What Falana Wants Buhari To Do To Electoral Offenders

Ahead of the Kogi and Bayelsa state gubernatorial elections, activist and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, and other stakeholders have urged the federal government to prosecute electoral offenders.

human rights lawyer, Femi Falana,

According to Daily trust, Falana made the call in Abuja, during the Review Session for Issues of Electoral Violence in the 2015 Elections, organized by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC).

Represented by the chairman of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), Olanrewaju Suraju, the lawyer said while the federal government has paid over N10 billion as reparation to the victims of the post-2011 riots in some parts of the North and Akwa Ibom state, adding that the 626 suspects arrested in connection with the crises were yet to be prosecuted.
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“As president Buhari has pledged to bring the perpetrators of electoral violence to book, the federal government should direct the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and the Nigeria Police Force to collaborate with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to prosecute all electoral offenders,” Falana said.

He asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to assist in the prosecution of electoral offenders.

Also speaking, the Executive Director of CISLAC, Malam Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani, said despite relative peace witnessed during the 2015 elections, some states, including Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi and Ondo, recorded significant number of violent incidents, with INEC’s records showing that there were 66 reports of violent incidents targeted at polling units, the commission’s officials, voters and election materials.

Falana recently dismissed reports that he is opposed to the way President Muhammadu Buhari is executing his anti – corruption war when compared to that of former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

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