Prof. Larry Diamond, director at the Centre on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, delivered a thought-provoking verdict —flawless voting alone is no parameter for a credible election. He was, apparently, faulting the process that led to the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State, saying it does not inspire confidence about the seriousness of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to organise free and fair elections in 2015. Prof. Diamond, who was delivering the inaugural edition of the Freedom House Democracy Lecture Series at the Muson Centre on Lagos Island, said: “You cannot have the police and the military blocking the supporters (not to mention fellow governors) of one party from moving about a state and campaigning, and call that a fully free and fair election.”
