Igini stated electoral malpractice, corruption, insecurity and bad governance were amongst the aspects driving Nigerians to look for chances abroad, arguing that dealing with management failures through reputable elections might help in reducing migration pressure.
In an open letter dated November 13, 2026, resolved to Trump at the White House, the previous electoral commissioner proposed a policy he referred to as the “No Mandate Fraud” Doctrine, prompting the United States administration to integrate preventive diplomacy, independent election tracking and targeted sanctions versus people associated with electoral offenses.
He kept that border enforcement alone might not attend to the migration difficulty without tackling its hidden causes in native lands.
“Nigerians are not leaving Nigeria since they do not like their nation. They are leaving due to the fact that of years of relentless electoral malpractice, corruption, insecurity and weak public responsibility that have actually weakened Nigerians’ self-confidence in federal government,” he composed.
Igini argued that Nigeria had the human and natural deposits to flourish however had actually been kept back by a problematic management recruitment procedure that had actually weakened advancement and public self-confidence.
He stated trustworthy elections stayed basic to producing genuine management, enhancing public organizations and developing conditions for sustainable success.
As part of his suggestions, Igini advised Trump to dispatch a top-level United States delegation to engage President Bola Tinubu, governmental and governorship prospects, INEC, political celebrations and other appropriate organizations ahead of the 2027 elections.
He stated the delegation ought to interact Washington’s position that trustworthy elections, tranquil political competitors and regard for civil liberties were main to United States interests in Nigeria.
The previous commissioner likewise proposed visa constraints and, where lawfully warranted, targeted monetary sanctions and property freezes versus electoral authorities discovered through reliable proof to have actually controlled outcomes, falsified electoral records or devoted other major offenses.
He particularly determined INEC’s chairman, nationwide commissioners, resident electoral commissioners and advertisement hoc election workers drawn from federal firms and universities as authorities who ought to be held liable for tested misbehavior.
On the judiciary, Igini stated judicial self-reliance needs to not end up being a guard for corruption or the purposeful subversion of electoral justice.
He prompted the United States administration to think about sanctions versus judicial officers whose misbehavior in electoral matters was developed through reliable proof and fulfilled suitable legal requirements.
He likewise required responsibility for security workers whose actions or authorisation assisted in citizen intimidation, electoral violence, suppression of opposition celebrations or adjustment of election results.
Igini noted the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, Armed Forces, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and other security organizations as firms anticipated to safeguard people and impose the law impartially throughout the electoral procedure.
He even more advised that the United States assistance reliable domestic and worldwide election observers to keep an eye on the procedure in the past, throughout and after the 2027 elections.
According to him, keeping an eye on need to concentrate on citizen intimidation, the neutrality of security workers, publication of polling-unit outcomes, transparent collation and the resolution of electoral disagreements.
Describing how the proposition lines up with Trump’s America-First policy, Igini determined lowered migration pressure, security of United States resources, enhanced security cooperation and more powerful financial relations as possible advantages.
He argued that reputable elections might produce responsible leaders efficient in enhancing Nigeria’s economy, producing chances in the house and motivating Nigerians in the diaspora to return.
He likewise stated a steady and democratically responsible Nigeria would be a more powerful partner for the United States in dealing with terrorism, organised criminal activity, local insecurity and adversarial impact in Africa.
On financial cooperation, Igini highlighted chances for more powerful US-Nigeria collaborations in the energy sector, especially electrical energy advancement, through innovation transfer and financial investment by American business.
Caution that Washington need to not wait up until an electoral crisis emerges before doing something about it, he stated a clear diplomatic position ahead of the surveys might assist discourage infractions.
“The time to act is before the election, not after a crisis has actually happened,” he stated.
He advised the United States to explain that it would not carry out organization as typical with any federal government produced through electoral scams, worrying that any sanctions should be legal and supported by reputable proof.
Igini kept that independent tracking and evidence-based repercussions for electoral malpractice would reinforce public self-confidence in Nigeria’s democratic procedure.
He stated Nigeria urgently required a political system in which management was made through the tally, public organizations served residents and electoral scams brought in effects.
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