Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, has said the shocking defeat of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in its stronghold (Lagos) revealed that the 2023 Presidential election was credible.
The PACAC boss who disclosed this during his interview on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, also admitted that Labour Party “did excellently well” in the South-East region but rued the party’s “abysmal results” in the North-East and North-West regions.
In his words, “In my personal opinion, in terms of representing the minds and wishes of Nigerians in an election, this is probably the best election we have had.
“The previous elections especially during other democratic dispensations were marred by irregularities.
“So, we had good elections in 2011, 2015, and 2019. But in terms of representing or interpreting what Nigerians feel, it [2023]is the best election we have ever had,” Sagay said.
“If you look at the ways things have gone with the BVAS (Bimordal Voter Accreditation System), the very idea that the APC was defeated in Lagos, that should make you realise immediately that these are very credible elections. If you go through the whole country, it is the same sort of accuracy and reflection on the feelings of Nigerians.”
Sagay argued that the 2023 elections were determined by ethnicity, religion, and organisational skills.
“But above all, what gave Tinubu the edge was his capacity to organise, plan and plant agencies and supporters and various administrative bodies all over the states in the country, ” the PACAC boss said.
“So, that in my view is the explanation of what happened,” he added. “So, I believe it expressed the true mind of Nigerians as of today. There is something natural about the results.”
