Obi To Nigerians: Stay And Defend Your Votes Till They Are Counted, Warns Courts Against Killing Democracy

By Felix Oti, Awka

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, has said that the court cannot decide or kill our democracy, adding that it is time for everybody to stand up and voice out.

Obi dropped the hint during the Catholic Women Organisation investiture held in Awka over the weekend.

He said: “It is time for the court to know that they are trying to hold the system. They might be lucky today with their judges, they will not be there forever. We must stop this.”

“It is time for everybody, by the grace of God, INEC will do the right thing. That is why I am urging all Nigerians that every voter in this election must count. So everybody who wants to vote must be ready to stay after voting, to ensure that it is counted, recorded and transmitted.

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“Be ready to stay there from morning, afternoon and night. This is the future of Nigeria.

“I am urging all registered voters to come out and vote. If you do not vote, you are not helping to build a better Nigeria. Your patriotism starts from going out there, vote, and insisting that your vote must count.

“Nigeria cannot continue the way it is going today, where mothers and children are dying in hospital, where our children are out of school, where more and more people are being thrown into poverty every day, and people are giving us excuses.

“Concerning the election proper, we are praying that we have sense. There is a situation now where we have seen the court throwing our way. We have said it before, the court cannot decide or kill our democracy. It is time for everybody to stand up and voice out. It is time for the court to know that they are trying to hold the system. They might be lucky today with their judges, they will not be there forever. We must stop this.”

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“For the other party whose case was broken up, do they really have any hope of returning? I said it before that the court should not be involved in our democracy,” he concluded.