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A fresh protest has again, grounded the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja over the just-concluded 2023 general elections, as the protesters called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, sack Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over shoddy conduct of elections.
The angry protesters under the umbrella of the National Youth League for the Defence of Democracy (NYLDD) also demanded an immediate arrest of the INEC chairman by the Directorate of State Service (DSS).
Carrying placards with various inscriptions, yesterday, the protesters asked the Nigerian government not only to sack Prof. Yakubu, but also probe the finances of the electoral commission wasted in the exercise.
Addressing journalists at the Unity Fountain where the protest kick-started, one of the leaders of the group, Dr. Moses Paul, said they expected a new INEC chairman to be appointed to conduct a fresh election that will produce a befitting President for Nigeria.
Dr. Paul said: “We are citizens of Nigeria, lovers of Nigeria, standing on the part of our constitution and citizens’rights; we are here particularly to address the greatest crime that has happened in the history of the world and in Nigeria. People were burnt in Kano, people were shot in Rivers, we have seen the greatest inhumanity happened in Lagos State in the course of this election.
“Consequently, something urgent needed to be done and it must start with President Muhammadu Buhari sacking this man called Mahmood Yakubu and giving Nigeria a trust-worthy electoral umpire,” he submitted./SHARE THIS
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