BREAKING: Obasanjo calls for cancellation of presidential election where exercise was disrupted

As the outcome of the presidential election and the alleged bias of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) continues to cause ripples, former President Olusegun obasanjo and former military head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, have weighed in strongly.

Obasanjo in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said Saturday’s presidential election failed integrity test and as such, the election must be cancelled.

Gen Abubakar also spoke in the same manner in his letter.

Obasanjo, who on January 1, openly endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as his preferred candidate, asked the INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, to save Nigeria from the looming danger and disaster waiting to happen.

In a statement on Monday titled “2023 Nigeria Presidential Election: An Appeal for Caution and Rectification,” Obasanjo demanded cancellation of elections in areas where the exercise was disrupted.

According to him, it is no secret that INEC officials at operational level have been allegedly compromised following the manual transmission of results which he alleged had been manipulated and doctored.

Obasanjo’s letter is coming few hours after the party agents staged a walkout.

He told President Muhammadu Buhari that “tension is building up and please let all elections that do not pass the credibility and transparency test be cancelled and be brought back to areas where elections were disrupted for next Saturday, March 4, 2023, and BVAS and Server officials be changed.”

During the Saturday’s presidential election, Obasanjo failed to deliver his polling unit in Abeokuta, Ogun State, for his preferred candidate as the APC’s Bola Tinubu defeated Obi at the unit.

The ongoing collation of the presidential election results at the National Collation Centre in Abuja earlier today was thrown into confusion as the PDP agent, Senator Dino Melaye, and others stormed out of the venue, citing alleged compromise.

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