Buhari Ensured No Politician Used Security Agencies To Rig The Elections – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has come out to say that General Muhammadu Buhari has delivered on his pledge to leave behind a legacy of free, fair and credible elections through the conduct of 2023 polls.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the fact that Buhari lost his state, Katsina, during the presidential election to the Peoples Democratic Party, and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, also lost his state, Lagos, to the Labour Party, is enough proof that the elections were credible.

Lai added that Buhari ensured nobody used the security agencies to rig the election in his favour during the elections, thereby creating a level-playing ground for everyone.

His words, “Proof of this resolution is that the President’s party lost the presidential election in Katsina, his home state.”

“Equally, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, lost in his state, Lagos, while the Chairman of the Party, Abdullahi Adamu, lost in Nasarawa state to the Labour Party.”

“The Director-General of the Campaign Organisation of our party also lost to PDP in Plateau State.”

“Nothing gives this election more credence than those facts because there was no rigging in states where our bigwigs come from.”

“Under our laws today, management of election results is manual and the court has ruled that INEC has the exclusive right to determine the mode of election, its collation and transmission.”

“What happened on the 25th of February was that INEC observed that the results of the presidential elections were not being viewed.”

“INEC, suspecting cyber attack, withheld the uploading of the results in order to preserve the integrity of the data. It immediately proceeded to float an alternative platform while asking its technicians to investigate what happened to its original portal.”