On The Complaints Of Peter Obi's Political Party And Supporters

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Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA

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Feb 27, 2023, 11:29:24 AM2/27/23
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The Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, his political party and supporters have made complaints with evidence about serious irregularities in the elections.

These serious irregularities if true, have the capacity to substantially affect the outcome of the election.

INEC should as a matter of urgency, investigate these complaints and make the finding public before the announcement of the eventual winner so as to give credibility to the announcement.


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Chidi Anthony Opara is a Poet, IIM Professional Fellow, MIT Chief Data Officer Ambassador and Editorial Adviser at News Updates (https://updatesonnews.substack.com)

Toyin Falola

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Feb 27, 2023, 11:45:56 AM2/27/23
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Unfortunately, it does not work like this.  There must be a final result that you have to take to a tribunal.

 

Nigerians have created a post-proverbial:

You cannot amass money for an election and not amass money for the legal outcome.

The distinguished scholar, Adamolekun, warned that the judiciary should not be so empowered. Alas! One judge can undo the votes of 300,000 people!

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Victor Okafor

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Feb 27, 2023, 5:13:17 PM2/27/23
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Friends:
Given the string of reports that we have seen posted in a variety of media, I feel constrained to disclose that I don't have faith in these numbers. One phrase that comes to mind as I see these mind-boggling figures from suspect INEC is: fake news, fake news, fake news! The outcome of a soccer game that has not been impartially refereed and be seen to have been impartially refereed, never inspires anyone's confidence. Given all the reports that we have seen so far, including alleged complicity of certain INEC operatives, I have tried but could not find any basis for thinking of this election as one that met acceptable standards of a free and fair election.
Look, I did produce an edited book on Nigeria's disputed presidential elections of 2007 which yielded Yar Adua as president (Nigeria's Stumbling Democracy & Its Implications for the Democratic Movement in Africa published by Praeger Security International). What I'm seeing so far about this 2023 presidential election eerily and regrettably reminds me of that book, which I thought I would never have to re-do. The truth is that the masses of Nigerians have, by and large, always submitted themselves to the rules even against all odds, majority of Nigerians are among the hardest-working men and women of integrity, but a minority of persons who constitute the crooked members of the privileged and well-connected class of society continue to mislead and undermine the aspirations of the majority, and continue to put us to shame on the international stage. 
Hello, presidential electoral tribunal! Where art thou? Keep your doors wide open!



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Victor O. Okafor, Ph.D.
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Eastern Michigan University


Toyin Falola

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Feb 27, 2023, 5:18:40 PM2/27/23
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Oga Victor:

I was looking for your recommendation at the end.

The regulation body has the final figures, that is the law; how they arrive at those figures is the political process. A political process is a system. A system produces a process; a process produces the regulators.

And then you have the tribunals where you can do the teeth gnashing, and let lawyers and judges make their money.

Are you anti-democracy?

Or do you want to become a regulator?

Or do you want to go to Law School and become rich?

TF

Olasupo Laosebikan

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Feb 27, 2023, 5:54:34 PM2/27/23
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"The truth is that the masses of Nigerians have, by and large, always submitted themselves to the rules even against all odds, majority of Nigerians are among the hardest-working men and women of integrity," that, Bro Okafor is the way I see it too, thank you

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Toyin Falola

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Feb 27, 2023, 5:59:00 PM2/27/23
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Sir:

Where are you going with this argument?

Slaves were the most hard working and law abiding in a plantation system.

The poor work harder than the rich.

 

 


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Victor Okafor

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Feb 27, 2023, 10:55:32 PM2/27/23
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Oga TF, the last line of my commentary displays my recommendation. 

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