Vanguard News reported on Saturday, August 17, 2024, that the National Peace Committee had revealed its pressure tactics during the 2023 presidential election. The National Peace Committee (NPC) revealed information on the tactics and pressures that occurred behind closed doors during the 2023 presidential election on Friday. According to the committee, there was a lot of pressure on it to get the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to either stop compiling the results or call off the election.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
The NPC, led by former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, presented its findings in a comprehensive 106-page report titled, “Nigeria’s Pursuit of Electoral Compliance: National Peace Committee NPC 2023 General Elections Report,” during an event in Abuja.
Prior to the public release of the report, the committee had met with INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and other senior officials to review preparations for the upcoming Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states.
The NPC is composed of several notable figures, including Okoh Ebitu Ukiwe (Vice Chairman), Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah (Convener), Sultan of Sokoto Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, and prominent business figures such as Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola. Other members include Vanguard Newspapers Publisher Sam Amuka Pemu, Ameze Guobadia, Idayat Hassan, Dame Priscilla Kuye, Gen. Martin Luther Agwai, Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, Channels TV owner John Momoh, Roseline Ukeje, and Fr. Atta Barkindo, who serves as the Head of Secretariat.
The report highlights the intensity of the situation on election day: “As the election day progressed, criticisms and counter criticisms became abundant. The NPC was already being faced with a flurry of phone calls and the need to call INEC to order. The Peace Committee was flooded with requests for intervention. Both the Chairman of the Committee, General Abdulsalami A. Abubakar, the Convener, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, and the Head of NPC Secretariat, Fr. Atta Barkindo, were inundated with calls, requests, and petitions demanding the intervention of the NPC.”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
