As the nation ushers in a new president, Bola Tinubu on Monday, the Labour Party (LP) has urged its supporters and all Nigerians to continue to express their passions, emotions, and frustrations within the confines of the law, saying that justice shall prevail in the fullness of time.
The party stated that when this happens, “Nigeria will regain the chance for a new direction, love and trust among our people, and true national growth.”
In a statement signed by the party’s chairman, Julius Abure, on Sunday, the party faulted the election that produced Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the president-elect, claiming that it was marred by irregularities.
He said that despite varying serious reports of violence, malfunctioning electoral devices, and other hindrances, the voter accreditation and voting process were fairly satisfactorily conducted.
He, however, lamented that “after counting votes, a dark cloud engulfed the nation.” It became clear that the correct password to transmit the Presidential Election results electronically and instantly from the BVAS to the INEC IREV had been criminally withheld, contrary to specifications of the law and contrary to repeated emphasis, directives, and promises to the nation and its citizens by Professor Mahmood Yakubu and INEC officials.”
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Abure alleged that votes “lawfully cast for the Labour Party candidate were changed, reduced, and added to increase votes cast for the Presidential Candidate of the APC.”
He said Nigerians deserve a government that can manage the country for the good of all with sincerity, creativity, and discipline.
Abure said the matter, which is now before the presidential petitions tribunal, will be pursued to its logical conclusion.
“Our people deserve a government that can manage the country for the good of all with sincerity, creativity, and discipline. A government that can reduce the biting tension and difficulties that families face in meeting their living needs, and a government that can reduce the reckless corruption, rebuild national institutions, and reposition the country in all its ramifications.
“That is the trust the people have placed in the Labour Party and the presidential ticket of Peter Obi and Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. This is the same burden of trust we owe the Nigerian people to see this matter to a lawful and logical resolution,” the party concluded.
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