Professor Isa Pantami Foundation - PIP

...challenge of a court ruling and an act of impunity bordering on contempt because the fresh primary election was ordered by a court of law. If that is so (and it is) the outcome of that fresh primary has the force of law. INEC's omission of Pantami's name is therefore illegal, illegitimate, unlawful and unconstitutional. However, we hold the chairman of INEC solely responsible for this atrocity. But to understand the rationale for taking this position, we rewind the tape to the illusionary Christian genocide hullabaloo which overwhelmed the Nigerian socio-political architecture from 2025 through 2026. It is an open secret that the same Professor Joash Amupitan who occupies the highest seat in INEC today was fingered as the author of the damning 80-page legal brief which was sent to America. He has not denied this to date. That document was used by the White House to wrongly and unfairly indict Nigeria. Our country was labelled 'Country of Special Concern'. We were threatened. US troops eventually landed in Nigeria. Sokoto was attacked. Nigeria held its breath and trembled. But objective Nigerians across all faiths know the truth. They know that the narrative of Christian genocide was a myth, a charade, a sham and a fictitious story put together by confusionists. Thousands of Muslims, our emirs, our imams and our Islamic scholars have been victims of insurgency. THE MAN BEHIND CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE FICTION IS NOW THE HEAD OF INEC: It is an irony of history that the man behind the petition against Nigerian Muslims which was sent to America is, today, the chairman of INEC, And this is didactic. It is didactic because we raised the alarm about a possible repeat of anti-Muslim sentiment on the part of this same man, Professor Joash Amupitan, when he was picked as head of the nation's electoral body. We said there was a strong likelihood of him profiling Muslim candidates and their voters before, during and even after elections (dailytrust.com/you-must-go-m…). "We were not the only Islamic organization that protested against his appointment. The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) also did (guardian.ng/news/again-shari…). Yet he was retained. Amupitan's lopsided handling of Professor Pantami's candidature has now vindicated both MURIC and the Shariah Council. He should have been fired a long time ago. It is our contention that Professor Amupitan still has an axe to grind with Muslim candidates and Muslim voters. We are not safe in the hands of INEC under Amupitan. We are not fantasizing. What happened to Professor Pantami is enough for us as proof of religious victimisation. Pantami's gubernatorial candidature must be revalidated. We pass a vote of no confidence in Professor Amupitan. We call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to find a suitable replacement, a man or woman who is detribalised and devoid of religious  sentiment. Amupitan is not sine qua non. No Nigerian is indispensable at any point in time. We are a Nation greatly endowed with humongous talents. Nobody should hold our nation to ransom. AMUPITAN'S HIDDEN AGENDA: While President Tinubu is working very hard on economic reform, Amupitan is pursuing his hidden agenda in INEC, namely, to weed out Islamic scholars among the candidates of the 2027 general elections, particularly those vying for higher offices like the governorship post. Incidentally, Professor Ibrahim Isa Ali Pantami, is vying for the position of governor of Gombe State under the banner of the PDP and Amupitan has special interest in him. He must explain this special interest. AMUPITAN'S PEDIGREE; We said it a long time ago. A man who took it upon himself to write an 80-page legal brief replete with falsehoods against Nigerian Muslims on the basis of which the United States labelled Nigeria as a country of special concern, a Christian-killer nation and a country where Christian genocide reigns supreme cannot be a good ...