Protesters Storm EU Office In Abuja, Reject Election Report
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Worried by the report of the European Union (UN) on the 2023 general elections, a group of Nigerians under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society Organisation and Political Parties for Good Governance (CCSOPPGG), stormed the European Union office in Abuja to protest against its report on the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
The protesters, who were seen with several placards carrying different inscriptions, matched through the Central Area to the European Union’s headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory.
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The EU had earlier in its report faulted the 2023 general elections stating violence, killing and vote buying as some of the factors for its criticism.
The peaceful march terminated at the headquarters of the EU where leaders of the group addressed officials of the union.
With a promise from an EU official to relay the message of the protesters to the Union, the group took their leave.
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Also, the Federal Government, on Sunday, rejected the EU’s report on the 2023 general elections, describing the conclusions of the EU Electoral Observer Mission as “jaundiced”.
“We urge the EU and other foreign interests to be objective in all their assessments of the internal affairs of our country and allow Nigeria to breathe, Dele Alake, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy said in a statement.
Another high-ranking member of the coalition, Danjuma Mohammed, believed the EU election report was ‘orchestrated by detractors of Nigeria’s democracy’ and called on Nigerians to reject it.
While stating that it was not out of place for election observers to report on what they see, the APC stalwart stated the conclusion of the EU team was biased.
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“The European Union’s conclusion about a fraudulent election is unwarranted and we believe it was orchestrated by the detractors of Nigeria’s democracy. We urge the media and well-meaning Nigerians to defend Nigeria’s democracy. That report is a threat to our democracy and it should be rejected outright.
“It is natural that there will be disputes and disagreement during elections. But the distraction that is being caused by the European Union’s negative contribution is unwarranted, unnecessary and we reject it in totality; particularly now that we are grappling with fundamental issues of insecurity,” he said.
