No matter whoever wins the 2023 presidential election, it should be known that Saturday’s presidential election was never credible nor was it free and fair; it was marred with a lot of electoral malpractices and electoral crimes. People were beaten, harassed and intimidated at their polling stations, thugs snatched and carted away the ballot boxes, a woman got her head broken with a bottle by thugs in Lagos, phones of participants were snatched away; election results were not appropriately uploaded at the central systems as the law demanded, there was open vote buying and other despicable electoral malpractices which have rendered that election null and void.

I do not want to join the laymen in screaming that the election has been rigged because I do not have the facts or evidence to make such wild accusations yet as a lawyer but from every indication, “if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it is definitely a duck”.

I do not know the surprise INEC have in store for Nigerians; they have admitted that the election of yesterday encountered a lot of hitches but it will be honourable for them to own up to the fact that what has been going on since yesterday from the failure of the BVAS to failure to accreditate some of the voters to failure to failure upload results online etc is more than just a hitch, it is a disastrous failure on the part of INEC which grounds the opinion that the presidential election of yesterday was not credible and should be discountenanced. 

For those aggrieved party members who are planning on staging a protest, let them all shield their swords, protest will lead to chaos which will further lead to the destruction of lives and properties. Many people have lost their lives already and many properties have been lost since the beginning of this year, Nigeria cannot take any further push.

Let us all hope that INEC will do the right thing but if they fail to do the right thing, the judiciary which we all believe to be the last hope of the common man will always be there right the wrongs because everyone witnessed that yesterday’s presidential election was never credible and can be awarded as the worst election that has been conducted in the history of Nigeria politics and that election should therefore be declared null and void.

The Labour Party has raised alarm over the delay of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload the result of the presidential election collated in different polling units in Lagos to the central server.

The National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, in a statement on Saturday night, said many results have not been remitted to INEC’s central server in many places where the Labour Party has won.

He said that INEC officials, in connivance with the security agencies, are claiming that the BVAS have suddenly developed a fault and, therefore cannot function.

The National Chairman said this amid reports of widespread voter intimidation and violence reportedly meted against Labour Party by thugs sponsored by the ruling All Progressive Congress in some states.

Abure said that according to information from the Labour Party’s field men, in places like Agege, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Surulere, and Ibeju Lekki, amongst others where results shows that Labour Party won convincingly, the INEC officials claim that the BVAS suddenly developed fault.

He added that the BVAS works fine for House of Reps and senatorial results, but becomes faulty only when it concerns uploading results of the presidential election.

“Information reaching me has it that in Lagos, they have refused to upload the results for the presidential election, they have uploaded that of the Senate and House of Representatives but for the presidential, they have refused. And they are using the police to drive our agents and supporters out of the place. And they said that they have firm instructions from INEC headquarters not to upload,” he said.

“For example, in Kosofe, they put the collation centre in a Local Government Area Headquarters. The place is surrounded by the APC and people are afraid of their life. They are not uploading, they said that they have been giving instruction to insist that the BVAS is faulty,” he said.

“And most of the places we won, but they have refused to upload,” he added.

Abure further alleged that security agents are colluding with the APC officials to manipulate the results of the election.

“As I speak, APC officials are in Yaba office of INEC negotiating with the officials. What I have said now is happening in Agege, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Surulere, we have this situation all over.

“In Ibeju Lekki, our local government chairman who attempted to stop them was arrested by the police,” he said.

There are reports that Labour Party voters in Rivers State are also facing the same situation, with both state and non-state actors forcing INEC officials to change the results of votes in favor of the APC.

Abure said that a similar situation is playing out across the collation centers in Delta State, calling on INEC to ensure that only genuine and verifiable results generated from the various polling units should be uploaded.

He also called on the police to help this democracy to work and should resist the lure by the politicians to mar the gains of democracy by refusing to be used to deny Nigerians their choice of leaders.

Also, the Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, “the massive violence” unleashed on the party’s supporters in many parts of Lagos State.

