Frontline politician, Alhaji Balarabe Musa on Saturday said the time table released for the 2015 general elections has given reasonable time for the conclusion of litigations before the inauguration of elected officials.
Musa said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.
He said the time given was “reasonably enough” to dispose of all cases that would arise from the election “provided the judiciary would do its work dispassionately”.
Musa also said political parties now have the freedom to openly campaign and woo voters before the elections.
According to him, before now some of the politicians have been campaigning discreetly with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not calling them to order.
The former Kaduna State Governor and leader of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) was however pessimistic of a free, fair and credible election.
“The impunity with which the laws are ignored and consistency of election rigging in the country will make it very difficult to have a free, fair and credible election.”
He, therefore, predicted poor turn out during the polls, saying “the interest of the electorate would be very marginal because of the negative state of the nation”.
