General Alani Akinrinade, a former Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Staff, has criticised former President Olusegun Obasanjo for calling for the cancellation of the elections.
The latest statement by Obasanjo regarding the just-concluded elections, according to Akinrinade, must be strongly denounced by Nigerians who value democracy and who care about maintaining the nation’s unity.
According to The PUNCH, Obasanjo claimed that the results of the presidential election held on Saturday had been “doctored and twisted.”
In a statement on Monday, the former president urged President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret.) to request a review of the results collation procedure.
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Reacting further, the ex-Army chief said, “His (Obasanjo’s) statement coming at a time when the Independent National Electoral Commission was still busy with the conduct and release of the election results, is both unfortunate and a glaring and calculative attempt to game the system. Without any shred of evidence, a former President is challenging the integrity of a national election and calling a seating President to truncate it midway.
“As a General, who fought for the unity of this country and one that has witnessed the many twists and turns of our democratic development, I am certain that Nigeria this time is on the right path. I find it most disturbing and objectionable that a former General and President will introduce such a diatribe into the body politic of Nigeria at such a delicate time as this.”
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He said Obasanjo’s intervention fell short of patriotism and fitted perfectly into meddling in the affairs of state that was already the constitutional responsibility of INEC.
Akinrinade called on President Buhari to ignore Obasanjo and focus on supporting the lawful institution to do its job by allowing the process to run its full course.
“The President Buhari I know will let the process run its full course and will not intervene in an undemocratic manner to truncate the ongoing political process,” he said
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