The European Union Observer Mission report on the 2023 general elections, which was rejected by the Federal Government of Nigeria, continues to generate reactions on social media.
The EU observer Mission in its report stated that the election exposed enduring systemic weaknesses and therefore signal a need for further legal and operational reforms to enhance transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability, further stating that trust in the Independent National Electoral Commission had been severely damaged especially as a result of the failure to upload the result of the presidential election electronically.
On Monday, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo, in a post on twitter stated that there is no election worldwide without irregularities and that the EU report cannot delegitimize the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Keyamo came under fire after some social media users pulled up page 92 of the EU mission report highlighting misinformation during the general election and Keyamo’s tweet in which he alleged by posting a link of a report claiming that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi had paid two Billion Naira to Christian Bodies as Bribe.
In another development, Ejikeme Mmesoma a student from Anambra State, who was accused of forging her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result on Monday in a video message dismissed the allegations. Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, had been celebrated as the highest scorer in this year’s UTME with a total score of 362, but on Sunday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board stated that the student was not the top scorer and only scored a total of 249 and not 362 as claimed.
The board said the student allegedly manipulated her result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain a scholarship and other recognitions.
JAMB also vowed to prosecute the student and others that allegedly manipulated their results. In her video message, Mmesoma said that she is incapable of forging her own result, and that she had printed the said result from the JAMB portal and that the allegation has left her traumatised.
The Iyalode of Lagos, Bintu Fatima Tinubu celebrated her 80th birthday in Lagos on Sunday at the Eko Hotel and Suites, where her family, friends, and well-wishers, joined in commemorating the remarkable milestone.
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