2023 Poll: Group to occupy Benin in protest against declaration of Tinubu as winner




Cross section of members of National Coalition of Edo Voters at a press conference in Benin City against the last Saturday presidential election results

 


By Editor


March 02, 2023



A group under the aegis of the National Coalition of Edo Voters (NCEV) has called on all Obidients  and non- Obidients people to occupy the National Museums ground in Benin City in protest against the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the winner of the last Saturday presidential election.

The group made the call at a press conference in Benin City titled, "A total, unequivocal rejection of the 2023 Presidential election results, announced by the INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu".

Olu Martins, the spokesperson of the group said the occupation of the museum was to express their dissatisfaction on the alleged fraud and irregularities that characterized the conduct and announcement of the presidential election  results.

Martins, who said the occupation of the city would be devoid of the normal protest noted that it is going to be in replication  of the 2012 fuel subsidy protest when some Lagosians occupied the Freedom Park.

"We have decided that by tomorrow (Friday) morning  we will be converging at the National Museum ground  in Benin City in protest against  INEC as well as the declaration of APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu the winner of the election. 

"We will be there from Friday to Saturday, Monday and till before the March 11 state House of Assembly election. We will be occupying the area for 2 hours every day.

"We are inviting all Obidients and non-Obidients  to the protest. We need to take action to express displeasure on the conduct of the last Saturday presidential and national assembly elections", he said.

Martins, who alleged that INEC and APC are the two major problems of the country, also advised people not to vote for the party in the next Saturday governorship and state assembly elections.

"Nigerians have two main problems. They are APC and INEC. They have collided together to emasculate the wishes of the people.

"We are asking our people to demonstrate that we are not happy with the action of INEC and their APC collaborator, when our people go for election  on March 11,2023.

"Anywhere you see "APC" as a party you shouldn't look there at all, you people are at liberty to vote for any other party and not APC.

"You are free to vote any party of your conscience; APC did not near your conscience at all", he added.

He opined that electoral corruption is the highest corruption in the world, which is worst than financial corruption because other corruption are build on the basis of financial corruption.

He, however, among others called for a neutral body of forensic experts to audit the entire Presidential election results, with a view to discovering the demons that have been bedevilling free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria.





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