“Almost everybody who is anything in Nigeria (threw their) support. But when the results came out otherwise, he didn’t call his supporters to the street to wreak havoc. He took the legal path and by that way he was able to save his country from chaos.”
This was the statement of the Sierra Leone electoral umpire chief, Mr. Abdulai Bangurah to his countrymen, thereby using Obi as a worthy example of what democratic culture should be.
The challenge to his people was invariably a confirmation that beyond Nigeria, Africa and the world know that Peter Obi won the February 25 presidential election and was robbed by Mahmouh Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
“Almost everybody who is anything in Nigeria (threw their) support. But when the results came out otherwise, he didn’t call his supporters to the street to wreak havoc. He took the legal path and by that way he was able to save his country from chaos.
Bangura, the chairman of the Political Parties Regulations Commission (PPRC) in Sierra Leone, urged politicians in the country to conduct themselves peacefully by taking a cue from Nigeria’s Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Mr Bangura made this known at a press conference addressed by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), the Office of National Security (ONS) and the PPRC in Freetown Sunday afternoon.
The commission, PPRC and the ONS addressed the various concerns raised by stakeholders in the elections held on Saturday across the West African country as voters await the results of the polls.
The Obi Example
In the elections held earlier in the year in Nigeria, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress garnered 8.79 million votes, putting him well ahead of main challenger Atiku Abubakar, who polled 6.98 million. Mr Obi of the Labour Party recorded 6.1 million votes, even as he surprised many by winning in both Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial powerhouse, and the federal capital, Abuja.
