Edo 2020: Utomi, Na’aba, NCFront Situation Room enraged
by Voters Inducements and Violent Build
…Want INEC and International Elections Monitors to be more
vigilant
….Threaten to drag Defaulters before International Community
The leadership of National Consultative Front, NCFront, an
emergent non partisan, citizens led, pan Nigerian leadership group
in Nigeria, mobilising to create a new Nigeria, has expressed a
strong disapproval and condemnation for the electoral inducement
uncovered by its Monitors in a viral video, where agents and
stalwarts of one of the dominant political parties were seen
exchanging monies and Ankara clothing materials for Permanent
Voters cards, PVCs of voters, ahead of the Saturday governorship
elections in Edo State
In a statement issued at the weekend by the Head of Public
Affairs Bureau of the Front, Dr Tanko Yunusa, the Body of Fresh
breed leaders of Conscience in Nigeria threatened to drag the
defaulting Party and its governorship candidate before the
international court of Justice and the international community at
large, if these manipulative and provocative acts continue during
the Saturday Elections in any form, especially as what is termed in
the Nigerian parlance as Vote buying and “See and buy” or any other
form of inducement and intimidation of the Voters.
NCFront Intervention reads in part: Our non partisan Front
hereby wish to alert the Nation, especially the Gen Abdusalami
Abubarkar led Peace Committee, INEC and the international community
that this unfortunate act of desperation by the party is capable of
sparking off a major crisis that could mar the peace and
credibility of the entire elections. Therefore, we urge them to
quickly step in to nip these subversive and circumventing build up
of votes buying in the bud before they degenerate into a free for
all, as our pre elections investigations and findings have also
revealed a tensive violent build up between the two leading
political parties in the Edo elections
Finally, in the event of further recklessness and blatant
violations of electoral ethics by any of the contesting political
parties, the NCFront as the new conscience of the country, shall
not hesitate to raise a formidable petition over the matter before
the international community and appropriate international courts of
Justice as our Monitoring Situation Room stationed in Edo State has
been mandated to compile every electoral offences observed during
the elections for judicial processing.
SIGNED
Dr Tanko Yunusa
Head, Public Affairs Bureau