International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) dragged 44 top officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) involved in an alleged INEC in-house rigging of the 2023 presidential election to thirty-one key foreign missions in Nigeria, representing the world’s greatest and most powerful democracies.
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Also dragged before the thirty-one globally respected democracies for voter suppression, alleged INEC in-house poll manipulation, and serious rights violations are four state governors suspected of conspiring.
The international democracies referred to in the letter include the head of the EU delegation to Nigeria/ECOWAS and the ambassadors/high commissioners of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Other countries include Spain, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Australia, the Vatican, South Korea, and Mexico.
Those petitioned for their vicarious or direct liability in the letter by Intersociety are Prof Mahmood Yakubu, INEC’s national chairman and fourteen serving and immediate past national commissioners of the commission – with their states of origin, Rtd Air Vice Marshal Ahmed Mua’zu, (Gombe); Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu (Delta); Dr Adekunle Ladipo Ogunmola (Oyo); Mallam Mohammed Kudu Haruna (Kano); Ukegbu Nnamdi (Abia), Rtd Major Gen Abubakar Alkali (Adamawa) and Rhoda Gumus (Bayelsa).
Also listed are Sam Olumekun (Ondo), Barr Festus Okoye (Anambra), Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti), Muhammad Kallah (Borno) as well as Dr Baba Bila (North-East), Prof Sani Adam (North-Central) and Prof Abdullahi Abdu (North-West).
These details were contained in a statement by Intersociety signed by Emeka Umeagbalasi (Criminologist), board chairman, Intersociety; Chinwe Umeche Esq, head, Democracy and Good Governance; Chidinma Udegbunam Esq, head, Campaign and Publicity, among others.
