2023 Elections: INEC Hit with Serious Allegation as AA Vows to Boycott Polls
- Except something fast is done, the Action Alliance (AA) will not take part in the Saturday, February 25, elections
- AA's national chairman, Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, on Thursday, February 23, declared that candidates of the party at all levels will boycott the polls
- Omoaje said this decision is sequel to INEC's alleged refusal to recognise the party's candidates despite court injunctions
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Kaduna - The Action Alliance (AA) has declared that it will boycott the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled to hold on Saturday.
Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, the national chairman of the party, on Thursday, February 23, disclosed that this resolve was necessitated by the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to exclude the party from the upcoming election, Nigerian Tribune reports.
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Omoaje said despite various court judgments obtained from, different courts, including the Court of Appeal compelling INEC to present the names of candidates, INEC failed to recognize all the candidates in its final list.
He affirmed that based on the status quo, leaders of the party throughout Nigeria have decided to boycott the election in protest against INEC ‘s alleged disobedience to court rulings.
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Omoaje called out Prof Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC over an alleged plot to work against Nigeria's democracy through lack of respect for the rule of law.
He expressed displeasure over the decision of INEC, just as he threatened that the party will approach the Elections Petition Tribunal to challenge its exclusion from the elections.
He noted that the scenario played out by INEC was unprecedented in the history of election in the country and expressed worry about why INEC could allow it to be bought by unscrupulous politicians.
The party leader said the party would use all legal means to challenge INEC decision, just as he warned the electoral body against acts capable of undermining the rights of the masses and truncating the hard-earned democracy.
He, therefore, called on members of the party and their supporters not to stay away from the polls, adding that the party will triumph at the election petition tribunal.
“13 political parties threatening to boycott 2023 general elections are insensitive”, Youths declares
An anti-sabotage organisation under the aegis of The Natives had said the 13 political parties threatening to boycott the 2023 general elections if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) extended the deadline for new naira notes policy beyond February 10 are stinking and insensitive to the plights of Nigerians.
The Natives described the said thirteen political parties as "agents of sabotage which are unmindful of the suffering of the Nigerian masses as a result of CBN's current policy."
Some registered political parties had reportedly threatened to boycott the forthcoming general elections should CBN extend the deadline.
Source: Legit.ng
