#ElectionResult: Don't gamble with Nigeria's future, warns Obasanjo Buhari
Olayinka Olukoya – Abeokuta
Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to gamble with the future of Nigeria, over the alleged manipulation of the results of the presidential election held last Saturday, 25 February 2023.
Obasanjo, in an open letter to Nigerians, noted that there were so many discrepancies that needed to be corrected in some of the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following the presidential election .
The former president expressed his disappointment with the optimal functionality of the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) put in place by the electoral body, to guarantee the transparency and credibility of the elections.
Obasanjo in the letter advised Buhari to prevail over INEC National Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to make necessary corrections, if any, to the results in the national interest elections declared so far.
He argued that INEC's resolution to accept election results by manual transmission is not acceptable, given the enormous resources committed by the federal government to using BVAS to transmit election results. electronic elections.
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The letter reads:
Nigerian brothers and sisters, greetings to you all.
I am compelled to speak at this point. I seek the indulgence of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency General Muhammadu Buhari, to make this statement as I have had the opportunity to brief him on what I know is happening and the danger is looming .
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On many occasions in the past, I have not hesitated to point out shortcomings in the action of the President and his government. But when it comes to electoral matters, the president has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he will want to leave a legacy of free, fair, transparent and credible elections.
Until last Saturday evening, February 25, 2023, the good and noble plan and the preparation for the elections seemed to be going well. For the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a lot of money has been spent to introduce the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the server for the immediate transmission of polling station results.
It is no secret that INEC officials at the working level would have been compromised to make what should have worked not work and to revert to the manual transmission of results that is manipulated and doctored results.
The INEC president may claim ignorance, but he cannot fold his hands and do nothing when he knows that the electoral process has been corrupted and that most of the results that are brought outside BVAS and Server do not accurately reflect the will of Nigerians who have made their personal choice. At this point we do not need, consciously or not, to set this country on fire with the greed, irresponsibility and unpatriotic act of those who would have given money to INEC officials to perversion and of those who collected the blood money.
Let me appeal to the Chairman of INEC, if he has clean hands, to save Nigeria from the impending danger and disaster just waiting to happen. If the President can postpone the elections for four days until the election, he can do everything to rectify the mistakes of the last two days – no BVAS, no acceptable result; and no upload through the server, no results are acceptable.
While BVAS and servers have been manipulated or rendered inactive, these results must be declared void and ineligible for election reporting. INEC President, I thought you would use this wonderful opportunity to repair your reputation and character for posterity.
Your Excellency President Buhari Muhammadu, tension is rising and please let all elections that fail the test of credibility and transparency be canceled and brought back with areas where elections were disrupted for next Saturday, March 4, 2023, and BVAS and server officials are to be changed.
To find out which polling stations or units have been manipulated, let a committee of INEC staff and representatives of the four major political parties along with the president of the Nigerian Bar Association discuss what needs to be done to have a backlash...
Olayinka Olukoya – Abeokuta
Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to gamble with the future of Nigeria, over the alleged manipulation of the results of the presidential election held last Saturday, 25 February 2023.
Obasanjo, in an open letter to Nigerians, noted that there were so many discrepancies that needed to be corrected in some of the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following the presidential election .
The former president expressed his disappointment with the optimal functionality of the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) put in place by the electoral body, to guarantee the transparency and credibility of the elections.
Obasanjo in the letter advised Buhari to prevail over INEC National Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to make necessary corrections, if any, to the results in the national interest elections declared so far.
He argued that INEC's resolution to accept election results by manual transmission is not acceptable, given the enormous resources committed by the federal government to using BVAS to transmit election results. electronic elections.
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The letter reads:
Nigerian brothers and sisters, greetings to you all.
I am compelled to speak at this point. I seek the indulgence of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency General Muhammadu Buhari, to make this statement as I have had the opportunity to brief him on what I know is happening and the danger is looming .
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On many occasions in the past, I have not hesitated to point out shortcomings in the action of the President and his government. But when it comes to electoral matters, the president has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he will want to leave a legacy of free, fair, transparent and credible elections.
Until last Saturday evening, February 25, 2023, the good and noble plan and the preparation for the elections seemed to be going well. For the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a lot of money has been spent to introduce the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the server for the immediate transmission of polling station results.
It is no secret that INEC officials at the working level would have been compromised to make what should have worked not work and to revert to the manual transmission of results that is manipulated and doctored results.
The INEC president may claim ignorance, but he cannot fold his hands and do nothing when he knows that the electoral process has been corrupted and that most of the results that are brought outside BVAS and Server do not accurately reflect the will of Nigerians who have made their personal choice. At this point we do not need, consciously or not, to set this country on fire with the greed, irresponsibility and unpatriotic act of those who would have given money to INEC officials to perversion and of those who collected the blood money.
Let me appeal to the Chairman of INEC, if he has clean hands, to save Nigeria from the impending danger and disaster just waiting to happen. If the President can postpone the elections for four days until the election, he can do everything to rectify the mistakes of the last two days – no BVAS, no acceptable result; and no upload through the server, no results are acceptable.
While BVAS and servers have been manipulated or rendered inactive, these results must be declared void and ineligible for election reporting. INEC President, I thought you would use this wonderful opportunity to repair your reputation and character for posterity.
Your Excellency President Buhari Muhammadu, tension is rising and please let all elections that fail the test of credibility and transparency be canceled and brought back with areas where elections were disrupted for next Saturday, March 4, 2023, and BVAS and server officials are to be changed.
To find out which polling stations or units have been manipulated, let a committee of INEC staff and representatives of the four major political parties along with the president of the Nigerian Bar Association discuss what needs to be done to have a backlash...
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