MURIC Calls for Instant Elimination of INEC Chairman Forward of 2027 Elections
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to right away take away the Chairman of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), Prof. Josiah Amupitan.
MURIC mentioned Amupitan’s elimination is important to safeguard the credibility of the forthcoming elections.
The decision was made in a press release signed by MURIC’s Kano State chapter chairman, Malam Hassan Sani Indabawa, on Thursday.
The group alleged that Amupitan’s previous actions justify his elimination, resignation, or prosecution. MURIC highlighted a authorized temporary authored by Amupitan in 2020, titled “Authorized Temporary: Genocide in Nigeria: The Implications for the Worldwide Group”, which they described as “hate-filled” and addressed to america on the problem of alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria.
MURIC warned that permitting Amupitan to stay as INEC chairman may undermine the integrity of the 2027 elections.
The assertion learn, “In 2020, Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN) printed an 80-page Authorized Temporary titled ‘Authorized Temporary: Genocide in Nigeria: The Implications for the Worldwide Group’.
“The doc was commissioned by the Worldwide Committee on Nigeria (ICON) and the Worldwide Organisation on Peace-building and Social Justice (PSJ), and was later highlighted within the Spiritual Freedom within the World 2025 report.
“Amupitan’s Authorized Temporary argued that assaults by Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen weren’t merely localized conflicts however fashioned a ‘coordinated anti-Christian marketing campaign’.
“He clearly said that crimes in opposition to humanity, struggle crimes, and genocide have been being perpetrated in Nigeria.
“Our place, subsequently, is that the demand for Amupitan’s instant elimination, resignation, or prosecution is to guard and safeguard the credibility of the 2027 normal elections.
“We subsequently demand the instant elimination of Amupitan for his evident partisanship and obvious bias in opposition to Nigerian Muslims.”