Former Minister of Communications and General Officer Commanding (GOC) Third Armoured Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (Rtd), has declared that the February 25 general elections must be held as scheduled.
He said in spite of whatever efforts by some anti-democratic forces, the poll must go ahead as the best legacy of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
According to him, “Postponing the February election will lead to a low turnout of voters, and genuine winners will not emerge. Surely, the enthusiasm to come out to vote will drop.”
On insinuation of Interim National Government, General Olanrewaju posited that there must be no room for it, adding that his experience, in the consolidation of Interim National Government led by Chief Ernest Shonekan in 1993, puts him in better stead to speak against it at this time.
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Olanrewaju also called for the immediate removal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos, Olusegun Agbaje, over his alleged statement that INEC had no option but to engage the Lagos State Parks Management Committee to distribute election materials and personnel in the state on election day.
He said the Park Management Committee is headed by Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Olu-Omo, who is a chieftain of the APC and a member of the party’s presidential campaign council.
