MURIC renews call for removal of Amupitan as INEC Chairman

MURIC renews call for removal of Amupitan as INEC Chairman

By Editor
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has taken its case against the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, to the National Assembly (NASS).
MURIC and other Islamic organizations are demanding the removal of the INEC boss for sending the 80-page legal brief on Christian genocide used by the United States to indict Nigeria.
MURIC’s renewed agitation came on Wednesday, 4th March, 2026 via a press release issued by the Executive Director of the human rights advocacy group, Prof. Ishaq Akintola.
“Three months after Islamic organizations began their demand for the removal of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, the latter is still in office.
“The presidency appears uninterested in listening to complaints coming from Islamic organizations (most especially MURIC) about the INEC boss. This is in spite of indisputable evidence of deep involvement of the INEC boss in leveling false allegations and fraudulent charges against Nigerian Muslims before the American audience.
“We are intrigued by the speed at which the presidency responds when terrorists who are less than 1% of the population make their frivolous demands and the lukewarm approach of the same presidency to genuine, evidence-backed and undeniable complaints of peace-loving, dialogue-compliant and law-abiding Islamic organizations.
“How can the presidency impose a man who exhibited extreme hatred for Nigerian Muslims, in words and in deeds, on the Muslim electorate and their candidates as the referee in a game where his word is final? Is the presidency waiting for the Muslims to occupy INEC offices all over the country before it will listen to them?” Akintola said.
He added: “Take it or leave it, this issue of Amupitan’s documented anti-Muslim prejudice may become the crux of the matter either at the national or state level of an election dispute in 2027. You will say MURIC said so.
“Since the presidency appears uninterested in listening to the complaints of Muslims against Amupitan, we must take his case to the court of the people’s representatives, the National Assembly (NASS). It is not about his religion. It is about the fanatical, hateful and vicious approach adopted by him towards Nigerian Muslims.
“The NASS has a moral duty to listen to the case of Nigerian Muslims against Amupitan. As law-abiding and peace-loving citizens, we have brought our case to the Red and Green chambers for adjudication. We deserve listening ears as tax payers. We deserve attention as bona fide Nigerians. We reject Amupitan as INEC boss for the ignoble role he played in bringing American troops to Nigeria. He cannot be an impartial referee in the 2027 contest. Amupitan must go!
“For the records and for the umpteenth time, today’s renewal of our demand that Professor Joash Amupitan must be removed as INEC boss will again go into the chronicles of Nigerian history. Fortunately internet does not forget. The number of times we made the demand without getting a single response is now on record.”
“Give us a good Christian, a Christian who has no death wish for his Muslim compatriot. Amupitan cannot be a good referee in a contest involving Muslims after inviting America to come and deal with Muslims in the process of ‘protecting Nigerian Christians’.
“There are many good Christians who will do this INEC job without exhibiting any bias towards Muslims. For the records, many Christians have held that position in the past without the Muslims complaining.
“Amupitan must go! That is the battlecry. Whoever thinks we have forgotten this demand is making a big mistake. Our cause is just. We have been stabbed in the back. No retreat, No surrender”.