Afrigather The Flagbearer of the Labour Celebration within the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has faulted the decision made by the US Secretary of the State, Antony J. Blinken, to President-elect, Bola Tinubu. He requested Blinken to permit the courtroom to resolve the legit president of Nigeria.
He made this assertion in a sequence of tweets posted on his verified Twitter deal with whereas reacting to the dialog between Tinubu and Blinken in the present day.
Recall that Blinken had on Tuesday pledged stronger ties between the US and Nigeria throughout a 20-minute phone name to Tinubu. The decision generated reactions from opposition camps.
Reacting to the decision, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar wrote, “I’m in disbelief that Secretary Antony Blinken referred to as Tinubu, a contradiction to the publicly said place of the US on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election.
He additionally tweeted that “That is inconceivable contemplating that America, because the bastion of democracy, is effectively briefed on the sham election of the twenty fifth of February 2023. To offer legitimacy to the extensively acknowledged fraudulent election in Nigeria could be demoralising to residents who’ve hedged their guess on democracy and the sanctity of the poll.’’
Obi prices the US to await the decision of courtroom processes
The previous Anambra governor wrote, “There’s nonetheless a scarcity of readability on the premise of the US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken’s name to APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Might 16, 2023. It’s thus of overarching significance {that a} beacon of democracy like the US shouldn’t reply to political developments in Nigeria in a fashion that faintly suggests taking sides.”
Obi added that “The ultimate willpower of the true winner of the election can solely be made by the related courts of regulation. Essentially the most elementary tenet and core worth of democracy is the rule of regulation. Nigeria’s democracy is based on these rules which the American folks maintain expensive.”
Moreover, Obi stated, “Nigerians count on that the US responses to our affairs ought to be primarily based on mutual respect, shared beliefs, aspirations and pursuits which should transcend the concerns of any particular person.”
