ABU Zaria VC, Prof Bala Slams Lecturers Who Help Politicians Rig Elections

The Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Prof Kabiru Bala, has knocked some lecturers who help politicians rig elections and then brag about it.

Bala submitted that it disgusts him when he listens to how some lecturers brag about rigging elections for politicians.

The ABU Zaria VC made the revelation in Kaduna State when he spoke at the third International Conference organized by the Department of Political Science and International Studies, ABU, in collaboration with Mambayya House, Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, Bayero University Kano, Naija News gathered.

He said, “I know there are mixed reactions from the academics on the involvement of our members during general elections in Nigeria.

“It makes me shiver when I hear some of our colleagues say, ‘We are the people who rig elections.’ I participated in the process, and I know what I did.”

Bala, however, made a case for the continuous engagement of academics during elections despite his revelation.

According to him, more university lecturers should be engaged in electoral duties to strengthen sustainable elections in Nigeria.

He pointed out that he knows there are mixed reactions about engaging academics in elections, but “Academics are a set of people that you can have confidence and trust in. If we want good polls, we have to ensure that the process is well sanitised

“Therefore, if we think that academics were one group of people that can sanitise the election processes, they should be given the chance to do so.”