What are you saying about the Osun State election?
I am saying that the police, the military and INEC belong to all of Nigeria, not to any one party. We are asking only for what the Constitution and democracy guarantee every Nigerian: the freedom to vote and the right to have that vote count. If our institutions cannot conduct a free, fair, peaceful and transparent election in one state, Nigerians will rightly ask what confidence they should have in next year's general election. My message is simple: let the people vote, let every vote count.
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President Tinubu and his administration must resist any temptation to turn institutions of the Nigerian state into instruments of partisan advantage.
The police belong to Nigeria. The military belongs to Nigeria. INEC belongs to the Nigerian people. None of them belongs to the APC.
And let nobody misunderstand our demand for peaceful elections as weakness. We are asking only for what the Constitution and democracy guarantee every Nigerian: the freedom to vote and the right to have that vote count.
If our institutions cannot conduct a free, fair, peaceful and transparent election in one state, Nigerians will legitimately ask what confidence they should have in the general election next year.
The world is watching Osun. Nigerians are watching. History is taking notes.
So my message to INEC, the security agencies and the Tinubu administration is simple:
Let the people vote.
Let every vote count.