Timi Frank Condemns ‘Sham Elections’ In Tanzania, Cameroon, Ivory Coast

Political activistic and erstwhile Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has condemned caller elections held successful Tanzania, Cameroon, and Ivory Coast, describing them arsenic “sham exercises” and “a disgrace to the African continent.”

Frank said what took spot successful the 3 countries were not elections but “selections” allegedly marred by manipulation, intimidation, and governmental terrorism.

He lamented that alternatively than allowing the volition of the radical to prevail, incumbent leaders successful Africa person continued to enforce themselves done fraudulent means.

“These elections are a disgrace and shame to Africa. In this 21st century, the continent should beryllium making antiauthoritarian progress, but what we spot alternatively is the increasing civilization of rigging, violence, and oppression,” Frank said.

He urged the planetary community, including the United Nations, the United States, and the European Union, not to recognise oregon congratulate the outcomes of specified fraudulent elections.

According to him, the planetary assemblage indispensable instrumentality decisive steps to rescue ideology successful Africa earlier the continent slides into chaos.

“If thing is done, this systematic rigging whitethorn soon pb to wide civilian unrest and much coups crossed the continent,” helium warned.

Frank, who is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East, besides called connected the International Criminal Court (ICC) to analyse and clasp accountable the leaders of Tanzania, Cameroon, and Ivory Coast for electoral unit and the nonaccomplishment of lives during the caller polls.

“The U.S. and EU should enforce targeted sanctions connected these leaders and their cronies who person destroyed the antiauthoritarian process successful their countries,” helium stated.

The outspoken activistic decried what helium called the greed and corruption of African leaders, saying they person abandoned the imaginativeness of the continent’s founding fathers similar Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Nelson Mandela, Thomas Sankara, Patrice Lumumba, Modibo Keita and Haile Selassie, among different founding fathers.

“The Africa we spot contiguous is not the 1 our heroes fought for.

“The imagination of unity, 1 currency, and 1 passport has been replaced by selfishness and deceit.

“With these corrupt and greedy leaders, the imaginativeness of our founding fathers cannot beryllium achieved,” helium said.

Frank further urged African youths not to backmost down successful defending ideology and their close to vote.

“Those who person died defending their votes are heroes. The young procreation indispensable proceed to defy oppression and basal for justice,” helium added.

He besides urged the planetary assemblage to wage attraction to the unfolding concern successful Tanzania, wherever citizens person been protesting against a compromised electoral process.

“The radical are aggrieved due to the fact that they cognize the predetermination was rigged adjacent earlier the announcement of results. The satellite indispensable enactment now,” Frank said.

Turning to Nigeria, Frank cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and information agencies up of the 2027 wide elections, insisting that the polls indispensable not travel the aforesaid way of manipulation seen successful different African countries.

“Nigeria’s 2027 predetermination indispensable not beryllium concern arsenic usual.

“Any effort to subvert the people’s volition will beryllium powerfully resisted. Nigerians volition nary longer stay silent,” helium warned.