{"id":179077,"date":"2025-09-16T08:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:52:55","slug":"nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Risks Civil War If Notorious Judge Leads INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, chieftain, Buba Galadima, has warned that Nigeria could face civil unrest if the federal government goes ahead with an alleged plan to appoint a retired Court of Appeal judge as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.<\/p>\n<p>Galadima spoke on Monday while fielding questions on Arise Television\u2019s Prime Time programme.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NNPP chieftain, there were widespread rumours that the government was considering the appointment of the retired judge, whom he described as \u201cnotorious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome November, there are rumours all over the place that this government is nominating a just retired Court of Appeal judge who is known for notoriety to be the chairman of INEC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish it is not true. Because if that man becomes the chairman of INEC, be rest assured that this government is inviting a civil war in this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the current administration of disregarding the rule of law and claimed that INEC under its present leadership was already compromised in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe INEC chairman has already rigged the election for APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey brought somebody that is the secretary of the party that went to court for APC as acting national chairman, and he was rewarded with chairman of INEC,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Galadima said such developments threaten the credibility of Nigeria\u2019s electoral system and could destabilise the country if allowed to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this man is appointed INEC chairman, then forget about elections in Nigeria. Because there would be no elections in this country, and it will create chaos,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Nigerians to be vigilant, insisting that individuals with questionable records must not be allowed to oversee the nation\u2019s electoral processes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, chieftain, Buba Galadima, has warned that Nigeria could face civil unrest if the federal government goes ahead with an alleged plan to appoint a retired Court of Appeal judge as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Galadima spoke on Monday while fielding questions on Arise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[3544,251,254],"class_list":["post-179077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-buba-galadima","tag-inec","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria Risks Civil War If Notorious Judge Leads INEC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, chieftain, Buba Galadima, has warned that Nigeria could face civil unrest if the federa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria Risks Civil War If Notorious Judge Leads INEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, chieftain, Buba Galadima, has warned that Nigeria could face civil unrest if the federa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-16T07:49:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-16T08:52:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758000379.350707.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"779\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria Risks Civil War If Notorious Judge Leads INEC\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-16T07:49:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-16T08:52:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758000379.350707.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buba Galadima\",\"INEC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-risks-civil-war-if-notorious-judge-leads-inec\",\"name\":\"Nigeria Risks Civil War If Notorious Judge Leads INEC - 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