UK Confirm INEC Result as Credible

United Kingdom has Yesterday on the 27th of February 2019 confirmed the Nigeria 2019 Presidential Election as Credible. Speaking through the Minister of state for Africa, Harriet Baldwin on Wednesday, 27th of February 2019, the Minister confirmed the results of the Presidential election as presented by the Independent National Electoral Commission as Credible and conforming with the results as obtained by the Civil Society Parallel Vote Tabulation Process.

Harriet Baldwin said in a Press Conference, “Along with our international partners, the UK believes the Nigerian people can have confidence in the result,” she said.

The Independent National Electoral commission declared the President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 Presidential election with a majority votes of over 15,000000. The results as declared by the Chairman of INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, has however been rejected by the closest challenger of the Office of the President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar whose total number of votes stands at 11, 262,978.

Atiku Abubakar has taken the decision to contest the result of the election in court having branded the Presidential election a sham and a disgrace to democracy.