Tribunal Judges given ultimatum to disclose who wrote judgments of 2023 PEPT

VAM News Update

THE United States, United Kingdom and Nigerian Human Rights and Democracy Groups and Campaigners are strongly and humbly calling on the Five Justices (Justices of the Court of Appeal) of the Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) led by its Chairman, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani (Bauchi State) to publicly tell Nigerians and the world “who actually wrote the 2023 Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal Judgments and when, where and how they were written”.

Signatories to this joint-statement are the Global Igbo Leaders based in the United Kingdom led by Nze Amadiebube Mbama, the Ekwenche Research Institute based in the United States of America led by Prof Justin Akujieze, Chief John Gregg, an American respected International Human Rights and Democracy Campaigner, Bernhard Wanner, a Swiss respected International Human Rights and Democracy Campaigner, the South-East Based Coalition of Democracy and Human Rights Organizations represented by Prof Jerry Chukwuokoro (renowned University Don) and Engineer Ikenweoke Nwandu (Computer Security Expert), the South-East Zone of the Civil Liberties Organization (South-East CLO) led by Comrade Aloysius Emeka Attah (award winning journalist) and the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) led by Emeka Umeagbalasi (respected Criminologist).

Five Justices Of The PEPT May Face International Lawful Campaigns Unless

Our joint demand and its urgency had risen following controversies from the delivered judgments of Sept 6, 2023.

It must also be pointed out that the PEPT Five Justices are inexcusably obligated as public officers maintained with public funds from taxpayers to provide concrete answers to the above mentioned question in a world press conference within seven days; failure of which will most likely leave us with no other option than to commence international lawful campaigns including letter writings and diplomatic engagements, among other lawful steps, with international democracy compliant countries in Americas, Asia, Middle East and European Union.

By condemning, discarding and expunging the EU Election Observer Report from the records of the PEPT, for instance, the Five PEPT Justices have morally disqualified themselves and members of their nuclear families from having anything whatsoever to do with the EU and its democratic agencies or institutions including holidaying, residing, studying, medical traveling and attendance in international conferences and fellowship/exchange programs, etc on European soils and those of their allies in Americas, ASEAN countries, Oceania and the Caribbean.

Therefore, unless the above demand of ours is credibly and timely met; otherwise strong international lawful campaigns are most likely going to be put in place to ensure that the Five Justices and members of their nuclear families (wives and children) are denied access to democracy-compliant countries countries of Europe (England, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland inclusive), Canada, US, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, etc.