Socio-political activist Aisha Yesufu has urged Nigerians to shut ranks and resist any makes an attempt to govern the 2027 basic elections.
In a submit shared on her official X deal with, on Friday, the tenth of October, 2025, Yesufu maintained that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) can’t rig any election with out the involvement of residents.
According to her, “no rigging can happen without our support”, emphasizing that many Nigerians have “refused to engage, waiting for God to do it all.”
She said, “INEC is not the problem. The people in INEC are the problem and they are among the 220 million people. There is no INEC Chairman that can rig election if the people working in INEC do not collude.”
Yesufu added that those that allow electoral fraud are odd Nigerians, “our brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, children, cousins, neighbors, church members, fellow mosque worshippers, work colleagues etc.” She urged residents to take collective duty, saying, “Let us begin to warn each other to not rig or allow rigging.”
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The activist additionally identified that corruption in Nigeria’s establishments stems from people inside them, not the establishments themselves.
She wrote, “The same for the judiciary, police, military etc. The judiciary is not the problem, the people in the judiciary are the problem. The police are not the problem, the people in the police are the problem. The military is not the problem, the people in the military are the problem.”
Yesufu concluded by encouraging voters to guard their ballots throughout elections, declaring, “I will end by telling you that unless you vote and defend your vote and ensure it is counted for your candidate, what you did is not voting but paper painting.”
