The Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) said international instruments have been put in place to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari accepts his imminent defeat in next year’s general election. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Oyeniyi, said Nigerians should not entertain the fear that the president would not hand over after his loss. According to the statement: “International instruments and regional ones like African Charter On Democracy and Civil Governance, Protocol on Unconstitutional Change of Government In Africa, ECOWAS Parliament and African Peer-Review and others stand activated to foreclose President Buhari trying not to hand over.”
ANN further noted that international governmental and non-governmental organisations, donor states like United States of America, United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada; donor organisations; and civil society organisations were aware of the terrible state of Nigeria’s electoral governance and administration. The party, however, commended Nigerians for their decision to withdraw support from President Buhari government in the coming presidential poll and promised not to only take a leading role in the transition but would not abandon Nigerians during that critical phase of Nigeria’s nationhood.
