Even primary school pupil knew Tinubu rigged presidential poll – Atiku
Abubakar Atiku, a former presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has reacted to the European Union report that faulted the conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 poll.
Atiku, currently challenging the poll results before the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), spoke through his media aide Phrank Shaibu.
In the statement Shaibu released Sunday night, he said, “Even primary school children who did not vote know that INEC failed woefully and that Tinubu rigged the last election.
“The presidential election was held on February 25, 2023 and yet as of July 2, 2023, the result of the election has not been fully uploaded. This is although this election was the most expensive in the history of West African politics.
“How can an election in which the full results have not been fully uploaded after nearly five months be described as credible by any sane human being?”
He continued: “The EU said in September last year that it budgeted 39 million euros for Nigeria’s 2023 election. Most of the funding went to INEC as election support.
“The EU not only provided training for INEC staff but also donated equipment only for INEC to conduct a shambolic poll. So why would Alake claim that the EU has no right to speak when it was the largest single donor to INEC? Mr Alake should rather be quiet rather than try to defend the indefensible,” he noted.
Atiku’s aide further argued that the results in states like Rivers showed that the election was far from credible.”
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The statement urged the United States and the United Kingdom to impose vias ban on election riggers, while he says former Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike was culpable in the act.
