AU Chairman advises Nigerians
Posted by africanpress on April 27, 2007
Accra (Ghana) African Union (AU) Chairman President John Agyekum of Ghana has called on the aggrieved political parties in Nigeria to use legal means in their quest to contest last Saturday’s presidential election results in which the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Umaru Musa Yar’adua, was declared winner.
A statement issued in Accra Thursday by the press secretary to President Kufuor, Andrew Awuni, said the political parties must show commitment to upholding the integrity of the country and accept the legal procedures provided by the Nigerian Constitution for dealing with their complaints in order to deepen democracy in Nigeria.
The AU Chairman’s comments came shortly after leading members of Ghana’s main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party had criticised him of delaying in commenting on the fraudulent elections that has received international condemnation.
Meanwhile, the statement added that President Kufuor is due in Lagos Friday to meet Presidents Yayi Boni of Benin, Faure Gnassingbe of Togo and Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria to inaugurate the West African Gas Pipeline Project that will transport gas from Nigeria through Benin and Togo to Ghana.
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