He firmly rejected any insinuation or claim suggesting that the 2023 elections were fraudulent.
Alake emphasized that numerous non-partisan foreign and local observers, including the African Union, ECOWAS, Commonwealth Observer Mission, and the Nigerian Bar Association, had validated the credibility and transparency of the elections.
He called upon the EU and other foreign interests to approach their assessments of Nigeria’s internal affairs with objectivity, and allow the country to move forward without undue interference.Meanwhile, the CSOs which spoke to LEADERSHIP are Transparency International , the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre , and the Transition Monitoring Group .
“The Independent National Electoral Commission and the government should look at the recommendations of the EU and take them. Rafsanjani went on: “The EU did not sit in their countries to write the report. They were in the country months before the election. It is not the first time the EU is releasing a report of Nigeria’s election and giving out recommendations. Why is the government not accepting this report and the recommendations?
Meanwhile, the Labour Party has said that the government is just trying to cover its face from what it described as the shame from the last election.
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