In an interview on Arise TV on Thursday, Atona Odua of Yorubaland criticised INEC for how poorly the presidential election was run and said that Nigerians cannot accept the election results.
He said, “Let me advise Prof. Yakubu concerning the next election, that is, the Governorship and the House of Assembly elections; if he finds out that the BVAS and the servers are not going to work, let him stop the election and let us face what is just and what is right.
“Let him postpone the election until he can fix them so that the will of the people will prevail. We cannot continue in this darkness; that doesn’t make any sense.
“You started and people are now manipulating the results, is that what you are hailing? We are going into darkness, and people are clapping. I am ashamed to be a Nigerian. Can’t we be just, fair, equitable and have the fear of God.”
Although he praised Nigerians for their restraint in the face of provocation, he cautioned that this was not indicative of naiveté.
“I want to congratulate Nigerians for being calm because other nations would have resorted to violence and total disregard for the rule of law. I thank our people for doing it calmly but don’t take the graveyard silence to mean we are fools. We are definitely not fools.
“The result is not acceptable. We are building our nation on a faulty foundation. The people wanted a change, they voted for a change and they have manipulated the result all over. We have the results.”
“Prof. Yakubu, tell us the man that is in charge of your ICT, tell us the man that is in charge of your data, and if you cannot sack him, the government should sack you,” George said.
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the president-elect in the 2023 presidential election, has reached out to other presidential candidates in an effort to bring peace. George said, “When you talk about moves for reconciliation, the majority of Nigerians are ashamed.
“The chairman of INEC promised the whole world that we were going to have a new beginning. Mr President signed the new Electoral Act and encouraged Nigerians that we would be going the way of the civilised world. From the polling units, results would be transmitted to the server.
“I was shocked that on that very day, he had the temerity to tell us that they were hitches in technology. It is absolutely shambolic and disgraceful. It is not acceptable,” he said.