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The Honorable [Insert Senator’s Name]
Dear Senator [Insert Senator's Last Name ]
Request For U.S. Government To Secure Free & and Fair Presidential Election in 2023
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My name is [ YOUR NAME …………………… ] a U.S. citizen originally from Nigerian. I live within your constituent at [ YOUR ADDRESS …………………. ] I am asking that you help take action to democracy and election integrity in Nigeria. I am asking that you work with your colleagues through your oversight powers and urge the U.S. Department to ensure that 2023 General Elections are free and fair in Nigeria.
Nigeria is at an inflection point, facing the worst wave of insecurity in twenty years, democratic backsliding, and falling public confidence in governance and elections. In the face of the 2023 General Elections, the stakes are high for both Nigerians and the greater Sahel. 1 Nigeria politicians have shamelessly a reputation for ‘muddled elections, ‘criminal politics’ and ‘garrison democracy,. Elections are characterized by frauds, corruption, vote buying, inflation, killings, violence to mention a few. 2 .
Elections victories in Nigeria are secured and celebrated at the cost of human lives and the expense of law and order. Nigeria's democracy as death threat. 3 For example, at the threshold of the 2015 General Election, the current Nigerian President issued a proclamation regarding the election, “dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.” 4
In 2019 Presidential Election, as issued death threats to election riggers and political thugs; “I’ve ordered Army, Police to be ruthless, those who may want to subvert the electoral process, especially on Election Day, saying they would be doing so at the expense of their lives Ballot box snatchers: 5 In 2019 just about a week before the Presidential Election, a key ally of Nigeria’s President, threatened foreign election observers, including those from some of the most powerful Western countries.
He warned the international community: “We are waiting for the person who will come and intervene. They will go back in body bags because nobody will come to Nigeria and tell us how to run our country.” 6 Given the abysmal state of Nigeria General Election, I am asking you to work with your others colleagues in the United States Congress and State Department to intervene, monitor, and secure a free and fair Election in the 2023 General Election in Nigeria in a timely fashion to forestall the existential risk of kissing goodbye to the greatest country in Africa and averting the gloom thereof.
I look forward to hearing your response to these concerns.
Sincerely,
[ YOUR NAME ]
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1. ICYMI: Nigeria’s Elections Will Test America’s New Africa Strategy: https://www.iri.org/news/icymi-nigerias-elections-will-test-americas-new-africa-strategy/
2. Rigging Through Courts: The Judiciary and Electoral Fraud in Nigeria fraud. https://www.researchgate.net/ publication/272433000_Rigging_Through_the_Courts_The_Judiciary_and_Electoral_raud_in_Nigeria
3. 06 Mar 2019: https://www.financialnigeria.com/nigeria-s-democracy-as-death-threat-blog-419.html
4. 2015 ‘ll be bloody if… Buhari- https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/05/2015-ll-be-bloody-if-buhari/
5. I’ve ordered Army, Police to be ruthless – Buhari- https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/ballot-box-snatchers-ive-ordered-army-police-to-be-ruthless-buhari/.Nigeria's democracy as death threat-https://www.financialnigeria.com/nigeria-s-democracy-as-death-threat-
blog-419.html
6. Nigeria leader's ally says foreigners who intervene in poll face 'body bags': https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-election/nigeria-leaders-ally-says-foreigners-who-intervene-in-poll-face-body-bags-idUSKCN1PV2MQ