The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) has criticised foreign heads of states for hurriedly congratulating Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President elect, instead of first enquiring from their embassies in Nigeria on the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly election.
They described it as premature as the foreign heads of states ought to have enquired from their embassies in Nigeria on the outcome before a hurried congratulatory message.
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Addressing a press conference in Africa, the Executive Chairman of NIDO, Kingsman Chikwelu said that it was not fair for foreign heads of States to congratulate Tinubu as president -elect without seeking to hear first-hand the conduct of the election from their embassies in Nigeria.
He said, ” they threw precautions to air and rushed to congratulate Tinubu as president elect in an election that was fundamentally flawed like the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
“It was an election where the guidelines and code of conduct did not follow the rules of conduct by INEC before the two elections; the BVAS and IRev were not adhered to.
”The media, the civil society groups and other foreign observer groups faulted the elections, yet the foreign heads of states were busy sending congratulatory messages. Is that how to grow and develop development in Africa.
“Those of us from France has sent our opinions and views to the French President., Emmanuel Macron for hurriedly issuing a congratulatory message to the President elect. This should not be encouraged. It is against the development of democracy”, the NIDO executive chairman stated.
The NIDO chief wondered why the BVAS would be advertised as the game changer that actually changed the will of the people.