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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Datti Baba-Ahmed, former presidential running mate of the Labour Party, has insisted that the 2023 presidential election was rigged.<\/p>\n

Baba-Ahmed made the remark while calling for a credible individual to head the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ahead of the 2027 polls.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Friday, Baba-Ahmed accused the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, of breaching the constitution during the 2023 election.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cA credible person, that\u2019s all I want and not someone who will clearly read what the constitution provides\u2014 25 per cent in at least 2\/3 of the states of the federation including the FCT\u2014 and go ahead to breach the Constitution, put Nigeria in what it is today.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you recall, I told you that throughout history, individuals make or break nations, this man is going to be responsible for what has happened, it\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother arm of government upheld what he did, as small as I am and by the service of God Almighty, it\u2019s wrong what they upheld.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court has the power to say that you are wrong even if you are not wrong and we were not wrong, that election was rigged, up till now the results are not consistent with the Nigerian Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Datti Baba-Ahmed, former presidential running mate of the Labour Party, has insisted that the 2023 presidential election was rigged. Baba-Ahmed made the remark while calling for a credible individual to head the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ahead of the 2027 polls. Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Friday, Baba-Ahmed accused […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[7935,251,254],"class_list":["post-175651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-datti-baba-ahmed","tag-inec","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\n2023 Presidential Poll Rigged INEC Chair Violated Law - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Datti Baba-Ahmed, former presidential running mate of the Labour Party, has insisted that the 2023 presidential election ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidential-poll-rigged-inec-chair-violated-law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023 Presidential Poll Rigged INEC Chair Violated Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Datti Baba-Ahmed, former presidential running mate of the Labour Party, has insisted that the 2023 presidential election ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidential-poll-rigged-inec-chair-violated-law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-23T11:02:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-23T12:05:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755938308.220104.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidential-poll-rigged-inec-chair-violated-law#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidential-poll-rigged-inec-chair-violated-law\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2023 Presidential Poll Rigged INEC Chair Violated Law\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-23T11:02:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-23T12:05:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidential-poll-rigged-inec-chair-violated-law\"},\"wordCount\":223,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidential-poll-rigged-inec-chair-violated-law#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755938308.220104.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Datti Baba-Ahmed\",\"INEC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidential-poll-rigged-inec-chair-violated-law#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidential-poll-rigged-inec-chair-violated-law\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidential-poll-rigged-inec-chair-violated-law\",\"name\":\"2023 Presidential Poll Rigged INEC Chair Violated Law - 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