{"id":252153,"date":"2023-02-28T09:56:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T08:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=252153"},"modified":"2023-02-28T09:56:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T08:56:41","slug":"buhari-govt-reacts-to-obasanjos-letter-on-2023-presidential-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/buhari-govt-reacts-to-obasanjos-letter-on-2023-presidential-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari govt reacts to Obasanjo&#8217;s letter on 2023 Presidential Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, asking him not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his \u201cinciting, self-serving and provocative\u201d letter on the elections.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo had on Monday worried over the conduct of the 2023 presidential election, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of having failed the country.<\/p>\n<p>The former President further alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/27\/just-in-irregularities-danger-is-looming-in-nigeria-obasanjo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive rigging of the election<\/a> and wondered why the Electoral Act 2022 as amended was trampled upon.<\/p>\n<p>But in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said what the former President cunningly framed as an \u2018appeal for caution and rectification\u2019 is nothing but a calculated attempt to undermine the electoral process and a willful incitement to violence.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister expressed shock and disbelief that a former President could throw around unverified claims and amplify wild allegations picked up from the street against the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThough masquerading as an unbiased and concerned elder statesman, former President Obasanjo is in reality a known partisan who is bent on thwarting, by subterfuge, the choice of millions of Nigerianvoters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Mohammed recalled that the former President, in his time, organized perhaps the worst election since Nigeria\u2019s return to democratic rule in 1999, hence he is the least qualified to advise a President whose determined effort to leave a legacy of free, fair, credible and transparent election is well acknowledged within and outside Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAs the whole nation waits with bated breath for the result of last Saturday\u2019s national elections, amid unnecessary tension created by professional complainants and political jesters, what is expected from a self-respecting elder statesman are words and actions that douse tension and serve as a soothing balm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dInstead, former President Obasanjo used his unsolicited letter to insinuate, or perhaps wish for, an inconclusive election and a descent into anarchy; used his time to cast aspersion on electoral officials who are unable to defend themselves, while surreptitiously seeking to dress his personal choice in the garb of the people\u2019s choice. This is duplicitous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister reminded the former President that organizing elections in Nigeria is not a mean feat, considering that the voter population of 93,469,008 in the country is 16,742,916 more than the total number of registered voters, at 76,726,092, in 14 West African nations put together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWith a deployment of over 1,265,227 electoral officials, the infusion of technology to enhance the electoral process and the logistical nightmare of sending election materials across our vast country, INEC seems to be availing itself creditably, going by the preliminary reports of the ECOWAS Electoral Observation Mission and the Commonwealth Observer Group, among other groups that observed the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dTherefore, those arrogating to themselves the power to cancel an election and unilaterally fix a date for a new one, ostensibly to ameliorate perceived electoral infractions, should please exercise restraint and allow the official electoral body to conclude its duty by announcing the results of the 2023 national elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAfter that, anyone who is aggrieved must follow the stipulated legal process put in place to adjudicate electoral disputes, instead of threatening fire and conjuring apocalypse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, asking him not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his \u201cinciting, self-serving and provocative\u201d letter on the elections. 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