Many Unanswered Questions About 2023 Presidential Election

The 2023 presidential election may seem to have come and gone, but it is leaving in its wake, many unanswered and yet to be answered questions. And until these questions are satisfactorily answered, there won’t be a closure.

Issues arising from the election are enormous and must be addressed diligently by the apex Court – the Supreme Court, since aggrieved Parties have expressed desire to approach the Court.

It is stated specifically that one of the conditions for a contestant to be declared president elect, is that he or she “must have garnered 25% of votes cast in two thirds (⅔) of the 36 States of the Federation and FCT.”

Why was INEC in a hurry to declare a winner when there are avenues of determining a winner in such a situation as presented itself in the February 25 presidential election?

Why would the INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu arrogantly ask aggrieved parties to go to court midway through election collation exercise? Is he, in other words, preparing us for a possible compromise by the courts?

Prior to the election, both the President and INEC had assured Nigerians that there would be a free and fair election in which BVAS would be used and results transmitted electronically. The INEC chairman went as far as Chatham House to assure the entire world that this time, the election shall be credible,  fair, and transparent.

Electronically transmitted results would, afterwards, be manually added up before a winner is pronounced. Both the President and INEC sold Nigerians a dummy. Is it that both took Nigerians for granted or equated Nigerians with stupidity and daring us to do our worst? What really is happening in Nigeria?

Why would INEC rush to court to stop inspection of results stored electronically in their system. What do they want to obliterate?

Nigerians in this election had looked forward to using their PVC to emancipate themselves from filial slavery, bad leadership, and crass cluelessness of inept leadership. Alas, we were fooled, and today, we look up to the judiciary to see truth and uphold truth.

More Questions On 2023 Presidential Election

We ask God for greater wisdom and undiluted patriotism on the men and women that will sit in judgement over the issues of 2023 presidential election. We do not want our nation to conflagrate. Some of these judges are due for retirement soon. Look ahead, dear judges. How would you want to be remembered? A judge that stood for truth and justice or one that stood for ignominy and infamy?

We ask whoever may have been compromised in INEC, be they in the IT department or elsewhere, to search their consciences. Can whatever compromise money received give you safety in an insecure land? Cheaper prices in the market and a developed country for your children and grandchildren to live in?

In appealing to the consciences of INEC staff and members of the judiciary, I plead you judge the mood of the nation and do the right thing by your fellow citizens.

Nigerians are known to be very prayerful. I join my faith with others, that God’s will be done in our nation. May truth prevail so that we shall come out of our present mourning mode to jubilation, good governance, and positive growth. I leave all in God’s hands, *orobosa,* the Supreme  Judge that will never pass judgement based on tribe or financial inducement. He, whose judgment awaits all of us.

May God bless Nigeria 

Senator Ehigie Uzamere represented the Edo South Senatorial District in the Senate between 2007 and 2015 winning election on the platforms of the PDP and then ACN

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