Over 30 civil society organisations and human rights groups have called for the arrest and prosecution of the immediate past governor of Ebonyi State and Senator representing Ebonyi South Zone, David Umahi.
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Rising from their press conference on Friday in Abuja, the CSOs lamented the development as a signal of danger to the nation’s democracy and the rule of law, urging relevant agencies to investigate the matter and bring culprits to justice. He’s also arguing that Umahi was not nominated through a valid primary of any known political party in Nigeria.
The coalition of CSOs, led by the Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Auwal Rafsanjani, Compressed Accountability Lab, Nigeria; African Centre for Media and Information Literacy; Borno Coalition for Democracy and Progress; BudgIT Foundation; Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre; Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa; HEDA Resource Centre; State of the Union; Tax Justice and Governance Platform; Transition Monitoring Group; Women in Media...
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