Festus Keyamo SAN, has mocked
opposition political parties in Nigeria after the results of the South Africa
Provincial and National elections were announced by the Independent Electoral
Commission yesterday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa was
announced the winner of the election, and while congratulating him, Keyamo
stated that here in Nigeria elections are only free and fair if the opposition
won it.
He added that any victory for
ruling party is seen as rigged by the opposition in Nigeria.
Although Keyamo’s comment also
affected his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, who before 2015 challenged
the outcome of previous presidential elections in court, he went on to mock the
People Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar,
who are claiming that they transmitted the election results to I-Cloud.
Keyamo, who is also an APC
lawyer, tweeted, “Congrats, Ramaphosa. But here in Nigeria, elections are only
‘free and fair’ at any level if the opposition wins it.
“Any victory for the ruling party
is ‘rigged’. We hope your opposition will not claim that they transmitted
another set of results to I-Cloud.”
Meanwhile, President Ramaphosa
has commended South Africans and the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) as the
country closes a chapter on the 6th national elections.
Ramaphosa delivered the keynote
address at the IEC’s results announcement ceremony at the Tshwane showgrounds
on Saturday evening.
The IEC chairperson, Glen
Mashinini announced the provincial and national election results, in which
Ramaphosa’s party, the ANC, scored 57.51% of the national votes and retained
control of eight provinces, while the DA held on to the Western Cape.
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