding for INEC. I don’t need one kobo from the federal government of Nigeria. We don’t need any security person; either police or military to look after our elections,” he said.
Galadima was arrested on Election Day in February by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
He was later released with claims that he planned to announce Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the election.
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Galadima had once denied falling out with President Muhammadu Buhari on grounds that he was not appointed a minister in 2015.
In the interview, when asked if former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu would make a good president in 2023, Galadima said that Tinubu would be ‘wasting his time’ if he is nursing such ambition, adding that President Buhari does not say ‘thank you’ to anyone.
