‘While we commend the efforts of the Federal Government, the Oyo State Government, and security agencies that led to the rescue of the Oyo schoolchildren and teachers,
‘We demand that the Federal Government and the state governments where some Nigerians are still being held captive do everything possible to secure their release.
‘Nigeria continues to bleed from multiple crises. Beyond insecurity, Nigerians are confronted with economic hardship. Hyperinflation and the rising cost of food, fuel, and medicine have pushed millions into poverty.
‘Graduates and skilled youths have no jobs, fuelling hopelessness and brain drain.
‘Our hospitals lack drugs, schools lack teachers, and power supply remains epileptic. This erodes public confidence and invites impunity.
‘When INEC and other agencies pick and choose which court orders to obey, it undermines the entire democratic process.’
He called on the Federal and State Governments to urgently address these issues with sincerity and competence.
‘Democracy dies when institutions meant to protect it become lawbreakers. INEC cannot be the referee and still choose which court orders to obey. The world is watching. We will not rest until this injustice is reversed and the rule of law is restored.’
Meanwhile, Udeze accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of failing to recognise his National Executive on the commission’s website, from where it was allegedly unlawfully removed, despite notifications sent on May 5, 2026, May 6, 2026, and July 22, 2026, through his lawyers following a court judgment.
According to him, the letter demanded immediate compliance by reinstating the list of the Kenneth Udeze-led National Executive on the commission’s website, from where it was allegedly unlawfully removed.
He said:
‘More than two months later, INEC has neither responded to the letter nor obeyed the judgments of the Court of Appeal, hence this world press conference.
‘I want the general public, the media, and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to note that, before now, INEC recognised my leadership of AA based on various Court of Appeal judgments and has been dealing with my leadership as valid and authentic.
‘Shockingly, INEC illegally stopped recognising my Court of Appeal-affirmed AA leadership and chose to illegally and erroneously recognise one Adekunle Omoaje as National Chairman of Action Alliance, along with his group, who have filed an appeal at the Supreme Court in Appeal No. SC/CV/162/2024 between Adekunle Rufai Omoaje and Ors v. Chief Uzewuru Nwachukwu and 3 Ors., challenging the Court of Appeal judgment in Annexure A above that recognises my leadership.
‘We refer the commission to Section 287(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), which clearly states thus: ‘The decisions of the Court of Appeal shall be enforced in any part of the Federation by all authorities and persons, and by courts with subordinate jurisdiction to that of the Court of Appeal.’
‘We ask: How does a Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who heads INEC, justify disobedience of valid, subsisting, and binding judgments and rulings of the Court of Appeal that recognise the leadership of Action Alliance under him?’