A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations under the auspices of Free Nigeria Movement on Monday demanded the sack, arrest and prosecution of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the improper and poor conduct of the 2023 General elections.
The Convener of the Movement, Dr. Moses Paul, while addressing Journalists in Abuja also called for the cancellation of the presidential election of 25th February, 2023 as well as establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Committee in Lagos and other flashpoints of violence during the elections and compensation of all victims of electoral violence.
Paul said the Movement resolve is built on truth, faith and hope and on the risky, if not suicidal conviction, that illegality will always birth illegality.
According to him: “Hardly can any Nigerian alive deny that the outcome of the presidential election did not represent the will of the Nigerian people or amount to an abuse of their suffrage.
“We all know the truth. But why are we not saying a thing about it? What most Nigerians do not understand is that the people perpetrating this evil against our country are deliberate and desperate”.
“Their path is laid before them and power is their ultimate source of livelihood. It does not matter how many people they kill or how badly they pollute our ideological space with religious and tribal sentiments, as long as they get to power, they are fulfilled”.
“Even now, they have made permutations for 2027 because in their minds they own the country and Nigerians have nothing. Nigerians must see in the last election and even at this moment, an opportunity that is fast burning out. We cannot deny that the enthusiasm and dedication of Nigerians to participate in the 2023 general elections, and the political tsunami that followed, such as the sack of incumbent governors and parliamentarians, was a threat to the life of the old political order.
Speaking further, Paul said, in order to sustain their hold on power, they unleashed their age long tactics of religious and ethnic sentiments.
