The Bola Tinubu-led federal government has rejected the European Union (EU)’s verdict on the recently concluded 2023 General Elections.
The announcement came through a press release by the Special Adviser to the President, Dele Alake, yesterday evening.
The Federal Government said it had previously alerted the nation to the intentions of a continental multi-lateral institution to discredit the 2023 general elections.
Although not explicitly named in the earlier statement, the government said it was made clear that the foreign institution had persistently attacked the credibility of the electoral process and questioned Nigeria’s sovereignty and organisational capabilities.
Expressing outrage, the Government said it finds it unacceptable that any foreign organisation can unilaterally impose its own standards and judgments on the credibility and transparency of Nigerian elections.
The federal government added that the 2023 general elections, particularly the presidential election won by President Bola Tinubu of the All-ProgressivesCongress (APC), were not only credible and peaceful but also the best-organised elections in Nigeria since 1999.
The Presidency maintained a lack of substantial evidence provided by the EU, or any foreign or local organisation, to undermine the integrity of the 2023 election results.
Furthermore, the government highlights that its previous assertion that the technology-aided 2023 general elections were the most transparent and well-organised since the return of civil rule has been corroborated by non-partisan foreign and local observers such as the African Union (AU), ECOWAS, the Commonwealth Observer Mission, and the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA).
