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The results of the February 25, 2023, presidential election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been rejected by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.
On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, INEC declared Tinubu the Presidential elect.
Damian Okeke-Ogene, the organization's National Vice President, stated that the results were marred by "monumental errors" and the commission's inability to follow some of its rules when conducting the poll.
He advised Nigerians to maintain their composure and added that the 2023 presidential election might not have been announced yet.
“With voting and declaration of results over, other processes will follow. I am sure that many Nigerians will, on their own, go to court to challenge the outcome of the exercise, many people have not accepted the declaration and do not believe they have a President-elect yet.
This is the worst election conducted by INEC. Imagine our President, Muhammadu Buhari, saying during one of the campaigns that Bola Tinubu would be the next president at a time when the election had not been conducted, which was an indication that the election was even rigged before it was conducted.
The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, was busy promising Nigerians that their votes would count and that votes would be transmitted from the polling units to the INEC server, only for the commission to do everything manually with the attendant corrupt practices. As it turned out, many Nigerians voted, but their votes did not count, which was frustrating.”
