Due to massive fraud, intimidation, violence, and vote rigging that plagued Nigeria’s presidential election, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), United States Chapter has therefore demanded a complete annulation of the election throughout all 176,600 Polling Stations in 774 local government areas across the country. The election was full of electoral malpractices and voter intimidation, according to W. Bruce Delvalle, general counsel of the coalition, United States Chapter, who spoke at a recent international press conference held in Washington, DC, at the US National Press Club.
As the Coalition revealed its detachment, the election that resulted in one of its founder members, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, being elected president and Kashim Shettima, the vice president on the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was perceived to be in opposition to the democratic values, impartiality, and integrity that the body represents and is known for. W.Bruce Delvalle demanded that Nigerians and international parties demand evidence supporting a reliable, free, and fair election that made the INEC to proclaim and return Tinubu as the winner. Also, he asked the Nigeria Judiciary to be ready and dismiss the deceitful electoral process, except insightful and accurate proof was provided by the commission as well as the Nigeria Government.
The electoral process ought to be broadcasted live.
He added that the election, which was supposed to be broadcast live so that everyone could watch how votes were cast as well as counted across the country’s 176,600 Voting units, was conducted in violation of the 2022 Electoral Act. Thus, they requested that the United States of America implement a visa ban on individuals who are believed to be responsible for election fraud. In which Mahmood Yakubu, who is the chairman of the INEC is listed as one of the individuals.
The electoral body has the responsibility to demonstrate that the results declared are accurate. Each polling station must close its polls, count its votes, and complete the process in the traditional manner so that they may do their duty. They were tasked with compiling the data, reporting the outcomes locally, sending the results to Abuja, and finally verifying the accuracy of the data. However, they had already posted the results online before removing them.
NADECO aims to safeguard the sincerity of democracy.
There is election rigging, vote buying, and bribery in Nigeria. Unfortunately, despite INEC’s efforts, nothing positive happened. So, they’re back to doing the same things they always have. To that end, NADECO, as an international law firm and attorneys, aim to safeguard the status of democracy everywhere so that the goals of 1960 can once again become a reality. So, they’re requesting that they open up and confirm the results they’ve declared are honest and accurate. They ought to be able to demonstrate the results’ authenticity.
Demanding evidence from them is not out of the usual. They have to disseminate their mathematical prowess. They must demonstrate how they arrived at it. There’s no denying the results of the preliminary investigations into the electoral processes show that the rules and the rights of the people were preserved. Corruption seemed to be at an all-time high during the presidential election, with reports of rampant bribery, threats, and vote-tampering. They and other electoral groups were being completely forthright about their efforts to manipulate the outcome.
Global communities to partner with the Nigerian Judiciary on the outcome.
Lastly, they urge the citizens of Nigeria to behave lawfully and to ensure that proof is shown to them and have the INEC confirm the outcomes that they have declared. Also, they call on global communities to work in partnership with the Nigerian Judiciary in a collaborative approach to confront and verify the proclaimed results as well as to ensure that INEC itself is set on the path to pursue the serious severity they require, he added.
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NADECO decries Nigeria presidential election – Complete annulation of the election in all the Polling Units is demanded. – Express your point of view.
The general election conducted by INEC this year is a total mess which has been condemn by both local and international observer with a lot of irregularities like voter buying,voter apathy and many more.
It will be difficult for INEC officials to give evidence that supports the election was a reliable, free, and fair one. Corruption had its way alreadt. Hopefully, the filed petition from LP candidate against the declaration of APC candidate as winner will be positive.
Those yearning about impartiality in the election are obviously Peter Obi supporters and they are doing that because they lost.
The matter has already been taken to court we will see who truly wins legally there is no need to prejudice.
All those who are shouting the election is not free and fair are the losers the matter as been take to court and we will see the outcome
We can say this is a fair election everyone can see it unless does who ignore not to accept the fact because it is not their party that won those who is not satisfy should go to court
Election in Nigeria has always been like this in fact this 2023 election experienced minimal violence act across the country.
This election is the worse election in history of Nigeria. Rigging has distroy Nigeria, that is why Nigeria is not growing up well. You force yourself to people when the said no. Is this democracy. Useless INEC like the Devil keep on rigging the election
All I have been hearing is just allegations so far no one has come out with arguable and convincing evidence proving manipulation.
There were numerous anomalies in this year’s general election, including voter purchasing, voter apathy, disenfranchisement, threats, and many more, which have been condemned by local and international observers.
Even the dumbest person right now know the that the rate of rigging election im this country is extremely high, out so called independent electoral commission are fully dependent
We the citizens should expect the law to be prepared to reject the fraudulent election process unless compelling evidence to the contrary is shown by the electoral body and the Nigerian government.
Every electoral officer should be aware that in order to fulfill their civic responsibilitythey must close the polls, tabulate the votes, and declare the results in the customary fashion.
We can confidently declare that this election was free of fraud and that the results are obvious to all except those who refuse to recognise them since the losing party was their own.
Its great that they are urging that they come clean about the outcomes that they have declared and verify that those results are honest and correct.
We need to be having free and fair elections in this country and some people feel this last election was not fair so they have a right to challenge it, let us just wait for the outcome
When an election is free and fair, even when your desired candidate doesn’t win, everyone deals with their loss in silence because we know it was fair. Buh this election was a horrible one, INEC finally lost their chance to redeem themselves. Both the presidential and gubernatorial, both were shambolic
I am in total support of NADECO. the election that see to the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the president elect is filled with so many malpractice therefore I support the annulment of the election. However, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the sake of integrity need to allow rerun of the election.
The just concluded general election 2023 is marred several malpractices. It is not a free and fair nor credible election. I support NADECO to cancel the election. Let there be rerunn of the election.
The presidential elections was shambolic. We saw a lot of irregularities and malpractices. We could have done better. INEC if transmitted the result electronically will have helped to stop the malpractices that ensued.