DEMONSTRATORS ENTER THE INEC BUILDING AND ACCUSE YAKUBU OF ELECTORAL FRAUD

In order to protest the results of the recently concluded elections, some Nigerians who were dissatisfied with the results of the 2023 general elections besieged the INEC headquarters on Friday.

The group, which marched in Abuja under the banner of the Free Nigeria Movement, sang solidarity songs and carried placards that expressed their displeasure with the way the presidential election was conducted and the results.

From the Unity Fountain, the procession proceeded to the INEC headquarters.

Moses Paul, the group's convener, described the presidential election as a farce and the worst in the nation's history while explaining that the protest was necessary due to the scale of impunity displayed by INEC Chairman Prof. Yakubu Mahmood during the collation of results.

He claimed that the amount spent on the election in comparison to the result resulted in a complete waste of the country's resources.

According to him, "Prof. Mahmoud. represents everything that is wrong with Nigeria today. He had a simple straightforward role of collating and announcing the will of Nigerians.

"There are rules, guidelines and laws guiding conduct, collation and declaration of results. He spoke extensively on the promise of a free, fair and all inclusive election. But he chose the path of shame to become an instrument in the hands of the enemies of Nigeria."

He maintained that the protest is neither for nor against any particular candidate but against "any further desecration of our laws," insisting that "Nigeria sits at the edge of precipice and any more flagrant display of injustice or promotion of illegality could upset the balance."