The National Chairman of the Action Alliance, AA, Kenneth Udeze, has said the planned world press conference by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, scheduled for Tuesday, is a dangerous threat to the 2027 general elections.
Udeze said the scheduled press conference is a mockery of the rule of law in Nigeria.
In a statement he signed, Udeze said the press conference is a selective jamboree and an exercise in futility if the authentic leadership of the AA is excluded.
The statement reads:
“The authentic National Leadership of the Action Alliance (AA), led by Chief Barr. Kenneth Udeze, has received with shock and dismay the notice of a World Press Conference being organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), under the chairmanship of Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, scheduled for Tuesday, October 6, at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, purportedly to reel out its preparations ahead of the 2027 General Elections and inviting ‘critical stakeholders.’
“We state categorically that this conference is a jamboree of bias and an exercise in futility if the authentic leadership of the Action Alliance, affirmed by the Court of Appeal, the superior court of record, is deliberately excluded.
“It is settled law that INEC cannot come to equity with unclean hands. How can an institution that claims neutrality, transparency and independence be trusted with pre-election and post-election litigations when it openly disobeys and treats with contempt subsisting and binding judgments of the Court of Appeal, which affirmed the Udeze-led National Executive as the authentic leadership of the Action Alliance?
“We condemn in the strongest terms this exclusionary and partisan World Press Conference.
“No stakeholders meeting on 2027 is credible or complete without the authentic AA leadership under Chief Udeze.”
Udeze said the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, being a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, knows that a Federal High Court cannot overrule the Court of Appeal.
He said:
“We demand he immediately correct this anomaly and demonstrate respect for the Rule of Law.
“INEC must publicly explain to Nigerians why it is choosing which court order to obey.
“INEC must immediately withdraw recognition from impostors and give full effect to the Court of Appeal judgments by recognising and publishing the candidates duly nominated by the Udeze-led NEC.
“If INEC continues on this path of illegality and selective justice, Nigerians should not be deceived; the 2027 elections are already compromised from the source. You cannot build a credible election on a foundation of disobedience to the law.
“The Action Alliance under Chief Udeze remains the authentic and lawful Action Alliance and will not be cowed or excluded by any jamboree.”
2027: INEC’s world press conference dangerous threat, a jamboree – AA’s Udeze