‘Where Are You?’ Abubakar’s National Peace Committee Under Pressure

The General Abdulsalami Abubakar National Peace Committee was at the weekend under pressure over its silence in the face of growing national concern over the judiciary’s adjudication of the petitions following the presidential and governorship elections conducted in February and March 2023.

The pressure was coming from organised civil society in the face of the silence of the committee since the conduct of the elections.

Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy in a statement made available to GWG.ng affirmed that it was disturbing that with the notable election day comments of General Abubakar that the committee has otherwise kept quiet despite what it claimed as growing national unease over expectations from the judiciary.

In a statement issued by Ifeanyi Okechukwu on behalf of the CSO, the group said:

“It is, however, disturbing that despite the avalanche of election petitions and likely far-reaching outcomes that could follow the decisions; the National Peace Committee has been quiet.

“It is our considered view that the National Peace Committee has failed in a very crucial area concerning the elections. The failure to issue a statement on the role of the judiciary and what Nigeria expects from the judiciary is an inglorious statement on the process of election in Nigeria.

“Without a doubt, elections have three clear steps in Nigeria, and they are primary elections, general elections, and litigation on the elections. Of the three, the last is the most decisive.

“Accordingly, we call on the National Peace Committee to quickly address this gap in its engagements. It must be stressed that every Nigerian is looking up to the judiciary. What it means is that the National Peace Committee must be alert to its responsibilities.

“In other words, we are calling on the group to effectively focus its bright lights on the Judiciary because its actions or inactions can undermine the atmosphere of peace and stability that has been engendered by political actors keeping to the terms of the peace accord they signed before the elections.”

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