The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of Middle-Belt Pan Nigerian Forum has urged the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, to respect the outcome of the 2023 Nigerian general elections, insisting that it is time to move on as the election result reflected wishes of Nigerians.
The coalition expressed disappointment with Obi’s critique of the electoral process, adding that it would be wrong to undermine the country’s institutions, including the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Supreme Court which validated the credible elections conducted by INEC.” The coalition also challenged Obi’s comparison of the Nigerian electoral process to that of South Africa, noting that the South African elections were not without their own challenges and technical glitches, including 579 petitions with 20 political parties rejecting the result as widely reported by international media outlets.