INEC Reacts to Report Claiming Results from IReV Portal Shows Peter Obi Defeated Bola Tinubu in Rivers State
- A news publication in its findings disclosed Peter Obi of Labour Party won the February 25 presidential election in Rivers state and not Bola Tinubu of the APC
- The news publication noted further that Tinubu was illegally declared as president-elect by the electoral umpire
- Reacting to the development, the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said since the matter is pending in court, no one should comment on it
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally addressed the claim by a news publication that Peter Obi, the Labour Party flagbearer, won the 2023 presidential election in Rivers state.
Premium Times on Sunday, April 16, reported that its findings revealed Obi won the presidential election in Rivers state and not the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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INEC reacts to report Obi won 2023 presidential poll in Rivers
Reacting to the development, INEC said that the trending report suggesting that Obi won the presidential election in Rivers state and not Tinubu was “prejudicial”.
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In a chat with Leadership on Sunday, April 16, in Abuja, the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said:
"While the Premium Times reserves the right to publish reports on various issues, it is a known fact that when a matter is before a court, no one, including a media organisation, should comment on it.
“It is for this reason that I cannot comment on it,” he further stated.
List of presidential candidates, parties that want court to sack Bola Tinubu as president-elect
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, won the February 25 elections.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Tinubu polled 8.8 million votes to emerge the winner.
However, five of his contenders are challenging the outcome of the polls in court.
Arewa elders reveal reason Tinubu must be sworn in on May 29
A coalition of Arewa elders has insisted that the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, must be sworn in on Monday, May 29, 2023, having met the constitutional requirement to win the February 25 presidential election.
The elders' made this assertion while cautioning those calling for an interim government in the country to desist forthwith.
The group's position was contained in a communique read by Suleiman Usman Jere, chairman of the coalition, at the end of a meeting on Tuesday, April 11, in Kaduna.
Source: Legit.ng
