Former Nigerian president Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has described the process adopted by various political parties in their ongoing primary elections as a “failed process and not ideal.

Jonathan made the statement in Abuja on Thursday during the launching of a book titled “Political Party Governance”, authored by Dr. Mohammed Wakil.

Jonathan said: “These whole primaries going on across the country is a mess. This is not a standard practice. The process has failed.

“We cannot use the process to elect president, governors, senators and House of Representatives members and others.

“The process has already failed, which is not good for the country. But we will manage and move on.

“We pray that good people should come. I hope that what happened this year, 2022 will not happen again in this country.”

“The National Assembly can’t make laws and lock all political parties together. Parties have different ways of nominating candidates and the process is enshrined in their constitutions.

“Creating a situation where all parties must have the same way of selecting candidates is nonsense. Parties are not parastatals of government.

“The National Assembly can’t make laws to strangulate political parties. Section 84 should be expunged from the Electoral Act.”

He also called on the national assembly to make laws, criminalizing inducement of delegates and electorate.