The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have lashed out at the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, after he commended the conduct of Ghana’s presidential election last weekend and advised Nigerian politicians on what to learn.
In a remarkable outcome, ex-President John Mahama of the opposition party defeated Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who was the candidate of Ghana’s ruling party.
According to The PUNCH, Yakubu, in a video clip on Sunday, praised the rancour-free conduct of the Ghana election, pointing out lessons for Nigeria.
But in an interview with our correspondent, the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, criticised Yakubu for his alleged poor handling of the 2023 presidential election won by President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress.
The Labour Party, whose candidate, Peter Obi, came third behind the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and ex-Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, accused Yakubu of manipulating the poll in favour of President Tinubu and asked him to apologise to Nigerians.
Both Obi and Atiku contested the result of the 2023 presidential election in court but lost.
But the opposition parties continued to insist that they were rigged out.
Reacting to the INEC chairman’s comment on Ghana’s election, the LP spokesman knocked him for pontificating.
