Former chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Rivers State chapter, Apostle Eugene Ogu, has petitioned the United States government and others over a direct threat to Nigeria’s democracy by the National Assembly.

Ogu’s reaction followed the rage across the country by citizens for non-passage of the bill on electronic transmission of election result early.

The cleric, in a strongly worded petition on Thursday, called on the United Nations, European Union and the entire international community to rise up and save Nigeria from the hands of “anti-masses political leaders”.

He warned against those he described as “political contractors in the National Assembly” to desist from setting the country on fire as any attempt to derail constitutional democracy would be firmly resisted by Nigerians.

Ogu expressed: “Nigerians may have endured massive looting of our country’s treasury by our politicians which is responsible for the poor standard of living resulting in lack of good road, poor power supply, lack of medical care, lack of quality education, lack of confidence in the judicial system, lack of security, no human rights freedom and high level of bribery and corruption in all sectors of the government. The National Assembly must not play games with the country’s democracy.

“Only a free and fair transparent legal electoral process with a compulsory electronic transmission of election results which is domiciled in the constitution is what Nigerians crave for, not what the fraudulent INEC that publicly lied to Nigerians that there will be an electronic transfer of results only to turn around to tell us that it’s not in the constitution.”

The former PFN boss alleged that the refusal of Senator Godswill Akpabio-led Senate to pass the electronic transmission of election result in real time ”is an invitation to rig the 2027 presidential election and fraudulently manipulate the will of the people.”

He called on the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, the leadership of the United Nations, European Union and lovers of democracy across the world to stand up against the anti-masses tendencies against the people of Nigeria.

“I call on the international community: the US, UN, EU and the leadership of such respected organizations as the NLC , TUC, NUC , NBA, NANS , ASUU , NASU, PFN , CAN to speak out now and do the needful to compel the National Assembly to pass the electronic transmission of election results in good time, into law.

“The international community should show sufficient commitment in the wellbeing of Nigeria by compelling the Nigerian government and the National Assembly to pass the bill into law, as it will be the greatest gift and contribution any country can give to Nigeria or the National Assembly.

He appealed to foreign embassies not to honour the documentation of any politician by allowing them to travel out of the country for any purpose until they respect the will of Nigerians by passing the bill.

Ogu cautioned the Senate President, Akpabio, and the leadership of the Legislative Arm of government not to toy with Nigerians as the aftermath would be impossible to contain with, adding that INEC and the police should not be subjected to unwanted risk, managing a tensed suspicious fraudulent electoral process in 2027.

“The president must understand that the greatest hero of Nigeria will not be who ruled the country, but who gave Nigeria a free and fair electoral process. I commend all the senators who stood up for the electronic transmission especially those who came out publicly to express their support for the will of Nigerians.”

He called on all the National Assembly members not to allow any one to use them against the will of the people. (The Sun)