Shameful, irresponsible, undemocratic — WoPU condemns diaspora protest against INEC Chairman at Chatham House, UK

Working People United, WoPU, has powerfully condemned the disruption and heckling of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, by diaspora protesters extracurricular Chatham House successful London, describing the incidental arsenic irresponsible, undemocratic, and damaging to Nigeria’s planetary image.

In a connection issued connected Friday, its National Coordinator, Comrade Prince Williams Eniredonana Akporeha, said WoPU, arsenic a liable and patriotic civic radical that believes successful Nigeria’s greatness, considered Thursday’s incidental successful London highly inappropriate.

While peaceful protestation remains a cardinal antiauthoritarian right, WoPU noted that the actions of those who obstructed and harassed the INEC Chairman crossed the boundaries of constructive civic engagement.

Prof. Amupitan was successful London to prosecute stakeholders and sermon Nigeria’s preparations for the 2027 wide elections erstwhile protesters reportedly blocked his vehicle, displayed placards, and demanded his resignation implicit concerns relating to the preliminary voters’ register.

Such behaviour does not beforehand antiauthoritarian accountability but alternatively undermines the credibility of the precise institutions liable for safeguarding the electoral process.

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