Chimamanda Adichie, award-winning novelist, on Wednesday
introduced Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), as “the man who won
the presidential election”.
Adichie was speaking as the inaugural lecturer of the Africa
world lecture series at Princeton University in the United States.
During a side chat, the writer introduced Obi to her
audience as the man who, according to popular opinion, won the presidential
election.
“I want to recognise the presence of a man I deeply respect
and a man who I think is a beacon of hope not just for Nigeria but for Africa.
And he’s the man who many of us know won the election in Nigeria,” Adichie
said.
“He’s also an example of that very rare quality in
politicians which is genuine humility.”
Adichie said some of her literary works were inspired by
rage stirred up by the happenings in Nigeria, particularly referencing the
elections.
The award-winning novelist had written US President Joe
Biden expressing dissatisfaction over the process of the presidential election
which she said was not marred by technical faults but deliberately manipulated.
In her letter, Adichie said the elections were full of
discrepancies and irregularities which were all shunned by the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Continuing her lecture, the novelist insisted that there was
evidence to prove that Obi won the elections, adding that the results of the
polls have made Nigerian youth grow more disillusioned.
“I have to believe that there is hope for Nigeria,” Adichie
said.
“I mean there are many other things I’m enraged about, don’t
get me started about women in the world, but what’s happening in Nigeria is
quite simple.
“We had an election
in February that was deeply flawed, and we have a person who we’ve been told is
a winner who did not win the election and this has been shown over and over,
there’s evidence for this.
“I think that we have a generation of young people who are
increasingly disillusioned because they had such faith in this past election
and so for me, it’s simply that I am enraged but also that I am not letting go
of hope.”
INEC had declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the presidential election after securing
a total of 8,794,726 votes.
Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled
second with 6,984,520 votes, while Obi was next with 6,101,533 votes.
Efforts by Atiku and Obi to unseat Tinubu via court
petitions have not been successful.
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Yes obi, won in Lagos State, Anambra,Enugu ebonyi Abia ,imo, Balyesa, cross river states. But finally failed woefully to win Nigeria presidential election generally because Nigeria is bigger than all those states wherethat he won
ReplyDeleteYou are such a disgusting fellow. Evil will never depart from any one that supports evil like You
ReplyDeleteIf delusional was a person, it will definitely be Chimamanda Adichie and her fellow Obidiots
ReplyDeleteShame on you.. Your generations born and unborn can never ever attain or achieve few percent of what CHIEF CHIMAMANDA has achieved for her pretty life.. Syphocant and tribal bigot... You go hear am
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