As Nigerians continue to debate the outcome of the hotly-contested presidential elections that took place in Nigeria on February 25, 2023, reactions have begun trailing a social media post made by former Minister of Education, and human rights activist, Oby Ezekwesili in which she gave a reason why she would have accepted the declaration of the APC’s Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner....CONTINUE READING
Taking to a verified Twitter handle a few minutes ago, Ezekwesili revealed that she has had to ask herself if she would have still rejected Tinubu’s victory on the ballots if he did indeed win the February 25 presidential election by fulfilling all the laid down rules that were supposed to guide the polls…..CONTINUE READING
The former education minister stated that though she would still not have been happy but she would have accepted the result nonetheless
She wrote; “I do not know about others but had to interrogate myself if I would have resisted the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as ‘President-Elect’ if he actually won an election and fulfilled all requirements of law and rules. My answer was No. I would be appalled but not resistant.”
Quite interestingly, ezekwesili’s remarks have elicited some mixed reactions from Nigerians online with many trooping to the comments section to share their thoughts.
While some persons concurred with her assertions, others, however, argued that none of the frontline presidential candidates met all the requirements of the law to be declared winner…..CONTINUE READING
See screenshots of some reactions below:
