Mr Johnnie Carson, American Diplomat and a foreign observer in the just concluded 2023 general elections says three factors are responsible for the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.

Carson, an Executive Officer of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) spoke in Washington DC when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed paid an official visit to the institute to engage on the concluded elections.

The diplomat said he co-led National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI), International Election Observation Mission to Nigeria during the elections.

According to him, Tinubu, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, undoubtedly won the polls and will be sworn-in come May 29, except something happens dramatically with the court.

“Do you know why he won, he got the money, he had the best national organisation that worked for him and the ground game,’’ he said.

Carson emphasised that for a candidate to win an election in Nigeria, like a lot of democracy in the globe, the three things, including substantial and significant financial resources were needed.

Others, according to him, are a national working organisation and a grass-root acceptance.

He said while Tinubu had all the three criteria in his kitty during the polls, the other major contenders did not have all.

Speaking specifically on the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Carson said, “on the part of Mr Peter Obi, he did not have the ground game and a national organisation.

“Obi is, however, very popular, particularly among the young, educated, urban and sophisticated,’’ he said.

Carson said that the presidential election was one of the most competitive polls in Nigeria and in Africa.

He, however, observed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) needed to up its game.

“Nigeria deserves the very best electoral process.

“To me, the problem is not with Tinubu and the other candidates,’’ he said.

Carson hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his commitment in delivering a free and fair election for Nigeria.

He said the president “is a man of outstanding integrity’’ and he demonstrated the attribute in the past elections.

On his part, the minister said considering where INEC was coming from and where it were today, there were massive improvements in the conduct of the 2023 polls.

Conceding that there was room for improvements, the minister said the introduction of a new technology Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by INEC underpinned the credibility of the elections.

According to him, BVAS cut out fraudulent votes, ghost voters and multiple votes.

Mohammed said the election was conducted against the backdrop of fuel shortage, mounting insecurity and poorly timed cash swap policy.

The minister also had engagements with the Council on Foreign Relations, a well versed think-tank on African affairs and foreign relations chaired by a Nigerian, Dr Ebenezer Obadare.

He was also at the Reuters News Agency; The Politico, an international political newspaper, and Zenger News, a channel that publishes its contents on Forbes.

During his respective interactions with the Think-tanks and international media, the minister presented the facts of the just concluded polls as against skewed narratives of the opposition and naysayers.

By PRNigeria

Nlfpmod

That's your own version of the interview, if Tinubu was sure of victory, why the hell was the results not transmitted real-time to the IREV just like that of Senatorial and HOR ?
INEC did not improve anything, the only difference is that BVAS and IREV exposed all the electoral frauds that have been happening.

“Obi is, however, very popular, particularly among the young, educated, urban and sophisticated,’’ he said.

I guess it would be wrong for him to say “Obi is, however, very popular, particularly among the young, especially those who spend all their time on social media, believe anything their favorite pastor and online influencers say, have absolutely no idea about his political history and also very popular amongst his tribesmen."


The man is a true diplomat.

As a foreign observer for the 2023 elections, are these the only things he observed? Wonderful!

Just watch as how the opposition would claim the man has been bribed.

They wouldn't even mind to attack him on his social media accounts.

Good.
God bless Nigeria
God bless America

I hope they don't mortgage the future of about 200 million Nigerians through their evil diplomatic connections.

He waited till Lai Mohamed visited him before narrating his experience as an observer,
Quite interesting why it took him this long to speak, however,


"The people who hired fake bishops to support their candidate are trying to shame the man who asked a real bishop for support.....smh"

Dreal1247:
I hope they don't mortgage the future of about 200 million Nigerians through their evil diplomatic connections.

I bet you would have been dancing Segura dance had he faulted the outcome of the election.

As a local observer , Obi-diot was a sore loser. He would wail and wail till he follow Atiku to Cameroon.
Pandora the divisive loser would retires in Cameroon.
Nigeria do not need a bloody liar.
Liar Mohammed is a kid where Obi is destroying the narrative of truth.
We all know that Obi-diot and Dat-idiot want an ING,
Obi told the whole World that he was never going to quit Apgar, he laid a curse on himself and his family,yet he did.
OBI-DIOT the traitor that told the people that he would never contested an elective post again in his life eventually he did.
Obidient came 3rd, same 3rd class he obtained in philosophy but wanted to change his 3rd position to 1st.
What a calamity, Nigerians dodge an AK 47 billet by rejecting Obi at free and fair election in 2023.

APC, file you counter petition at the presidential election petition tribunal and forget about continued propaganda

Islie:




By PRNigeria

Nlfpmod

DMerciful:
APC, file you counter petition at the presidential election petition tribunal and forget about continued propaganda

Are you somehow related to Ayra Starr? Why you dey rush?

People wey get sense de talk foolish Igbo de shook mouth. The person here represent the USA with half of his years on Earth spent monitoring election across the globe.

This is who a retardded upper iweka ipob miscreant is disregarding his articulated timed response after careful examination of all the facts by the USA.

Should Nigerians now discard his opinion n accept your ipob traitor opinion with that of your bigoted sister Adichie even with all your endemic hate bigotry n foolishness against the Nigeria state ?

mycar:
That's your own version of the interview, if Tinubu was sure of victory, why the hell was the results not transmitted real-time to the IREV just like that of Senatorial and HOR ?
INEC did not improve anything, the only difference is that BVAS and IREV exposed all the electoral frauds that have been happening.

So Americans now collect bribe from Lai because an hopeless dead brain Igbo Ipob said so.

greatiyk4u:
He waited till Lai Mohamed visited him before narrating his experience as an observer,
Quite interesting why it took him this long to speak, however,


"The people who hired fake bishops to support their candidate are trying to shame the man who asked a real bishop for support.....smh"

pricklewane:
So Americans now collect bribe from Lai because an hopeless dead brain [b]Igbo Ipob said so.
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Where was BRIBE mentioned in my comment? It seems you lack comprehension skills
Meanwhile, are you now insinuating that Americans don't take bribes when evidence abound?


@seun look into the bolder and act accordingly

Those children of .....
Will come for him,how dare he, not worship Obi, their lord and master