The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has demanded the quick elimination of the Chairman of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, citing his previous feedback on insecurity in Nigeria.
Professor Amupitan, who was a lecturer on the College of Jos, Plateau State, had written that “it’s a infamous undeniable fact that crimes below worldwide regulation are being perpetrated in Nigeria, significantly crimes towards humanity, struggle crimes, and genocide.”
He additional questioned why Nigerian authorities and worldwide our bodies had shunned describing the violence within the nation as “genocide,” suggesting it could possibly be a deliberate omission or oversight.
Amupitan additionally claimed that the alleged involvement of each state and non-state actors in these crimes had worsened an already advanced scenario. He reportedly said that the Boko Haram sect sought to Islamise Nigeria, whereas Fulani militants had engaged in related anti-Christian violence.
In the identical publication, Amupitan urged the United Nations Safety Council and main world powers to think about authorized and army actions towards Nigeria for allegedly failing to stop and punish acts of genocide, as stipulated within the Genocide Conference.
Reacting to the report, MURIC, by its Govt Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, mentioned anybody related to such a controversial publication couldn’t be trusted to supervise Nigeria’s elections impartially.
“A person who authored a hate-filled letter to President Donald Trump about Muslims in Northern Nigeria can’t be anticipated to be honest in managing elections on this nation.
“From the second this disclosure was made, Amupitan turned persona non grata in Muslim circles relating to election issues. We hereby declare our whole lack of confidence in him as INEC Chairman,” the assertion mentioned.
MURIC due to this fact known as on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sack the INEC boss and appoint one other certified particular person with what it described as “a nationwide unfold of acceptance.”
“We recommend that every other certified particular person, ideally of the identical religion as Amupitan however from one other geopolitical zone, be thought-about for the place,” Akintola mentioned.