Reactions Trail Moment Crowd Laughed After Amupitan Began His Statement With By The Grace Of God

Several reactions have trailed the moment a large crowd laughed after the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Joash Amupitan said the 2027 Presidential Election in Nigeria will be the best by the grace of God.

This was contained in a viral video that was posted on the official X handle of THE CABLE on March 1, 2026.

The INEC Chairman made the statement after Nigerian broadcaster, Seun Okinbaloye asked him to promise Nigerians a credible election in 2027.

However, in the viral video that surfaced online, when Joash Ojo Amupitan began his statement with "by the grace of God", the people were seen laughing.

In a breaking news announcement correspondent Jon Donnison was in Jerusalem and explained they woke up to the sounds of the sirens. He continued, "About an hour ago we saw Iranian missiles shot down by Israel just directly above our hotel."

Jon went on: "We had a missile land in Jerusalem. The first, I think, of this war with five people likely injured."

Labour's Secretary of State, Yvette Cooper, joined Breakfast hosts Jon Kay and Sally Nugent as she made the UK's position clear amid ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran.

It comes as Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed he would allow the US to use UK military bases for defensive action but it could spell bad news for Trump.

"We made a deliberate decision to not provide support for US strikes that were taking place over the weekend," Ms Cooper explained.

"We continue to take the view that we wanted to see diplomatic progress and negotiated agreement around this threat on Iranian nuclear weapons."

She added: "We want to continue to see a de-esclatation."

There are currently an estimated 300,000 British citizens in other gulf countries that are being targeted by Iranian missiles.

Concern over the prospect of US strikes against Iran led a number of countries to issue warnings to their citizens in the region on Friday.

The UK temporarily withdrew staff from its embassy in Tehran and updated its travel guidance to advise against "all but essential travel" to Israel.

Countries including China, India and Canada urged their citizens to leave Iran as soon as possible due to the prospect of hostilities. Germany advised "urgently" against travel to Israel while France reiterated its advice not to do so.

The US president stressed that he did not want to use military force against Iran, but said sometimes "you have to".