Abuja, April 10, 2023 – A group, Free Nigeria Movement, on Monday demanded the sack, arrest and prosecution of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the improper conduct of the 2023 General Elections.
Dr. Moses Paul, its Convener, also called for the cancellation of the presidential election 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 told a press conference in Abuja on Monday that the Movement’s resolve was built on truth, faith and hope “and on the risky, if not suicidal conviction, that illegality will always birth illegality”.
“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,” he said. (GBN)
