{"id":110179,"date":"2024-01-17T18:46:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T17:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110179"},"modified":"2024-01-17T18:46:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T17:46:58","slug":"there-was-plan-to-annul-2023-presidential-election-soyinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/there-was-plan-to-annul-2023-presidential-election-soyinka\/","title":{"rendered":"There was plan to annul 2023 presidential election \u2013 Soyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1788355731942614526\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday, said there was a conspiracy to annul the 2023 presidential election.<\/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\">\nWhile referring to the 1993 election cancelled by former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), Soyinka said, \u201cHistory was about to repeat itself, some people were determined to take us back to those days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Bola Tinubu, as President.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared winner after polling 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian playwright who spoke on Channels Television on Wednesday, said, \u201cI am alleging that there was a conspiracy from the very beginning before the election to make sure the elections did not take place or that even if the voting did take place, that everything be reverted to what happened under Babangida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we all just woke up and discovered that even though the results have been calculated, even though the results were in possession of international bodies, including monitoring embassies and so on, even if we had the results directly, it was suddenly annulled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that to him, \u201cit was no longer a contest between individuals, it was now a contest between the so-called interim political party and democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have a binary like that, I have no doubt or hesitation about what side of the barricade my position should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While reacting to the comment of the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Soyinka said it was \u201ca disgraceful interview\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed, a former House of Representatives member had asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Ariwoola, not to swear in Tinubu as duly elected president of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka described Baba-Ahmed\u2019s comment as \u201cdisgraceful and menacing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that interview by Datti, that disgraceful and menacing interview, was for me the ultimate signal because this was somebody calling for the rubbishing of a structure he profited to ever become a governor,\u201d Soyinka added.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court had in October 2023 dismissed the cases of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the LP challenging the declaration ofTinubu\u2019s\u00a0 as the winner of the February 25 presidential poll.<\/p>\n<p>A seven-judge panel ruled without merit the opposition appeals over claims of fraud, electoral law violations, and Tinubu\u2019s ineligibility to run for president.<\/p>\n<p>The court thrashed all the grounds of appeal of Atiku and PDP on qualification, non-compliance with the Electoral Act, the 25 per cent votes in FCT, and electoral\u00a0malpractices.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday, said there was a conspiracy to annul the 2023 presidential election. 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