The immediate past Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo has knocked critics who took a swipe at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress over the European Union Election Observation Mission, EU-EOM statement concerning the recently-conducted presidential election.
(Photo Credit – Festus Keyamo Verified Twitter Page)
Recall that the European Union Observers in the last general elections, in a report presented to the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, claimed that the elections exposed enduring systemic weaknesses.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, through his media aide, Dele Alake has however responded to the EU report, as he described the 2023 elections as the best since 1999.
Reacting to the development, Festus Keyamo, who is the former spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council said; “all the hoopla over that EU report is neither here nor there when it comes to legitimising or delegitimising the government of the day. That power or responsibility belongs to the judiciary”
He added; “I hope those who are now gyrating excitedly as if they are ‘speaking in tongues’ over the EU report will also have the spirit and ‘anointing’ to accept and embrace the actual forensic judgment by our properly constituted law courts when they eventually decide on the 2023 elections.”
(Photo Credit – Festus Keyamo Verified Twitter Page)
He stated further; “The EU report is NOT (and cannot be) a document that tells you who won or lost an election. It only reports the ‘irregularities’ noticed and makes recommendations for improvement in future elections.”
Source – Festus Keyamo Verified Twitter Page
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