The Arewa New Agenda (ANA) has urged aggrieved candidates at the just concluded presidential election to seek redress and desist from listening to persons inciting violence.
The Convener, Senator Ahmad Abubakar Moallahyidi while addressing journalists Wednesday in Abuja, said last Saturday’s presidential election was transparent.
He urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to consider being circumspect in his speeches lest he misleads the public.
“Our word of caution is for him to understand the limits of political mercantilism. It was good when he benefited from alliance with the North; now that it is someone else’s turn, he is angry and frustrated because it is no longer about him. It does not look good sir, because it cannot always be you”, he said.
Furthermore, he said “how can you say a political electioneering process where Tinubu couldn’t deliver Lagos; Ganduje couldn’t deliver Kano, El-Rufai couldn’t deliver Kaduna, Buhari couldn’t deliver Katsina; APC Chairman couldn’t deliver Nasarawa; Ahmed Lawan couldn’t deliver Yobe; Lalong couldn’t deliver Plateau and even lost his senatorial bid; Philip Aduda couldn’t deliver Abuja; South East Governors lost in South East, is this same election that you are vilifying as a corrupted process?
“Peter Obi wins Tinubu’s Lagos, Atiku wins Buhari’s Katsina, Tinubu did not even win Osun, Atiku did, Kwankwaso wins Ganduje’s Kano, Peter Obi wins Abdullahi Sule’s Nasarawa, Atiku wins Mai Mala’s Yobe”, he said.
“We on the good people of the great nation Nigeria to disassociate themselves from the inciting press release by former President Obasanjo as he is trying to undermine our democracy that our people have labored since the commencement of the release of guidelines by INEC for the 2023 national elections as this is unacceptable, we encourage all and sundry who have issues to seek redress through laid processes”, he said.
He said ANA commends President Buhari for opening up the space for everyone to exercise his/her franchise and discharge his responsibility to the nation by voting freely.
“We encourage the INEC Chairman and his hardworking staff to remains stead fast and undaunted in this national assignment.”
