{"id":104500,"date":"2023-04-29T03:21:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T02:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104500"},"modified":"2023-04-29T03:21:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T02:21:33","slug":"nigerias-electoral-process-taken-many-years-backward-under-buhari-presidency-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerias-electoral-process-taken-many-years-backward-under-buhari-presidency-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s Electoral Process Taken Many Years Backward\u00a0 Under Buhari Presidency &#8211; LP\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1764452998862836978\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Labour Party (LP) has said President Muhammadu Buhari took Nigeria\u2019s electoral process many years backward in the conduct of the 2023 general elections.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe party stated that the president was playing the devil\u2019s advocate in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu, that opposition parties lost the 2023 presidential election because of \u201coverconfidence, complacency, and bad tactical moves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting swiftly to the comment, LP in a statement signed by its acting National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh said the elections were characterized by violence, ballot box stuffing, and snatching, as well as manipulation of election results in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>The party stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) abandoned the Electoral Act as it failed to upload election results from the polling unit in real-time, as it promised Nigerians, and in disregard to the laws guiding the elections.<\/p>\n<p>This it alleged, gave room to massive rigging, as witnessed during the elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to the LP, what played out during the supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State on April 15, \u201cwas a microcosm of what played out all over the country during the February 25 and March 18 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy the case of Adamawa was given huge publicity and attention was because of the involvement of an INEC National commissioner who was a victim, thus forcing INEC to take prompt action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LP described the conduct of the 2023 general elections as the worst in the country, adding that President Buhari failed in his promise to Nigerians to leave of legacy of free, fair, and credible elections.<\/p>\n<p>It accused security agencies of collaborating with the ruling APC to subvert the will of the people to elect the president of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe APC candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu didn\u2019t win the February 25 presidential election. 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