Akinyemi Onigbinde, a professor of political philosophy with a speciality in public policies, politics and governance, has stated that the election that produced President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was not free and fair.

Onigbinde, who is also the Executive Secretary, Centre for Development and Policy Studies, in an interview with Nigerian Tribune, said the elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the 2023 presidential elections was not credible and also alleged that the BVAS was deliberately disabled to favour candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Tinubu.

“We saw it as it happened even in the last elections conducted by INEC. Without prejudice to whatever the court will say, the election that produced Tinubu was not free and fair. INEC deliberately disabled BVAS for the presidential election. Why did it work for the National Assembly election which was held on the same day? Suddenly, they said BVAS did not work again,” he said.

Onigbinde also alleged that the general elections in Lagos was tampered with to reduce the votes of the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, saying, “We have it on good authority that the result in Lagos was terribly doctored to reduce the votes of Peter Obi.”

He added that by alleging the APC of using violence and playing the tribal card to gain the advantage of the Yorubas and divide the electorate, “they went overdrive in the governorship election. In fact, they reduced my humanity as a Yoruba person with the kind of bigotry displayed in the second election. Suddenly, the election turned to where we had to bring in Igunnu masquerade and oro, with people beaten out of the queue. Even some Yoruba who look like Igbo people were beaten and denied the chance to vote in the election.

“We should know that these politicians have captured even the judiciary. Look at the pronouncements of the Supreme Court on Senators Ahmed Lawan and Godswill Akpabio, people who did not even take part in the primaries of their parties were declared the rightful candidates. Look at Imo State today. So, whoever has access to the judiciary now gets the votes.

“We should call what we have a civilian administration and not civil administration because there is nothing civil even in the way these people come to power. Rigging no longer has finesse as far as these people are concerned. Baales in Lagos threatened people not to come out and vote for the candidates of their choice unless they were ready to vote for a particular candidate.

“They did this to ensure a section of the voters did not come out to vote. So, I don’t know what you meant by being harsh in my statement. There is total state capture. Nobody outside the political class, no matter your ideas, can win an election now. Who are you to have ideas on how you intend to want to run the country better when a party sold its nomination forms for N100m? Election has been turned into a lottery. The N100m is a ticket to get you into the lottery room, not even to begin to play. To play, which is to contest the election, you require hundreds of billions of naira. Do you know what N100m is?”

The Professor decried the monetary tool employed by politicians and the weaponization of poverty, saying; “We have monetised politics and weaponised poverty. People now just go to queue behind the person who can give them food. I am from Egba in Ogun Central, but I have been one of the advocates of the Yewa agenda over the years. How could you have a people, out of three senatorial districts in the state, who have not been able to produce the governor of the state? Suddenly, somebody who has played all his politics in Lagos State and whose name has never been mentioned as being from Yewa has now become a Yewa person, maybe he just remembered the story of his great grandfather who was said to have come from Ilaro or wherever and switched over to Yewa.

“Immediately, they handed over the political structure to him because he has money. From being a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, later House of Representatives and Senate twice, he is now the Senator-elect from Yewa. The people of Yewa rejected their own, tested and trusted sons and daughters who had been there for them. It is about money. He has enough money to send everybody away from the dance floor. Once a musician sees you as the one with the deepest pocket, he will switch to singing your praise. People won’t know there is any other person on the dance floor.”

https://tribuneonlineng.com/presidential-election-that-produced-tinubu-not-free-fair-%e2%80%95-prof-onigbinde/

All of the sane Nigerians are all aware that tinubu is an illegitimate INEC induced president select

Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a criminal

It's audible to the deaf and visible to the blind that Tinubu did not win the election


Any one who disagrees is merely deceiving his or her self

A country where a sitting governor openly worked against his party.and still proud of it.
Try am abroad.

I no even wan talk about inec.

Nigeria is not a sane country. That's why a criminal like Tinubu could aspire to become a president.

This is Sane Yoruba man with a refined ideas on how society should be.

Just imagine,someone who has never been an indigenes of Yewa suddenly became a senator elect.

All because of money.

Good to see we still have elders and professors who have a conscience. Others have become symbols of shame and disgrace.
Only criminally minded people will say otherwise .

This Prof must be an IPOB member according to the mandate criminal zombies.

Another attention seeker

Only his supporters think otherwise. To them it's okay when they win in fraud. Hope they don't bother us when the table turns against them.

A lot of hidden and mischievous intentions have been revealed in this country. A country that parade itself as religious but lack truth and integrity. Nobody wonders why we are where we are. A new Nigeria will surely emerge.

Yes

As long the election is challenged tinubu will be running an illegitimate government if he forces himself on nigerians.

If tinubu cannot prove he won the elections then he is not the winner.

You dont expect the people to clap for you just because you believe it is normal to conduct sham elections in Nigeria.

See the evil they even try to carryout in Adamawa against fintiri in the holy month of ramadan thats going to show you those politicians have sold their soul to satan.

Rigged or not, if they conduct that election ten times over, Obi will not win, no doubt about that

Houseontherock1:
Rigged or not, if they conduct that election ten times over, Obi will not win, no doubt about that.

what about Atiku?

Jostoman:
what about Atiku?

There's a possibility that if Atiku and Obi worked together in PDP, Atiku could have won because the northerners' vote combined with the SE and SS vote for PDP would have given Atiku an edge. However, an Obi with a Northern vice presidential candidate, even in PDP, can't defeat Tinubu!

Illegality is now a thing of joy in nigeria and no where to turn to for justice because yakubu of inec have been bought even before election start, security agent have been compromise, JUDICIARY have been Pocketed by Presidency.

Who asked him? Let him conduct his own election

Houseontherock1:

There's a possibility that if Atiku and Obi worked together in PDP, Atiku could have won because the northerners' vote combined with the SE and SS vote for PDP would have given Atiku an edge. However, an Obi with a Northern vice presidential candidate, even in PDP, can't defeat Tinubu!

no one voted for Tinubu and he knows too.

unclejb2:
no one voted for Tinubu and he knows too.

What exactly is your definition of "NO ONE?"
I know more than 50 people personally who voted for him

I'm sure his wife also voted for him plus a whole lot of others...so what do you mean by "no one voted for him"?

I have said it over and over again: there must be serious blood shedding to cleanse this country. You can't cure this country's problems by elections or negotiations, not by deliberations or consultations. What we need is the good old tried and tested method of cleansing by killing all and I mean ALL these corrupt and inhuman politicians.

It's been done before in other climes and it worked. That is what we now need here.

TINUBU EVEN SAID THAT HE KNOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T VOTE FOR HIM

Tomorrow is May day, I will start my counting....28 days for more wailers to wail

E sope o ti lo

Useless children of poverty and illiteracy will call this their brother shinedu or an IPOb member. In the presidential poll, they thought they will get votes but when it down on them, they now adopted the tribal strategies which was executed along with deadly threats during the gubernatorials in LAGOS state. Tinubu can never be Nigeria's president he is INEC president

I have stopped commenting on political thread but the truth remains that illegally inaugurating Tunubu on 29th may will mark the end of democracy in this country.
His Presidency is illegal. It's just a state capture

Houseontherock1:
Rigged or not, if they conduct that election ten times over, Obi will not win, no doubt about that

Then why intimidate Obi's supporters and reduce his votes as alleged by this Yoruba professor if you truly believe he can't win?