“It is equally morally reprehensible for the elder stateman to do so at a time when he is supporting a candidate on the partisan scale.“
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiatives, has declared that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s call for cancellation of results of the 2023 election is judgemental and premature.
The organisation, for the record, deployed more than a hundred observers to 23 states of the federation and worked as a team with other prominent groups such as Nigerian Social Workers, Save Life Foundation, and HURMA.
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in a statement issued by its Executive Director, Barrister Olalekan Oladapo, Lygel said that it is equally morally reprehensible for the elder stateman to do so at a time when he is supporing a candidate on the partisastatement.

Here below is the full statement from Lygel.
PRESS STATEMENT
It is of imperative for our organisation, Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiatives, to state our position regarding the press statement made by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo calling for the cancellation of the electoral process, and casting aspersion on INEC for failure to publish results from the polling units into INEC portal as promised and provided by the rules. This position was echoed by a few other international observers.
Our organisation, for the record, deployed more than a hundred observers to 23 states of the federation and worked as a team with other prominent groups such as Nigerian Social Workers, Save Life Foundation, and HURMA.
We note that some other regional bodies and domestic observers like YIAGA Africa did commend the INEC process in this election.
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is known to have given his support to one of the candidates in this election. Therefore, he was not in a good position to make a judgement in this matter. It is expedient to say that his press statement was judgemental and premature. It is unexpected and disgustingly disappointing.
Be that as it may, the field report gathered from about 23 states pointed out the fact that INEC did score 90 per cent. The election was credible, free, and fair. Most of the B-VAS machines functioned very well except in a few cases.
Though, uploading to the INEC portal posed a challenge for unstable internet connections. Nevertheless, it is our view that delay or failure to upload the same has not affected the credibility of the process. It is a means to an end that can be subjected to review in the post election disputes.
It is appalling for the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and some international observers issuing provocative statements that were capable of derailing the process. It is noteworthy that calling for cancellation of the election must be supported by weighty and clear evidence of which neither Chief Olusegun Obasanjo nor other foreign observers who shared the same sentiments could provide. It is elementary evidential rule, say to say that he who asserts must prove. It is equally morally reprehensible for the elder stateman to do so at a time when he is supporing a candidate on the partisan scale.
Nevertheless, the constitutional democracy that Nigeria is suscribed to allows for persons to approach courts for dispute resolution. To our mind, whatever emerging disputes from this election must be channelled to the judicial arm for intervention. This is in line with the constitution and the international conventions.
We therefore urge Nigerians to be calm and law abiding in this trying period and disregard any statement for election cancellation. More so, when such a statement is colour with political undertones. It is our belief that all will end well.
Olalekan I. Oladapo
for Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiatives.