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Elections cannot be annulled in Nigeria again, says Falana

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has stated that no general election can be annulled ever again in Nigeria following what happened in 1993

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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), says elections cannot be annulled in Nigeria ever again
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), says elections cannot be annulled in Nigeria ever again

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), says no leader in Nigeria can annul elections in the country as was the case in 1993.

Falana disclosed this at the inauguration of the League of Anambra Professionals Legal Defence Initiative, held in Lagos according to a statement on Monday.

The lawyer added that for fear of ICC, no Nigerian leader dared annul election again like a former Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), did in 1993.

He also dismissed the fear that President Muhammadu Buhari might be unwilling to leave office if he should lose next year’s election.

Falana said, “Unlike in 1993 when the military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, successfully annulled an election, that is no longer possible.

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“Whoever does that now will end up in The Hague. He is likely to be tried for crimes against humanity because if you annul an election, you are likely to have a monumental violence in the country which will lead to crimes against humanity.

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“Before the 2015 elections, the ICC warned that if there was any problem in Nigeria, anybody who was responsible would be arrested and charged like former President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire. That was the atmosphere under which President Goodluck conceded victory.”

Falana said he decided to speak on the issue in order to assure Nigerians that election could no longer be annulled in Nigeria.

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This, he said, was important because of the fear that had been expressed that if Buhari lost election, he might not want to hand over.

“That belongs to the past,” he declared.

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