2023 Presidential Election: Adebanjo Reacts To Tinubu’s Victory

2023 Presidential Election: Adebanjo Reacts To Tinubu’s Victory

The February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria, according to Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization Afenifere, fell short of a democratic process.

The All Progressives Congress’ Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of Saturday’s presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

According to official INEC results, Tinubu came out on top in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, and secured significant numbers in several states to claim the most votes, defeating main challengers Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who came in second and third place, respectively.

While Tinubu received 8,794,726 million votes, the 76-year-old former Vice President, who has now run for president six times, received 6,984,520 votes, and Obi, who galvanised young voters in an unprecedented manner in less than a year, received 6,101,533.

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In an interview with Arise TV on Friday, Pa Adebanjo, reacting to the declaration of former Lagos State Governor Tinubu as the president-elect, described the result of the election as simply a daylight robbery.

The elder statesman who backed the Labour Party presidential candidate who finished third in the INEC results to challenge the results in court said Tinubu’s victory was only temporary.

Tinubu’s victory, according to Adebanjo, was a pyrrhic victory.

“As of that election, there was no result. What they have done to Tinubu is like what they did to the Interim Government of Shonekan. It was a pyrrhic victory allowed. As the leader (presidential candidate) of the Labour Party, Peter Obi said, we will prove it in court.

“I listened to the chairman of INEC, when Dino Melaye told him to suspend results because of a lot of irregularities. He said, ‘why don’t you let us correct them before we proceed?’ He said, ‘No!’ But, INEC chairman said, ‘let me complete this exercise and I will review’.

“This is a daylight robbery. The whole country supported you (INEC Chairman) to amend the Electoral Law and you promised to transmit the result by electoral means. You now went back to what we have fought against. What a shame! This government is a disaster,” Adebanjo added.

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