The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has called on the President of the United States, Joe Biden not to recognise the government of Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu until the end of the ongoing litigation challenging his victory.

NADECO also accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of brazenly violating the Electoral Act of 2022 by failing to transmit the election results from the polling units to the servers in real-time as promised.

This was contained in a communique issued yesterday by NADECO at its Extraordinary Summit held in Washington, DC in the US.

The communiqué, which was signed by Lloyd Ukwu, NADECO’s Executive Director, urged the US to withhold any recognition of an incoming Nigerian Government until the Supreme Court has thoroughly and transparently examined the 2023 election process as the US did with the 2022 elections in Kenya.

The group also advised the US Government to impose Magnitsky Act sanctions immediately on all those found to have impeded or subverted the 2023 election process exercising all available sanctions on such individuals.

It further enjoined the US to utilise the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s loot currently in asset forfeiture proceedings in US District Court to compensate victims of election violence in Nigeria.

“Disclose and release all available records pertaining to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, which are now at issue in the election petitions, to the courts for adjudication,” it added.

Besides, NADECO alleged that INEC violated the Electoral Act of 2022, its own guidelines, and lied to the Nigerian people when it promised that it would transmit the election results from the polling units to the servers in real-time, lamenting that it failed to do so.

The group further called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency, remove Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of INEC and further called on his arrest and prosecution.

It also added that all other INEC officials found wanting in electoral fraud be prosecuted by the competent court of law.

The communique also decried that many Nigerians have lost hope in the judiciary due to some controversial judgments it had delivered in recent time, but said that the fate of millions of Nigeria depended on it.

It also proposed that the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the election tribunals must expeditiously and transparently consider election challenges, and in the case of the presidency, if no final determination is reached on the results of the February, 2023 election before the scheduled May 29, 2023 inauguration, the constitution must be followed.

It posited that the constitution provides for the Senate President to be installed as the acting president for three months to chart a legal transition of power in Nigeria.

The communique read: “To achieve these objectives our legal panel recommended further that: Parties in the petition request and the court grant a writ of mandamus order requiring INEC to review all parties’ objections and reevaluate the election results within seven days as authorized by law which INEC failed to do.

“That the tribunal’s proceedings be broadcast live given the global interest, import, and importance of the elections. In that light, we commend the commencement of tribunal hearings where all parties have pledged to expedite the process. That the Nigerian Supreme Court, the Nigerian Government, and all of its security agencies including the Department of State Service (DSS), refrain from hastily swearing-in or facilitating the swearing-in of any of the 2023 Presidential Candidates until their exhaustion of all available remedies.

“Alternatively, given the widespread discontent and rejection of electoral process by Nigerians at home and abroad, the Nigeria Supreme Court is urged to rely on the ‘political question doctrine’ to restrain itself from the polarising nature of its decision regarding the 2023 presidential elections, and order INEC to conduct a fresh election, which complies with the requirement of the Nigerian Constitution, the 2022 Electoral Act as amended, and INEC’s own guidelines.”

The body also called for the unbundling of the Nigerian Police and decentralization in order to effectively maintain law and order across the entire country.

It argued that a single police system has become archaic and inadequate to effectively and adequately police a country as populous as Nigeria and with an expansive land mass.

It also challenged the Nigerian Government to always obey the rule of law irrespective of its outcome, stressing that the government had been selective in obeying the law.

The communiqué, which was signed by Lloyd Ukwu, NADECO’s Executive Director

The communiqué, which was signed by Lloyd Ukwu,

“Alternatively, given the widespread discontent and rejection of electoral process by Nigerians at home and abroad, the Nigeria Supreme Court is urged to rely on the ‘political question doctrine’ to restrain itself from the polarising nature of its decision regarding the 2023 presidential elections, and order INEC to conduct a fresh election, which complies with the requirement of the Nigerian Constitution, the 2022 Electoral Act as amended, and INEC’s own guidelines.”

Jogs1900:
Mumu people....senate president should take over...What if the Senate president's election is being challenged?

Why not apply this senseless logic to all states whose elections are being challenged?

Newton2024:
Nigeria Supreme Court judges should refrain themselves from the temptations that will make them result to using technicalities to help Tinubu out. They allegiance should be to Nigerians not corrupt politicians.

LeoDeKing:

It must be done differently because Obituary is involved, very funny pipu.

Mr. Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has said that one Mr. Lloyd Ukwu, who claims to be the Executive Director of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) is an IMPOSTOR.

Alake said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja while reacting to a report that Ukwu planned to organise a press conference where he would allegedly disparage and cast aspersions on the credibility of the Feb. 25 presidential poll.

“It must be stated emphatically and without any ambiguity that Ukwu is an impostor, hell-bent on hoodwinking unsuspecting Nigerians in the Diaspora and the international community,” Alake said.

Alake alleged that Ukwu’s aim was to further a sinister agenda on behalf of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, who came a distant third in the presidential poll.

He alleged that Ukwu’s attempt to fraudulently exploit the NADECO platform for Peter Obi against Tinubu was laughable and a grave insult to the sensibilities of Nigerians.

Alake said Nigerians witnessed first-hand the struggle by the pro-democracy group in restoring democratic rule to Nigeria and the roles played by prominent Nigerians, including independence hero and nationalist, the late Chief Anthony Enahoro.

Alake listed other heroes to include Tinubu, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Gen. Alani Akinrinade, the late Commodore Dan Suleiman, the late Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi and Chief Cornelius Adebayo.

Alake reiterated that Ukwu was very peripheral to this group of eminent statesmen and illustrious Nigerians who bore the pain and peril of exile so that Nigeria could be free from the jackboot of military dictatorship of the late Gen. Sani Abacha.

He reminded Ukwu that while Tinubu put his life and resources on the line during those challenging times, the likes of Peter Obi were allegedly hobnobbing with the military or nowhere to be found

LegendHero:
The real NADECO was disbanded long time ago.

I am 100% sure that this fake NADECO is being used by Ibo people to propel their propaganda. What kind of NADECO has Ukwu as executive director for heaven sake?

LegendHero:
The real NADECO was disbanded long time ago.

I am 100% sure that this fake NADECO is being used by Ibo people to propel their propaganda. What kind of NADECO has Ukwu as executive director for heaven sake?

"The communiqué, which was signed by Lloyd Ukwu, NADECO’s Executive Director,......"

Ofunaofu:


This is the real NADECO


the only difference is the individuals

richie240:

If u do due diligence in checking ds 2023 'Nadeco' now, na one 'Shukujeku' u go find behind am!

LegendHero:


How are they real NADECO?



Na true you talk brother. Na one Shukudishuku go dey behind the group.

Ofunaofu:


This is the real NADECO

NADECO was formed almost 30years ago, you don't expect the same individuals to still be around.

dionma:
Who should he then recognize as President? What kind of nonsensical statement. After May 29, Buhari becomes an illegitimate ex- president as INEC has conducted an election and declared a winner which by the Constitution shall be worn in on May 29. Certain positions are meant to put the country in chaos and anarchy

LegendHero:


You mean the same individuals that created it died? Why will they not still be around?

You mean Tinubu and his comrades abandoned NADECO to put the leadership in the hands of Ibo people? Think about it nao.