Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Police Force to
immediately prosecute godfathers and thugs who undermined the last
elections.
Falana said this in a statement on Sunday.
He said, “Since the Federal Government has refused to set up the
electoral offences tribunal recommended by the Uwais panel, INEC and
the police should arraign in court the godfathers who sabotaged
internal democracy in some of the parties and the armed thugs who
committed other grave electoral offences during the last general
election.”
The senior advocate also urged the Federal Government to implement the
recommendations of the Justice Mohammed Uwais panel on electoral
reform before those of the European Union.
He said this in response to promises by the government to implement
some of the recommendations of the EU.
Falana noted that the reports of the local monitors of the last
general elections had been ignored by the Federal Government and other
stakeholders.
He said, “Before the report of the ex-colonial masters on how to
conduct credible elections in Nigeria is adopted the neo-colonial
Federal Government must be compelled to implement the recommendations
of the Justice Mohammed Uwais Panel, Ahmed Lemu Panel and Ken Nnamani
panel on electoral reforms.
“The recommendations and the reports of the local election monitors
are much more relevant than the report of the foreign observers.”
