Over 100,000 Nigerians have petitioned the governments of the United States, United Kingdom and Canada to deny visa to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over the conduct of the 2023 Presidential elections.
The petition which was launched on change.org has garnered over 152,000 signatures as at 3:57pm on Monday, less than 24 hours after it was started.
The petitioners are demanding the foreign governments to take action on Yakubu for allegedly “rigging the presidential election in favour of the ruling party.”
One of the petitioners, Ufuoma Odogbor, alleged that the INEC chairman disenfranchised citizens and enabled rigging which led to the loss of lives, and needs to be held accountable.
Theodore Ajulufoh, another aggrieved citizen, said he was signing the petition because the elections were not credible and the INEC chairman is about to lead Nigeria to disintegration.