PRESS STATEMENT

AN INTERLOPING FORMER PRESIDENT IS A PRESENT DANGER TO DEMOCRACY

The recent statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the recently concluded elections must be condemned in the strongest terms by democracy loving Nigerians and those who care about the unity of this country.

His statement coming at a time when the Independent National Electoral Commission was still busy with the conduct and release of the elections results is both unfortunate and a glaring and calculative attempt to game the system. Without any shred of evidence a former President is challenging the integrity of a national elections and calling a seating President to truncate it midway.

As a General who fought for the unity of this country and one that has witnessed the many twists and turns of our Democratic development, I am certain that Nigeria this time is on the right path. I find it most disturbing and objectionable that a former General and President will introduce such a diatribe into the body politic of Nigeria at such a delicate time as this.

Being not neutral, Obasanjo’s intervention falls short of patriotism and fits perfectly into meddling in the affairs of state that is already the constitutional responsibility of INEC.

Nigerians can easily recall the obasanjo years and his democratic antics and many bullish attempts at circumventing the political process.

I call on President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore Obasanjo’s recent interruptions and focus on supporting the lawful institution to do its job by allowing the process to run it’s full course.

The President Buhari i know will let the process run its full course and will not intervene in an undemocratic manner to truncate the ongoing political process.

Luckily, President Buhari is made of finer and more principled democratic stuff. He will not allow Obasanjo to lure him into tainting his democratic credentials in this regard. I recall that in his last trip to the United States, President Joe Biden praised Buhari's commitment to democratic values and principles. Obasanjo has no such record to be applauded.

The world has not forgotten his fraudulent and undemocratic attempt at a third term agenda in violation of the letter and spirit of the Nigerian constitution.

In 2007, after his botched third term bid, Obasanjo conducted the worst election in the history of Nigeria. The beneficiary of that electoral heist, Late President Umaru Yar’Adua openly admitted that his presidency was a product of a fraudulent election with a commitment to reform the electoral process.

Nigerians have voted. Their votes have counted. Let no one disrupt the process.

-General Alani Akinrinade CFR, GCON served Nigeria as Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Staff

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Obasanjo was one of the main persons that brought this Evil party to Nigerians I like how APC is dealing and insulting obasanjo. Oooonyiiiii obj oooonyii goodluck laugh at the old man

hmm, well said my amiable General. Such a great man passionate about the cause of his people.

H.E. Obj, live and lets live sir. He that calls for justice must come with a clean hands, the present administration needed to excel as you did and Nigerians have the right to elect whomsoever they deem fit for the post and God help the fellow to succeed in the cause of nation building.

take away from this is the fact that there is no kingmaker anywhere but the power of the people, if not, who would have chosen a candidate that OBJ does not like? Except the man is not part of the kingmakers, then what about IBB? what about the sitting President?

Learn from Tinubu, no man can stop you from your dream once you start on a good footing and continue to build your destiny up, helping as many people as you come by along the way. Of course destroyers are in their thousands along the way but...you will get there.

Just keep trying. The finish line is on us.

I am quite sure this is fake news.

Let inec do the right thing. Meanwhile all aggrieved parties should put their evidences together and head to court if they believe they have a case.

I can’t help but remember Obj and Maurice Iwu of INEC those days. The duo may have done far worse than those Baba is criticizing today. It was fascinating to watch how men quickly forget.

In all, let’s all learn to be fair in all we do because it is only God that rules in the affairs of men. Mortals will come but also go eventually.

9gerian:
Let inec do the right thing. Meanwhile all aggrieved parties should put their evidences together and head to court if they believe they have a case.

I can’t help but remember Obj and Maurice Iwu of INEC those days. The duo may have done far worse than those Baba is criticizing today. It was fascinating to watch how men quickly forget.

In all, let’s all learn to be fair in all we do because it is only God that rules in the affairs of men. Mortals will come but also go eventually.

You have spoken well my brother

This election pains me no be small..even as a Yoruba. I wanted APC out by all means.

But Atiku bleeped up. Over confidence killed him.. He could have prostrated for those G5 governors as OBJ did to him just to win d election and handle them after d whole process.

His heavy reliance on northern and south south votes is his greatest undoings.

Ibos too should lick their own wounds cos they should have known better that There's higher chances of ibo presidency in pdp than in labour.

What day hell did they smoke to HV tought obi will win. Its another 4 years in d Wilderness as a Nigerian. So sad!!