2023 Presidential Election Freest, Fairest Since 1999, AYCF Declares
- The Arewa Consultative Forum (AYCF) has declared the just concluded presidential election in Nigeria as the fairest since 1999
- The AYCF also lambasted those calling for the resignation of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, chairman of INEC, describing them s agents of destabilisation
- It added that as an organisation whose members sacrificed their mental and physical abilities to ensure today's democracy, it must work to preserve peace in Nigeria
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Comparatively, the 2023 presidential election recently conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is the freest and fairest since 1999, the Arewa Consultative Forum (AYCF) declared on Sunday.
AYCF made the declaration in a statement issued in Lagos by Alhaji Yerima Shettima, and made available to Legit.ng, its National President, while describing those calling for the resignation of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, chairman of INEC, as agents of destabilisation.
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The election produced Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) came second and third, respectively.
The group hailed INEC for doing its best giving the circumstances under which the election was conducted, but lamented that "there are forces opposed to the commendable effort of INEC and we are aware there is deliberate ploy to distract the electoral umpire."
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The organisation warned that it was prepared to resist the alleged forces seeking to undermine the current democratic process as had been upheld by INEC adding that those conspiring against INEC do not mean well for the nation.
AYCF said as an organisation whose members sacrificed their mental and physical abilities to ensure today's democracy, it must work to preserve peace in Nigeria and ensure INEC is allowed to deliver on its mandate without any hindrance.
Court orders INEC to upload results from polling units to IReV
Meanwhile, the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered INEC to electronically upload the results of the March 11 governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Lagos state from the polling units to the IReV.
Justice Peter Lifu granted the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by the Labour Party, its governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and 40 others.
The plaintiffs had sought an order of Mandamus to compel INEC to obey the Electoral Act and its guidelines for conducting the elections.
Source: Legit.ng
