IN his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, 12th of June 2022 in commemoration of the 2022 Democracy Day, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said recent primary elections conducted by political parties in the country for the 2023 general elections were peaceful and orderly.

In his speech live-streamed on Channels TV, Buhari noted that he arrived at the conclusion having followed the primary elections from the state level to the presidential level.

“Recently, all registered political parties conducted primaries to select their candidates for the 2023 general elections.

IN his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, 12th of June 2022 in commemoration of the 2022 Democracy Day, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said recent primary elections conducted by political parties in the country for the 2023 general elections were peaceful and orderly.

In his speech live-streamed on Channels TV, Buhari noted that he arrived at the conclusion having followed the primary elections from the state level to the presidential level.

“Recently, all registered political parties conducted primaries to select their candidates for the 2023 general elections.

“These primaries were peaceful and orderly. Those who won were magnanimous in their victories,” Buhari said.

He added: “I followed the party primaries closely from the state level to the Presidential level. I was very impressed to see across all the political parties that most candidates ran issued-based campaigns. The language and tone throughout were on the whole measured and controlled.”

Political parties in Nigeria conducted their primary elections recently to select their flagbearers for the forthcoming 2023 general election following the directive of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conclude the processes by June 9, 2022.

The 2022 Democracy Day is Buhari’s last as the nation’s president as he leaves office on May 29, 2023.

But how true is Buhari’s claim?
Checks by The FactCheckHub show that the president’s claim that primary elections of political parties at all levels were peaceful and orderly is MOSTLY FALSE.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/democracy-day-speech-buhari-makes-false-claim-about-primary-elections/

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