Opposition Party Calls for Nullification of Nigeria Elections

As results of Nigeria’s presidential and national assembly election trickle in, opposition political parties cruising high are calling for a nullification in areas they claim the poll was rigged.

Although the opposition parties were reported to be clinching many states initially perceived to be strongholds of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) including Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, they are unhappy by the fact that APC is leading in the polls.

Despite the Nigerian underdog, the Labour Party, relentlessly eating deep into APC turfs by winning very important states of Lagos and Plateau among others, for instance, it is also spoiling for a further fight, calling for results nullification.

Also, the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which was ousted in 2015 by APC, is also calling for cancellation of results despite winning APC’s states of Katsina, Kebbi and Osun among others.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is supporting the Labour Party, is leading the calls for result cancellation in all areas where they believe were compromised.

On Monday, Obasanjo also called for the rejection of all election results which were manually transmitted.

The elder statesman, who alleged that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and servers used during the elections were compromised, noted that a cancellation would rectify the anomaly.

“It is no secret that INEC officials at operational level have been allegedly compromised to make what should have worked not to work and to revert to manual transmission of results which is manipulated and the results doctored,” Obasanjo said.

“The INEC chairman may claim ignorance, but he cannot fold his hands and do nothing when he knows that election process has been corrupted and most of the results that are brought outside BVAS and servers are not a true reflection of the will of Nigerians who have made their individual choice,” he added.

Obasanjo, who noted that Nigeria’s outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari had shown that he intended to leave a legacy of free, fair, transparent and credible elections, called on him to intervene and reschedule elections in the affected areas.Despite the Nigerian underdog, the Labour Party, relentlessly eating deep into APC turfs by winning very important states of Lagos and Plateau among others, for instance, it is also spoiling for a further fight, calling for results nullification.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is supporting the Labour Party, is leading the calls for result cancellation in all areas where they believe were compromised.

On Monday, Obasanjo also called for the rejection of all election results which were manually transmitted.

The elder statesman, who alleged that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and servers used during the elections were compromised, noted that a cancellation would rectify the anomaly.