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A group committed to Democracy in Nigeria, Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy, has written the Government of the United States over the recently-conducted 2023 general election that took place on February 25, 2023, describing the All Progressive Congress (APC) as a “political party turned terrorist organization”.
This was contained in a letter addressed to the government written by Prof Pat Obiefule, on behalf of Nigerian-Americans for a Democratic Nigeria, dated March 22, 2023.
The group said that during the presidential and National Assembly elections, the APC-led government, APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yakubu Mahmood and some other party chieftains like River State Governor, Nyesom Wike, colluded to disenfranchise non-APC voters.
It noted that APC thugs carried away ballot boxes, tore voters ballot papers, injured some voters, and killed some.
“People flogged, beaten, macheted, shot, prevented from casting their votes and others’ votes trashed, torn and burnt by the APC terrorist thugs,” it lamented.
The group asked the U.S. Government to, among other things, in any diplomatic or legal way necessary, help prevent those it regarded as ‘enemies of democracy’ from tearing it down.
It also urged the US Government to reject the results of the February 25, 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria and to issue an official statement in official capacity to condemn the rape of democracy in Nigeria.
The letter, entitled “Nigeria: Democracy under siege!“, reads in full:
“Dear Sir/Madam,
The soul of Nigeria whose diasporans constitute one of the largest immigrant contributors to the US economy, is under heavy attack by a political party turned terrorist organization, the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The democracy of the largest growing economy in Africa is in grave danger. Our democratic principles and practices are being brazenly raped. The evidence is overwhelming.
During the presidential and National Assembly elections that took place on February 25, 2023, non-APC voters, were grossly disenfranchised by the APC-led government, APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yakubu Mahmood and some other party chieftains like River State Governor, Nyesom Wike.
Mr. Tinubu (who was convicted of narcotic charges in Chicago and not qualified to contest the election) engaged the services of the APC terrorist thugs to attack non-APC voters and disrupt the voting exercise.
The thugs carried away ballot boxes, tore voters ballot papers, injured some voters, and killed some.
INEC brazenly violated the electoral laws and their own rules by failing to upload election results in real time at the polling units as promised to the voters. And most audaciously announced not only election results even for areas where election did not take place, but also announced Tinubu as the winner and president-elect.
While the shocked and disenfranchised Nigerian voters bemoaned the charade dubbed presidential election of February 25, 2023, the worst gubernatorial and state assembly election heist took place on March 18, 2023. We experienced an exponential increase in criminal activities.
People flogged, beaten, macheted, shot, prevented from casting their votes and others’ votes trashed, torn and burnt by the APC terrorist thugs.
Every international election monitoring organization including the AU, EU & the IRI/NDI rejected the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the ruling APC during these elections.
In light of the foregoing, we urge you to use your good offices in any diplomatic or legal way necessary to help us prevent those enemies of our democracy from tearing it down.
We urge you to help persuade the US Government to reject the results of the February 25, 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria.
We further ask that you issue an official statement in the official capacity to condemn the rape of democracy in Nigeria among other things. Please, be on the side of the Nigerian people!
A motivating discussion is worth comment. I believe that you ought to write more on this topic, it may not be a taboo matter but generally people do not talk about such issues. To the next! All the best!!