The Nigerian Federal Government has rejected the European Union (EU) final report on the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria.
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| Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was inaugurated 16th President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Monday 29 May, 2023 at the Eagle Square, Abuja |
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, said, via a statement, “We urge the EU and other foreign interests to be objective in all their assessments of the internal affairs of our country and allow Nigeria to breathe”.
Alake said, the 2023 Presidential Election conducted on Saturday 25 February, 2023 which produced the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as winner, was “clearly and fairly” won by the former Governor of Lagos State.
Alake said, “We find it preposterous and unconscionable that in this day and age, any foreign organisation of whatever hue can continue to insist on its own yardstick and assessment as the only way to determine the credibility and transparency of our elections.
“We would like to know and even ask EU, how it reached the conclusions in the submitted final report with the very limited coverage of the elections by their observers who, without doubt, relied more on rumours, hearsay, cocktails of prejudiced and uninformed social media commentaries and opposition talking heads.
“We have many reasons to believe the jaundiced report, based on the views of fewer than 50 observers, was to merely sustain the same premature denunciatory stance contained in EU’s preliminary report released in March.
“We strongly reject, in its entirety, any notion and idea from any organisation, group and individual remotely suggesting that the 2023 election was fraudulent.
“As a country, we have put the elections behind us. President Tinubu is facing the arduous task of nation-building, while those who have reasons to challenge the process continue to do so through the courts.”
