He added that he would not make the same mistake in the next election, insisting that Nigerians would have to ensure that the electoral process work properly rather than relying solely on assurances from electoral officials.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has alleged that former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, worked against him during the election despite travelling around the world and assuring the international community that the electoral body was prepared to conduct a credible poll.
Obi made the allegation during an interview aired on Arise TV, while discussing the 2023 presidential election and preparations for the 2027 poll.
The former Anambra State governor and presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the forthcoming election, said Nigerians took INEC at its word in 2023, believing assurances by Yakubu that the commission would conduct a credible election.
“In 2023 we took things for granted, we believed the INEC, we believed that what they were saying they would do because the chairman then was travelling all over the world, telling the world that he and his team were prepared to do the right thing, when he was actually working for the opposite,” Obi said.
