Jonathan leads W’African leaders to monitor election in Liberia – IPAC

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has led the election observer mission of West African Elders Forum (WAEF) to Liberia for the country’s 2023 general election.

This was disclosed in a statement by National Publicity Secretary of Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC), Chinyere Oge-kalu.

“The presidential election taking place on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, in Liberia has attracted more than a passing interest of the international community of democrats, like IPAC, whose national chairman, Yabagi Yusuf Sani, is leading a delegation of IPAC’s observer mission team made up of political party leaders from Nigeria,” the statement reads.

It notes: “Efforts by undemocratic forces to reverse gains made in entrenching democracy in the West African sub region in recent time have become a cause for serious concern around the globe, especially, in Nigeria.

“To underscore the importance of this mission, the former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is leading the African Elders Forum, among other notable regional bodies to observe the elections.”

While addressing journalists upon arrival in Monrovia, Yabagi was quoted as saying: “As chairman of the largest organisation of political parties in Africa, my expectation is that this election in Liberia will rekindle our faith in democracy and its tenets in the West African sub-region and in the continent.”

IPAC’s observer mission team is expected to return to Nigeria on October 11, 2023.