Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for cancellation of election results where the BVAS and Servers were manipulated or rendered inactive.
In a statement Monday evening, Obasanjo said results that were brought outside BVAS and Server were not true reflection of the will of Nigerians who had made their individual choice.
He therefore said such results must be declared void and inadmissible for election declaration.
He called on President Muhammadu Buhari and INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu to save the nation from the looming danger, adding, “I strongly believe that nobody will toy with the future and fortune of Nigeria at this juncture.”
Obasanjo said on many occasions in the past, he had not hesitated to point out lacuna in the action of President Muhammadu Buhari and his government.
He added that as far as the election issues were concerned, the President had proved beyond reasonable doubt that he would want to leave a legacy of free, fair, transparent and credible elections.
Obasanjo said: “Until last Saturday night, February 25, 2023, the good and noble plan and preparation for the elections seemed to be going well. For the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a lot of money was spent to introduce Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), and the Server for immediate transmission of results from polling units.
” It is no secret that INEC officials, at operational level, have been allegedly compromised to make what should have worked not to work and to revert to manual transmission of results which is manipulated and the results doctored.
“The Chairman of INEC may claim ignorance but he cannot fold his hands and do nothing when he knows that election process has been corrupted and most of the results that are brought outside BVAS and Server are not true reflection of the will of Nigerians who have made their individual choice.”
He said “At this stage, we do not need wittingly or unwittingly to set this country on fire with the greed, irresponsibility and unpatriotic act of those who allegedly gave money to INEC officials for perversion and those who collected the blood money. Let me appeal to the Chairman of INEC, if his hands are clean, to save Nigeria from the looming danger and disaster which is just waiting to happen.”
THISDAY
The letter is reproduced below:
