17 May 2011
By Ifeanyi Izeze
One of the most difficult things to do is selling logic to someone who is fired by emotions and this is where the big problem lies in our politics today.
When the Congress for Progressive change (CPC) on Friday 6th May filed a notice on behalf of its Presidential candidate Gen Muhamadu Buhari at the Presidential Election Tribunal, seeking access to election materials and seeking the nod of the tribunal to allow the party bring forensic experts to analyse the votes, both the General and his party thought they had a very clear idea of what they wanted to achieve.
But this may not actually be, as President Goodluck Jonathan and his own Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had also made clear their stand that the only way to scuttle Buhari’s latest onslaught is to assemble points and facts that would not only nullify Buhari’s claims, but also show that his over 12 million votes were garnered through untoward means.
Funny enough, both sides have similar mindset with a common theme newly introduced in the act of rigging or rather un-rigging of elections in Nigerian politics: “forensic interpretation.”
The case: INEC had declared Jonathan of the PDP who polled 22,495,187 votes as the winner of the election. He defeated his closest rival the CPC candidate, Buhari who polled 12, 214, 853 votes.
The CPC is asking for the nullification of results in 20 states where it alleged substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act and other irregularities.
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