Some leaders of Yoruba ethnic group have urged President
Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to
with immediate effect, suspend the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
Those who addressed a press conference in Ibadan, the Oyo
State capital Wednesday evening also called for the suspension of the 1999
constitution.
Spokesman of the group under the auspices of Nigerian
Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, (NINAS), Professor
Banji Akintoye, noted that the call was necessary because Nigeria cannot progress
under the current political structure.
Akintoye noted that the 1999 constitution was the cause of
major problems the country was currently facing.
He said that the group was giving the federal government
another 30 day ultimatum after the expiration of the 90-Day Notice of Grave
Constitutional Grievances issued by NINAS to the Federal Government of Nigeria
on December 16, 2020.
Akintoye, who addressed journalists on behalf of the group,
insisted that the 1999 constitution was no doubt a collateral damage to the
people of Nigeria, hence, the need for its suspension and suspension of future
elections.
He also warned international money lenders not to lend
Nigeria any money because Nigeria was now a disputed project.
Akintoye said, “A formal announcement by the Federal
Government of Nigeria acknowledging the Constitutional Grievances and
Sovereignty Dispute now declared by the peoples of South and Middle-Belt of
Nigeria.
“A Formal Commitment by Federal Government of Nigeria to the
wholesale Decommissioning and Jettisoning of the 1999 Constitution as the Basis
of the Federation of Nigeria as was done by the Government of Apartheid-Era
South Africa in 1990, to commence the process by which the Apartheid
Constitution of the then South Africa was eased out.
“A Formal Announcement by the Federal Government of Nigeria
suspending further General Elections under the Disputed 1999 Constitution since
winners of such Elections will Swear to, and Govern by that Constitution.
“A Formal Invitation to the Peoples of the South and
Middle-Belt of Nigeria to work out and emplace a Transitional Authority, which
shall specify the Modalities for the Transitioning Process including the
Composition and Mandate of the Transitional Authority as well as the Time-frame
for the Transitioning and other Ancillary Matters.
“A Formal Initiation of a Time-Bound Transitioning Process
to midwife the emergence of Fresh Constitutional Protocols by a Two-Stage
Process in which the Constituent Regional Blocs will at the first stage, Distill
and Ratify their various Constitutions by Referendums and Plebiscites and in
the second stage, Negotiate the Terms of Federating afresh as may be dictated
by the outcomes of Referendum and Plebiscites.
“Let it be known to all, including International Money
Lenders, that Nigeria is now a Disputed Project and that while the Constituent
Components commit to honouring existing International Debt Obligations.
“We caution that whatever Obligations that may arise from
any Foreign Loans contracted by the Federal Government of Nigeria from the date
of this Proclamation may come into controversy. Similarly, all Loans contracted
by the Federal Government of Nigeria, containing any Clause that may Cede the
Sovereignty of Nigeria or any part thereof in the event of Repayment Default
shall be disputed as illicit, and in breach of the Sovereignty of the
Federating Units.”
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