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Viewing cable 07ABUJA795, CIVIL SOCIETY, OPPOSITION PARTIES CONSIDER STREET

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07ABUJA795 2007-04-26 15:22 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Abuja
VZCZCXRO8235
PP RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHUJA #0795/01 1161522
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 261522Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY ABUJA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9310
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHOS/AMCONSUL LAGOS PRIORITY 6700
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ABUJA 000795 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
SUBJECT: CIVIL SOCIETY, OPPOSITION PARTIES CONSIDER STREET 
PROTESTS 
 
REF: ABUJA 791 
 
1. (U)  Summary: One week after the primary election 
monitoring group called for the annulment of Nigerians 
election, members of Nigeria's major civil society groups are 
struggling to define a plan of action. With little confidence 
in institutional fixes coming either through the courts or 
the National Assembly, civil society groups are discussing 
civic actions, including street protests, as early as May 1 
as an emerging option. In order to mobilize and sustain civic 
action, it is clear that this can happen only with the 
leadership and participation of the Nigerian Labor Congress 
(NLC) which has traditionally played the key role in 
nationwide protests. End Summary. 
 
CIVIL SOCIETY DEBATES A COURSE OF ACTION 
----------------------------------------- 
 
2. (U)  At a civil society meeting in Abuja on April 25 
organized by the Alliance for Credible Elections (ACE), over 
100 participants agreed that while tribunals and judicial 
remedies should not be excluded from a proactive civil 
society strategy, civic protest would be more effective. The 
group agreed that their goal was to work for the annulment of 
the elections, which they regarded as fraudulent. The group 
meeting in Abuja decided that the pillars of action should be 
civic action, legal challenges, and religious calls for 
action. 
 
3.  (U) A number of divisions among civil society leaders 
were on display. Some present thought that the legal and 
constitutional means were most appropriate. A few lawyers in 
the group suggested innovative legal strategies including 
class actions suits and creative use of international 
instruments including the African and Peoples Charter of 
Human Rights.  Religious leaders in attendance including, 
Abdullateef Adegbite, the Secretary General of the Nigerian 
Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) suggested using 
the courts and high level visits to President Obasanjo. 
 
4.  (U) Those in favor of civic action described the dilemma 
in treating the elections as a legitimate exercise, when most 
Nigerians, they said, did not believe the exercise was 
credible. The only alternative, they argued, was to go to the 
streets to demonstrate their disapproval. The question on the 
table was how to organize and sustain such and effort. 
Leadership and strategy would be crucial. While the Nigerian 
Union Commission was represented at a high level, the 
Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) was not, leaving a void in the 
discussion about specifics and leadership. There was, 
however, discussion of linking up with "other" like-minded 
groups to organize protests (reftel). 
 
5. (U) A similar meeting was held in Lagos on April 24, 
according to news reports in which 17 civil society 
organizations and the African Democratic Congress, a 
political party led by Pat Utomi, also agreed to begin a 
nationwide protest on May 1, if the elections are not 
canceled. The Lagos meeting was attended by a number of 
significant civil society organizations including the 
Campaign for Democracy(CD), which has previously spearheaded 
street protests in Lagos. 
 
OPPOSITION PARTY COALITION MEETS TO STRATEGIZE 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
 
6. (U)  A newly formed block of parties calling itself the 
Coalition of Opposition Parties (COPP) also met on April 24 
in Abuja to discuss strategies over the elections. The group 
includes the leading opposition parties, ANPP and AC. COPP, 
like the civil society organizations meeting in Abuja and 
Lagos have rejected the result of the elections as 
illegitimate and have called for an annulment. COPP also 
alleges that opposition figures may be charged with treason 
because of their stands against the election and they hope to 
keep the story of the election failure alive by possibly 
joining in the street protests, with civil society, seeking 
action in the National Assembly and bringing legal action 
aimed at capturing the imagination of Nigerians. 
 
7. (U)  According to news reports, COPP believes that 
tribunals are a waste of time and called on the National 
Assembly to institute an interim government headed by the 
Chief Justice of Nigeria, which would then organize a fresh 
round of elections. The meeting was attended by ANPP 
presidential candidate Mahammadu Buhari, AC vice presidential 
 
ABUJA 00000795  002 OF 002 
 
 
candidate Ben Obi, and former NLC Secretary General, Adams 
Oshiohmole. 
 
CAMPBELL