The National Rescue Movement, NRM, has distance itself from a purported contempt notice to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
A statement signed by the party National Publicity Secretary, Peter Letsuwa, in Abuja, say it has no reason to institute any such action against the Independent National Electoral Commission or any Officer of the Commission but on the contrary commends INEC for promoting internal party democracy and compliance to the party Constitution, its guidelines and the provisions of the Electoral Act.
“The party has repeatedly drawn the attention of Nigerians to one Edozie Njoku, who was sacked by the Supreme Court in November, 2024, for what it called Forum Shopping by attempting to hijack the leadership of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), only to turn around two months after to claim leadership of the National Rescue Movement claiming a purported Emergency Convention, which was not authorized by the relevant organs of the party or followed the processes established by the party constitution, the INEC Guidelines and Electoral Act 2022”
“Under the National Rescue Movement Constitution, even if Edozie Njoku registered on the party online registration portal the same day he was sacked by the Supreme Court, he is not qualified for any position in the party”
“To hold a position in the party, such person would have been a member for a period not less than one year. Nigeria is not yet a banana republic where lawlessness and impunity rule unabated”
The statement calls on the Chief Justice of Nigeria to swiftly call Judicial Officers, who have become agents of destabilization of the nation’s democracy to order and to resist the temptation of being used by desperate political jobbers to rubbish the judiciary and the nation’s democracy
