- Akande said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) promised Nigerians that the results of the 2023 election would be on the IREV
- He said INEC betrayed the trust of Nigerians by not transmitting election results to the IREV
Laolu Akande, a former senior special adviser to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has doubled down on his stance on the conduct of the 2023 presidential election.
Akande had on Saturday had said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conduct of the presidential election leaves much to be desired.
He said INEC betrayed the trust of Nigerians by not transmitting election results to the IREV.
Speaking on Channel Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Akande implored President Bola Tinubu to openly admit that the country’s electoral process requires fixing.
The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua once admitted that the process that brought him to office was flawed.
Akande said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) promised Nigerians that the results of the 2023 election would be on the IREV.
He noted INEC has been able to explain to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, justices that “Look, we are not compelled by the law to transmit the results” because it was only a promise and not a law.
He noted that while INEC still has to try and rebuild trust, the President should come out to condemn the poor job done by the electoral umpire.
“The President himself, at the end of the day, ought to also come out, just like President Yar’Adua did, to say, “Look, I understand that we have to fix the electoral process, and I think a lot of what we should do at the end of the day is to come back and look at the reforms.”