Recall that the opposition parties — the Labour Party, and the Peoples Democratic Party, had accused INEC of complicity in alleged malpractices during the polls.
The Federal Government has described the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s call for the 2023 general elections as self-serving and provocative.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in a statement by his media aide Segun Adeyemi.
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.
”Though masquerading as an unbiased and concerned elder statesman, former President Obasanjo is in reality a known partisan who is bent on subterfuge the choice of millions of Nigerian voters,” he said
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Mohammed alleged that Obasanjo, in his time, “organised perhaps the worst election since Nigeria’s 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.”
He said As the whole nation waits with bated breath for the result of last Saturday’s 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.
The minister noted that instead of calling for the cancellation of the election, those aggrieved by the election result should seek redress in the courts.
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