Izuchukwu OkosiPresidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC), Olowore Sowore, on Friday weighed in on the February 25 election, which has been widely condemned as being fraught with irregularities.
Speaking on Arise News’ political and socio-economic programme, The Morning Show, on the outcome of the polls, Sowore insisted that there was no credible election held on Saturday.
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Sowore polled a total of 14,608 votes in the recently held Presidential election.
“We went for an election. I remember after the election of 2019, I came to your show and revealed they no longer hold elections on this country but selections.
“This is what exactly happened in 2023. You cannot be reeling out the numbers of any candidate when an election did not hold.
“If an election did not hold according to the laws establishing an election, you cannot declare and determine the winners and losers.
Sowore stressed that the errors associated with the conduct of the last Presidential election in 2019 have not been improved upon.
“That’s simple logic. So reeling out numbers in 2019 that was fraudulent and that of 2023, that was fraudulent, we’re making the same mistakes all over again. That is why. I did not respond to your ‘how market’ joke. This is not a joke anymore.
“This country’s people have been taken for granted for too long and we should not joke about it.
“When people go out for elections, they queue up and expect results that tallies with their expectations,” Sowore reiterated.
Sowore added that the new Naira redesign policy was a ploy to make the Presidential flagbearers have false sense of confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Supreme Court verdict on the redesigned naira notes was given by the Court on Friday, March 3.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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