YUSUF ABDULKADIR and ADERONKE ADESANYA gathered the reactions of some Nigerian celebrities on social media platforms to how the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the last presidential election.
SIMI wrote:It’s this deep, pulsing, soul-wrenching frustration that has made me detach. Because it’s just too much. Why are you taking away people’s rights to decide their futures and their children’s futures? Digging a bottomless pit of hopelessness. It’s so wicked and hurtful. This election was a sham. Worst I’ve ever seen. With undeniable, endless proof. If people say no, it’s because they believe they deserve better. But you won’t let them say no.
FALZ wrote: This kind of wuru-wuru-to-the-answer should NEVER be tolerated!!!! The true will of the people is what must prevail & we have to INSIST on this mode of transmission because that is the ONLY WAY we can monitor all the results REAL TIME & actually have a free & fair election!
Yul EDOCHIE wrote: It is well. A new and better Nigeria will come. Nigeria will be great again.
Seyi lawwrote: My fellow Nigerians, I am happy you’re as passionate as you are about your preferred candidates. That is the way politics should be. However, bitterness and hatred towards one another shouldn’t have a place between us.You might not see things the way I see it. That doesn’t mean you are wrong, and I am right. It just means that we are different. If your candidates have won, I would have prayed and worked for his success and mine. I apologise to those offended by my support, and I seriously condemn all the violence across the country. I have mixed feelings not for my candidate’s winning, but your genuine angers. However, I pray Nigeria and Nigerians lives get better.From the bottom of my heart, I say THANK YOU.
PAUL OKOYE wrote: The way these politicians are desperate going round and begging people for votes! I can categorically tell you they fooled most of our parents, they brainwashed and used them. God of technology thank you o! We don wise.
joke Silva wrote: Congratulations!!!Congratulations Nigeria. We live in a country where we’re able to vote.Despite the myriad challenges we faced, we have a new President-Elect.Love & good wishes to everyone & their families. May we reap the benefits of socioeconomic growth, good governance, justice & peace(Madam Yemisi Kuti)
Iyabo Ojo wrote: I stand & re stan strongly obedient whether INEC elects you,President or not, sir Peter obi Gregory, you’re a great man. I’m so proud & so happy that I stood on the right path & I will forever stand on the right path. Please,my fellow obedient, be calm,no one & nothing is worth dying for, we live to fight another day, so please embrace peace.Let’s all allow the right people of the law to handle the case. History will never forget the #obidientmovement
Mr Macaroni via a video clip on his official account said: Greatest Nigeria youth, smile now abeg smile, because we have a lot to smile about and I would tell you something, never again in Nigeria will anyone undermine the influence of the Nigeria youth, because never again in this country will anyone underestimate the power the young people have. That is what happened, the power that the peoplehave was hugely underestimated all in the name of the structure dey somewhere, all in the name of, oh! Na some people get that power,no. if there is anything this time has thought us is that, the power belongs to you and it belong to me and it belong to us, it belongs to the people. The Nigeria youth have come out and we have demystified that structure.we have started what we cannot finish but we must finish it. We have started something great.
Saidi Balogun wrote: All the glory belongs to God.Trust the process of national recovery.Baba will do right for the people and the country.My people ,please just believe in the process of rebuilding and restructuring of a better Nigeria.
Aycomedian wrote: peter obi Gregory from the very day you honoured my open invitation to speak with Nigerians concerning the 2023 elections, I became proud of you and what you represent. Till this very minute, you still make a lot of people feel so proud of your courage,Hardwork, ambition ,and plans for a better Nigeria. Continue to be honest with your genuine intentions for our country, Nigeria. No matter what you do in life. Just know that I will always be supporting you.
Femi Adebayo wrote: It is my pleasure as a citizen of Nigeria to congratulate Asiwaju bola Ahmed Tinubu the President-Elect of the federal republic of Nigeria on his declaration as the winner of the just concluded presidential election. We pray that the lord will direct you in bringing the ‘’Renewed Hope’’to our dear nation. I enjoin everyone to come in love, work together in love, let’s take Nigeria to greater heights and lets all stay positive. Long live the federal republic of Nigeria.
AdesuaEtomi-Wellington wrote: If you’re tribalistic in this day and age, there is something fundamentally wrong with you.
Kate Henshaw wrote: Jeremiah 12:5 ‘’If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses? This is my question to those who are feeling discouraged and downcast. I remain resolute in my support for peter Gregory Obi. I no kuku dey give up with all the things my eyes have seen inside my own life and in my beloved country. My mind is alert and totally undefeated. Kate also replied to Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press secretary/ Media Adviser to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on a post he made on twitter: She said “I just dey respect you because e be like say you are older than I am, just stop talking gibberish! For how long will you make excuses for incompetence? You are a beneficiary of the status quo. Step aside, circumspect koor, circumcision ni. No wonder, Chief press sec & media adviser to Mar-the-mood. So, the over N300Billion you collected was to conduct this sham of an exercise that has made us a laughing stock of the world? You should hang your head in shame, Mr Rotimi!! You have just one job to do, and you should be proficient at it! I am very proud at my job. Why promise us that all was going to be OK using the BVAS & yet this is what you ended up with?? You failed! If you think you did half a decent job, look in the mirror well”.
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