Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said the outcome of last weekend’s governorship election in Edo State had shown that technology would not solve Nigeria’s electoral challenges, THISDAY reports.

Jonathan said the human mindset was key to resolution of the electoral problems. But he regretted that many Nigerians had a dirty attitude to politics.

The former president canvassed attitudinal change among citizens.  

Jonathan made the remarks in Abuja at a programme organised by the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) and Partners in commemoration of the International Day of Peace.

He pointed out that the struggle for power remained the major cause of conflicts in Africa.

Former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, warned that 2027 might never come to political reality, because the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had murdered and buried the country’s democracy.

But the national leadership of APC said Yiaga Africa, one of the agencies that observed the Edo State governorship election, was overreaching its election observer mission. APC said the civil society organisation (CSO) was now second-guessing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the result of the Edo State election.

The ruling party’s warning came as party member and senator for Edo north, Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday said the outgoing governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, had become politically irrelevant following the defeat of PDP in the September 21 governorship election.