Your Call For Presidential Election Cancellation Unfortunate – Yakasai Fires Obasanjo

Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai has berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his call for the cancellation of the presidential election.

Recall that Obasanjo, in a statement personally signed on Monday, stated that it is no secret that the results of last Saturday’s presidential election had been “doctored and manipulated.”

He said the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, cannot claim ignorance and he cannot fold his hands and do nothing when he knows that the election process has been corrupted.

The former president further called for a rerun election next Saturday in areas that were marred with violence.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Yakasai expressed disappointment over the call for the cancellation of the just-concluded election by the former Nigerian leader.

Yakasai said he was happy that INEC did not heed the call of the former President and the outcome has been respected by Nigerians and the international community.”

He said: “I will say that I am disappointed by Obasanjo’s sudden appeal, it came to him as an afterthought.

“It was not a well-prepared statement, but I am glad that people did not listen to him and the election has been conducted peacefully all over the country and the outcome has been respected by Nigerians and the international community.”