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President Bola Tinubu has dismissed allegations that he is behind defections from opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, insisting he neither coerced nor pressured anyone to abandon their political platforms.

The President made the remarks on Wednesday during an interfaith Iftar with senators at the Presidential Villa, where he addressed claims that his administration is working to weaken opposition parties.

Responding to critics, Tinubu said they were entitled to their opinions but rejected accusations of wrongdoing.

He added that he could not fault politicians who chose to defect, likening their decisions to leaving a “sinking ship,” while pointing to terrorism and banditry as major national challenges contributing to political tensions.

“Critics must talk. When they accused me of killing the opposition, but I didn’t have a gun. I could have given myself a licence when I have the authority.

“But I can’t blame anybody for jumping out of a sinking ship if they did. What we have faced in the challenging period of this country, the terrorism and banditry, is causing us havoc.

The President urged political leaders to prioritise unity in line with the vision of Nigeria’s founding fathers, stressing that constitutional democracy is meant to foster cooperation rather than conflict.

“And we should pull together, unite in a way that our forefathers contemplated to bring about a constitutional democracy and pull us together. They didn’t say we should fight. It’s a good thing that we are working in harmony.”

Richtaiwo:
Insulting him because he said he didn’t orchestrate any attack against the Agulu fraud? And this is something you can't prove to be the contrary.

Is that how you were brought up?

Globad:
The dumb proverb you quoted is considered a legally weak evidence in any court of law worth its name

SocialFinance:
This a strong evidence that attack was staged.


No video evidence to show the face of hoodlums or thugs, with the number that do follow Obi about?

Where were the media when this is happening all reporting are based on the obedience script

Edo the so call home of obedience, how can this happen and no evidence

seunmsg:
It is unfortunate to see the extent to which Peter Obi supporters are going to discredit the electoral process in Nigeria. A clean copy of the form EC8A was handed over to the ADC agent who then went ahead to edit it to show an inflated figure for APC. Naturally, the badly edited form found its way quickly to Rufai Oseni's twitter page.

This is a very bad and dangerous trend with far reaching implication. Hopefully, the police will investigate the matter and arrest the criminals behind this fraudulent attempt to discredit our electoral process. The sanctity of the 2027 general election is at stake.

Burob:
Very funny, u done recover from your Abuja loss abi? .

No need to waste time bantering with a perpetual Loser, like oga, like follower.

Burob:
The APC will choose the best candidate from the northern Nigeria in 2031.

It is good of your subconscious acknowledgement of the fact that Asiwaju is there till 2031.

Richtaiwo:
Alright, let’s assume, just for the sake of your dramatic imagination that this allegation is actually true. So what you’re saying is, you’d rather see abductees meet their end, just so you can preserve a tidy little campaign slogan against Tinubu and keep marketing your Pandora criminal?

Funny… because aren’t you the same people who were loudly wailing yesterday that Tinubu “doesn’t care” about abductees? Meanwhile, the families of those who returned home alive will remember Jagaban in ways your hashtags never can
But don’t worry, by tomorrow, you’ll probably upgrade the complaint to something even more theatrical… like claiming Tinubu has stolen your manhood.

Kalashnikov49:
Did you see how madridguy is crying. Even his APC membership card can't give him palliative transportation reduction in prices

El Yekini, really dealt with his people.

obonujoker:
Is this part of the renewed hope agenda 🤣

adioolayi:
And the rigger was so gullible to leave the number of votes in words, from the image you shared

You don't think that image is most likely fake to push a narrative

SmartPolician:
How can the mods of this forum keep bringing fictitious stories of people without traceable identities to the front page?

Christistruth00:
Lagos is Yorubaland and Tinubu is from Yorubaland
Abuja is Gwariland so the indigenes need to have a controlling stake in the Politics of the FCT

WorldRichest:
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Okudili, rest abeg, make you no collapse

Makavelli001:
Apparently, here is a systematic analysis of how the FCT election was rigged:

1) After voting at the various polling units, even if APC loses and your candidate wins, the APC cabals are not worried or threatened.

2) NYSC agents sign the results and announce your candidate the winner of that polling unit.

3) The NYSC agent then hands the results to the returning officers.

4) The returning officers take the results to the collation centres, which are dominated by APC loyalists and INEC riggers who have the final say.

This is where the losers (APC) are announced as winners. This is usually done at night because, psychologically, voters are deceived and made to believe that since their candidate won at the polling units, they can now go home and rest.

5) At the collation centres, results are rewritten in favour of APC, a new signature is added, and the result forms are handed to the INEC chairman for declaration.

6) In these collation centres, no questions are entertained regarding any mutilation of figures done at the backend (which was not done at the polling units). Any candidate announced from this centre remains the declared winner.

7) Any question or dissatisfaction must go through the courts.

The courts will uphold the forged results declared by INEC because the National Assembly and the Senate passed an electoral law stating that any result written on Form EC8A must be accepted without question or disqualification.

If you still don’t see anything wrong with the system, you’re the problem and an enemy of the country.