A group known as the National Youth League for the Defence
of Democracy (NYLDD) has called for the resignation of Mahmood Yakubu, chairman
of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The group said Yakubu should be arrested over the violence
and alleged malpractices that marred the general election in some parts of the
country.
Speaking with reporters at the Unity Fountain in Abuja on
Thursday, Moses Paul, leader of the group, said the elections were a sham.
“People were burnt in Kano, people were shot in Rivers, we have seen the greatest inhumanity happened in Lagos state in the course of this election,” Paul said.
Speaking also, Anngu Orngu, co-convener of the group, said
letters have been submitted to the US, UK, and French embassies, asking them to
impose a visa ban on the INEC chairman.
“We are here as frustrated Nigerians and the fundamental
rights of Nigerians have been trampled upon by Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC and we
are here calling for his immediate resignation,” Orngu said.
“We have been to the US Embassy, we have been to the British
Council in Nigeria, and we have also submitted a letter to the French embassy,
calling on them to advise the Nigerian government that the Nigerian people are
not happy.
“We, the young people
of this country are not happy over what is happening in our country.”
Below are photos from the protest.
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Shut up, foolish pdp criminals, because the technology was hard for you to cheat as usual. Kindly answer this question. Who cheated for who? Can't you see and accept defeat for once? Sitting governors are losing to opposition, party chairmen etc all losing.
ReplyDeleteAs for the thugs that shut and killed by the army. I think it serve them right.