2023 Elections: Muslim Students Reacts To Obasanjo’s Letter, Urges INEC Not To Be Distracted

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has reacted to a letter by a  former President, Olusegun Obasanjo about the 2023 general elections.

KanyiDaily recalls that Obasanjo had in a letter on Monday appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to save Nigeria from impending danger by rectifying the errors in the elections.

The 85-year-old called for the cancellation of the ongoing presidential election process over the malfunctioning of the BVAS machine.

The ex-president specifically said that the INEC should void results that are brought outside BVAS and server.

He also appealed to the citizen to exercise patience expressing confidence in the system working right.

Reacting in a statement on Tuesday, MSSNLagos Amir (President), Miftahudeen Thanni urged INEC not to be distracted because Obasanjo’s letter was unnecessary and biased.

Thanni expressed shock that a former president would be suggesting actions capable of truncating Nigeria’s democracy.

Thanni said, “Can other elders admonish former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to put the nation into a blazing fire? That letter was unnecessary at a point when the country is tense.

“He probably has a mission unknown to many of us. As an elder statesman, we expect him to be calling for calm and not heating the polity.

“This electoral process must continue and by God’s willing the antics of forces trying to bring disunity among Nigerians will fail. Why should an ex-president be making unconstitutional suggestions?

“The votes of the people must count. The ideal step to take is that any aggrieved candidate should seek redress in court. Truncating the election is a piece of bad advice.

“Though we are also concerned about the inability of INEC to transmit election results, the letter by Obasanjo shows that he’s acting a script and has a hazardous mission that must be checked. Or are the results being announced in Abuja different from what was announced at the state level?

“We do not want anarchy in this country. It is our future that is at stake not that of Obasanjo. The president and INEC should jettison the former president’s bias, distorted thoughts and suggestions. 

“Buhari must ignore people who want to spoil his legacy through suggestions that are capable of having an interim government in Nigeria.”

While also expressing concerns over the failure of the BVAS machine, Thanni wondered why Obasanjo didn’t do the same thing he suggested to President Muhammadu Buhari when he was Nigeria’s president.

“Dear President, please discard Obasanjo’s letter. This process must be completed. The choice of the people must be respected and declared. The whole world is watching,” Thanni added.

SIGNED:
Miftahudeen Thanni,
Amir (President),
Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria,
Lagos State Area Unit.
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