PRESS RELEASE

- AN APPEAL FOR CAUTION AND RECTIFICATION

Nigerian Brothers and Sisters, greetings to you all.

I am constrained to speak at this point.

I crave the indulgence of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency General Muhammadu Buhari, to make this statement because I have had opportunity to keep him aware of what ! know is happening and the danger looming ahead. On many occasions in the past, I have not hesitated to point out lacuna in the action of the President and his government. But as far as the election issues are concerned, the President has proved beyond reasonable doubt that he will want to leave a legacy of free, fair, transparent and credible elections.

Until last Saturday night, February 25, 2023, the good and noble plan and preparation for the elections seemed to be going well. For the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a lot of money was spent to introduce Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), and the Server for immediate transmission of results from polling units. 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. The Chairman of INEC 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 Server are not true reflection of the will of Nigerians who have made their individual choice. At this stage, we do not need wittingly or unwittingly to set this country on fire with the greed, irresponsibility and unpatriotic act of those who allegedly gave money to INEC officials for perversion and those who collected the blood money. Let me appeal to the Chairman of INEC, if his hands are clean, to save Nigeria from the looming danger and disaster which is just waiting to happen. If the Chairman can postpone elections four days to the election, he can do everything to rectify the errors of the last two days no BVAS, no result to be acceptable; and no upload through Server, no result to be acceptable.

Where BVAS and Servers have been manipulated or rendered inactive, such results must be declared void and inadmissible for election declaration. Chairman INEC, I have thought that you would use this opportunity to mend your reputation and character for posterity.

Your Excellency, President Buhari Muhammadu, tension is building up and please let all elections that do not pass the credibility and transparency test be cancelled and be brought back with areas where elections were disrupted for next Saturday, March 4, 2023, and BVAS and Server officials be changed. To know which stations or polling units were manipulated, let a Committee of INEC staff and representatives of the four major political parties with the Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association look into what must be done to have hitch-free elections next Saturday. Mr. President, may your plan and hope for leaving a legacy of free, fair, transparent and credible election be realised. Mr. President, please don't let anybody say to you that it does not matter or it is the problem of INEC. On no account should you be seen as part of the collusion or compromise. When the die is cast, it will be your problem and that of the nation. The Chairman of INEC may sneak out of the country or go back to his ivory tower. Your Excellency, thank you for hearing me out.

Compatriot Nigerians, please exercise patience until the wrong is righted. I strongly believe that nobody will toy with the future and fortune of Nigeria at this juncture. Long live Nigeria in peace, security, stability and in the hope for greater future.

OLUSEGUN OBASANJO
February 27, 2023

Obidient4Tinubu:
Lol fake news.

I swear this is Biafra war hangover

This people have continued to use Obasanjo's name for almost every fake news.

Is it that they think anyone sees Obasanjo as heavy and mighty the way they see him all cos he crushed them during the civil war and also leveled their kidnapper village during his second stint in power?

Wow the man must have really given them nightmares mehn...

Fake news lol

chinchum:
Nonsense. Obasanjo the sanctimonous man. The worst elections ever were in 2003 and 2007( Maurice Iwu comes to mind). Late Yaradua confirmed his election that brought him to government was a rigged election and he will embark on a reform. The worst human rights violation were during his reign( zaki, odi biam). The worst intertribal wars were during his reign( urhobo vs itsekiri) aguleri vs umuleri. Sagamu riot vs northerners, mushin riot vs northerners, kaduna riot, Kano riot e.t.c Most youngies dont know he is a divisive and self centred fellow who like situations that fans his ego.

At the 1999 presidential election, he lost his polling booth and Ogun state MASSIVELY. He was not a candidate yoruba wanted.

I think social media has elevated a lot of atrocities of politicians.

chinchum:
Nonsense. Obasanjo the sanctimonous man. The worst elections ever were in 2003 and 2007( Maurice Iwu comes to mind). Late Yaradua confirmed his election that brought him to government was a rigged election and he will embark on a reform. The worst human rights violation were during his reign( zaki, odi biam). The worst intertribal wars were during his reign( urhobo vs itsekiri) aguleri vs umuleri. Sagamu riot vs northerners, mushin riot vs northerners, kaduna riot, Kano riot e.t.c Most youngies dont know he is a divisive and self centred fellow who like situations that fans his ego.

At the 1999 presidential election, he lost his polling booth and Ogun state MASSIVELY. He was not a candidate yoruba wanted.

I think social media has elevated a lot of atrocities of politicians.

More bizarrely, the Iwu-led INEC never produced a state-by-state breakdown of the results, the only presidential election with this distinction. The total number of votes won by Yar’Adua also remains the highest ever scored by any candidate.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not have the full results of the highly controversial 2007 presidential election — and this is official.

The presidential election held on April 21 that year is the first and only in Nigeria’s history in which there is no state-by-state breakdown of the candidates’ scores.

Maurice Iwu, a professor and INEC chairman at the time, declared Umaru Musa Yar’Adau of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a figure of 24,638,063 votes without giving the detail.

It remains the highest vote ever amassed by an individual in a single election in Nigeria.

Obidient4Tinubu:
Lol fake news.

I swear this is Biafra war hangover

This people have continued to use Obasanjo's name for almost every fake news.

Is it that they think anyone sees Obasanjo as heavy and mighty the way they see him all cos he crushed them during the civil war and also leveled their kidnapper village during his second stint in power?

Wow the man must have really given them nightmares mehn...

Fake news lol

RenaissanceGuy:
F A K E. So he started with yellow paper and ended with white paper?? 🙄

muykem:
That's fake letter.

muykem:
This is fake letter from fifth columnists. Obasanjo will not like set Nigeria on fire and also die like common criminal.