While congratulating the President-elect President Muhammadu
Buhari and the Vice President-elect Yemi Osinbajo for their victory
in the just concluded presidential election held on Saturday 23rd
February, 2019, I wish to most humbly observe the following errors
on the Certificate of Returns issued to them on 27th February 2019
by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC):
“Certificate of Returns to the Office of the President” and also
“Certificate of Returns to the Office of the Vice President”. In my
modest view and if one may ask: president and vice president of
where and what?
The narratives should have been “Certificate of Returns to the
Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or
Certificate of Returns to the Office of the Vice President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
Another error was the assertion that says: “I hereby certify
that Yemi Osinbajo of All Progressives Congress (APC) has been
elected to the office of the President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria” instead of the Office of the Vice President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
Much as one must commend the tireless sacrifice and efforts of
INEC towards ensuring a hitch free exercise, one would however
wonder why such an avoidable error could be allowed to manifest
without being detected by the INEC Secretariat, more so that such
errors were made on the Certificate of Returns of the President and
the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In view of the above, I humbly and respectfully wish to suggest
that the certificates be immediately withdrawn with a view to
correcting and returning them as appropriate, please.
Mohammed Habib, Amina Court Estate, Apo, Abuja
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