The United Nations (UN) says political parties and
candidates aggrieved with the results of the presidential elections should take
it up legally and constitutionally.
Speaking with NAN in New York, Stéphane Dujarric, UN
spokesperson, said Nigeria has a strong history of peaceful transition of
power.
He said the UN had offered technical support to the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), adding that the aid yielded
“some” results.
Dujarric said although the UN did not play a role in
observing the elections, he said it is common for tensions to arise whenever
results do not sit well with the people.
“Yes, I mentioned to
you earlier, that United National Development Programme (UNDP), offered
technical support to Independent National Electoral Commission. We are not an
observer on these elections,” NAN quoted the UN spokesperson as saying.
“Included in this support has been technical support to improve
the process and use of technology in preparing for and managing the election.
“There’s not for the UN to say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ on how the
elections were run. I think, Nigeria has a very strong and proud democratic
history of peaceful transition of power in recent years. There is a process
ongoing.
“It is important at
this point in any election, in any country, and we’ve seen it in the north,
we’ve seen it in the south and east and west, we’ve seen issues of great
tension following elections when people didn’t accept the results.”
Dujarric called for calm in the country, saying it would
take a process to see desired results.
He added that the legal use of seeking solutions to the
problems arising from the election results would play a role in stabilising the
country.
“It is important that all stakeholders work for the better,
for the stability of the country and use existing legal and constitutional
channels to challenge, if they so wish, any election results,” the UN
spokesperson said.
“What is important is
that as in any election, any… that if any candidate or group of candidates have
an issue with the results that they go through the established legal and
constitutional channels to work out their challenges.
“And it is very important for everyone to remain calm as
that process or these processes play out.”
On Wednesday, INEC declared Bola Tinubu as the winner of the
2023 presidential election.
The Labour Party (LP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
have asked Yakubu Mahmood to resign as the INEC chair and demanded that the
presidential election be conducted afresh.
The parties said the elections were a sham and a “rape of
democracy”.
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