Pointing at Ikate, Surulere, Sangotedo, Aguda, Oshodi and other places where the party supporters were attacked and voting was disrupted, Gbadebo alleged that the ruling party has resorted to violence because the Labour Party is winning, especially in its strongholds.

“We are disturbed by the reporting we are getting about the attacks on our supporters in Ikate, Sangotedo, Aguda, Oshodi, Osolo among others. This is sad for democracy. Ballot boxes were snatched, voters threatened and beaten. We saw the video where a thug was asking those not voting for APC in Surulere to leave the queue if they don’t want to be beaten,” he said, urging INEC to upload results on its portal to eliminate chances of rigging.

INEC has begun transmitting results to its portal.

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Solana Selling Like Hot Cakes

Solana (SOL) was launched in 2018 as an independent token following its whitepaper announcement in 2017. At a time when blockchains were looking to create better scalable platforms, Solana’s services became a hot cake in the cryptocurrency market.

Solana (SOL) boasts a highly scalable network that can accommodate users without sacrificing speed and seamless transactions for its quality deliveries. This feature is made possible with its hybrid protocol, a combination of a proof of history protocol and a proof of stake code base. Together, they ensure blocks only take seconds to build, and several users can use the server simultaneously without experiencing lags.

The protocol also permits Solana (SOL) whales and holders to earn passively by delegating their tokens for staking to improve server security. This has gradually improved the speed of transactions compared with the proof of work protocol where users mined tokens only to receive a small aspect of them as rewards.

Solana’s NFT upgrade in 2021 increased its users significantly, as it proved to be a useful alternative to the growing Ethereum NFT space. Solanart launched in September 2021, and by May 2022, it reached a market capitalization of about $126 million, second only to Ethereum’s NFT marketplace. Solana’s NFT marketplace operates no-charge transactions, which goes a long way to attract users from all over the crypto space.

The token is recovering from the devastating FTX collapse in November 2022 following a heavy decline in valuation. Each SOL sells for about $23.69 on Coinbase.

Polygon Making Space

Polygon (MATIC) started as an offshoot of the Ethereum blockchain, as the developers were casting around for a scalability option to help with the traffic and user load on the main blockchain. Polygon offers Ethereum users a less congested space to transact business without risking slow networks and heavy gas fees.

Polygon (MATIC) runs on a proof of stake protocol that offers the option of staking the network to receive rewards. The protocol also contributes significantly to faster transaction speed.

In the long run, Polygon (MATIC) proved to be more than just an offshoot; the entire NFT marketplace on OpenSea uses the MATIC token as an intermediary form of payment. This innovation has greatly helped the Ethereum Mainnet, as users can quickly transfer their assets between Polygon and Ethereum to avoid network issues on Ethereum.

Polygon (MATIC) is available on CoinMarketCap and most exchanges for $1.11.

Dogetti – The Code That Keeps On Giving

The latest Dog-based memecoin is here with its protocol, and it’s set to compete with the contemporary tokens throughout the cryptocurrency market. The developers will create top-notch NFT experiences for users while they provide tools to make trading on the network easier for the community.

Dogetti’s (DETI) core features are the anticipated coin swap services, the NFT marketplace, and the DAO structure. The coin swap was included to enable users to convert their tokens from other networks to the Dogetti (DETI) ecosystem easily. The platform will use DETI tokens as gas fees which would significantly increase the token’s value on the crypto charts.

Like others, the NFT marketplace will allow users to generate their NFT assets and collections while offering them a chance to participate in projects that will launch on the server. Users will get high priority for whitelisting, as well as reduced prices for NFT tokens on the Dogetti ecosystem.

The DAO structure on Dogetti (DETI) looks to be the breakthrough feature with which it will edge off most competition. The structure allows its users to partake actively in the platform’s future while they maintain their investments in the form of stakes. The DAO will be superior to developers and will have to approve ideas from them before they can be executed on the protocol. This ensures that policies work for everyone in the token community.

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