The Diaspora Action for Democracy in Africa (DADA) has pleaded with the court to save the nation from the looming threat of collapse as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) continues to hear claims stemming from the 2023 presidential election.
The panel specifically advised the government branch to refrain from making decisions that could ignite a national fire.
The group’s spokesman, Mr. Great Imo Jonathan, claimed that the judiciary is the only institution with the necessary resources to save the nation at this crucial time while speaking at a global press conference in Abuja.
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Jonathan and other DADA members, who support the motto “All eyes on the judiciary,” have already addressed petitions to the appropriate parties, including the Office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, National Judicial Council and the President, Court of Appeal, demanding justice for Nigerians.
“The judiciary is the only institution that has all that it takes to save this country from the threat of implosion. All eyes have been on the judiciary because of Nigeria’s respect for the law.
“It does not mean that the members of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal are in a better position in this case to tell Nigerians who won the presidential election.
“Nigerians don’t wait for any court to tell them the winner of any election. It is the electorate that should tell the court so, because they know more than the court whom they voted for to be their president.
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“But since it is the prerogative of the court to ensure that truth and justice prevail each time they are disputed, to make room for peace and harmony, the court has been given enough evidence to prove the real winner of the 2023 presidential election.
“Arising from our discussions with a wide array of Nigerians is the fear that the judiciary needs to be cautious because if their verdict fails to satisfy the requirements of justice, it may detonate the youth’s simmering anger and set the country ablaze,” Jonathan stressed.
The group warned the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, to use diplomacy and negotiation rather than military intervention to resolve the political issue in the Niger Republic.
The spokesman said that the option for a swift transition to a representative democratic administration should be provided to the people of the Niger Republic through their national institutions, without requiring resorting to military force.
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He argued that “diplomacy and dialogue would result in peaceful resolutions of the crisis in the country, while military action would definitely result in wasting of blood of citizens of Niger and indeed other Africans, as the war would certainly spill over to neighbouring countries.”
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