The Verdict closes Quantity III by setting out what Elements 11 via 15 established concerning the boards overseas and the workplaces they addressed, what stays open, which authorities maintain the facility to behave, and what Quantity IV will take up.
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“Answered overseas. Unanswered at dwelling.”
IIIn Plain Englishthe discovering with out the authorized language
Quantity III requested what occurred to the file exterior Nigeria. Igbo Britons petitioned inside two weeks of the publish. The diaspora’s statutory recommenders demanded solutions on 13 audit observations and a board, and a few of their chapters backed her as an alternative. A London group requested for the books. An Ontario minister sat at her convention with out, on the file, being advised. At dwelling, no workplace that obtained a grievance has answered it on any file discovered, and no Nigerian report back to the UN race committee has been present in 20 years. The Verdict lists who holds the facility to behave and what every ought to do.
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Within 13 days of the publish, ten Igbo our bodies in Britain petitioned the President via the Excessive Fee in London, with copies, by the reported file, to the Secretary to the Authorities, each presiding officers and the top of the Nationwide Intelligence Company. No reply from any of them seems within the data searched, and the mission requested to sentence the publish stated nothing situated (Half 11; Displays B-41, B-42, D-15).Reported; Documented in last sentence
In September 2026, the leaders of NIDO’s continental our bodies demanded solutions on 13 audit observations and a constituted board. Three NIDO our bodies disowned the demand, NIDO UK reaffirmed confidence within the chairman, and NiDCOM answered by questioning the signatories’ standing. No facet denied that the board continues to be to be constituted (Half 12; Displays B-44, B-45, B-47, C-12).Reported
13 observations on NiDCOM’s 2023 accounts reached the Nationwide Meeting on July 17, 2026, with no administration response recorded towards any of them and questioned transactions reported above ₦1.3 billion. NiDCOM gave three solutions in eighteen days, the final saying it had responded in full, and none of its solutions is public. A London-registered group requested for the data and, by its account, was partly refused below an exemption for legislation enforcement and investigation (Half 13; Displays B-44 via B-46, B-50, C-10 via C-12). Observations are questions the auditor raised, and the file asserts no wrongdoing.Reported; Inference
Toronto adopted on day 346, when a federal delegation led by the President’s Chief of Workers attended her convention and Ontario’s minister led the Canadian delegation. Its printed file mentions no grievance (Half 14; Displays B-28, B-52, C-9). In Geneva, Nigeria has filed no situated report back to the Conference’s committee since 2004 and, on the file retrieved, has not been examined since 2005, and no worldwide submitting on the publish was situated (Half 15; Displays A-31 via A-33, D-18).Documented; Inference
Dates matter to the Republic’s account of itself. Ohanaeze Ndigbo advised the Presidency on September 4, 2025, two days after the publish, and the London petition reached the President and 4 workplaces in Abuja by mid-September (Displays B-3, B-41). The Auditor-Common put 13 observations on the fee earlier than the Nationwide Meeting on July 17, 2026, day 318, and NIDO’s continental leaders demanded solutions and a board on September 21, day 384 (Displays B-44, B-48). On October 10, day 403, the officer spoke for herself, as Quantity II recorded. The President, each presiding officers and the Public Accounts Committees had every been advised, by at the very least a kind of routes, lengthy earlier than this Verdict.Reported; Inference in last sentence
Counter-Proof the Quantity Carried
NIDO UK positioned its confidence in Dabiri-Erewa on file, and NIDO Americas and NIDO Africa disputed the authority of those that spoke towards the fee (Displays B-43, B-47). NiDCOM says its data are intact, that it has answered the Auditor-Common in full, and that observations are not any findings (Displays C-10 via C-12). Her fee’s June 2025 assertion on Igbo Day in North Carolina stands the place Quantity II positioned it (Exhibit C-5). Every of these data is reported within the Half that examined it, and none of them solutions the publish.Documented; Inference in last sentence
Open issues quantity eight, as the strategy assertion lists them. They’re the textual content of the Auditor-Common’s report, any response to the London petition, any Public Accounts Committee listening to and Nigeria’s reporting standing after 2013. Any worldwide submitting, any discover to the platform, any Canadian assertion, and the London group’s request and refusal stay open as properly (Displays D-14 via D-21). No discovering on this Verdict is dependent upon any of them. Whether or not the audit observations disclose wrongdoing is for the Auditor-Common, the Public Accounts Committees and, the place they refer it, the courts.Documented
Appointment and suspension relaxation with the President, and so do the structure of the board on NIDO’s suggestions and the delegation he sends overseas. Each presiding officers maintain the referral energy, and the Public Accounts Committees maintain the audit observations. With the missions in his cost, the Minister of International Affairs shares with the Legal professional-Common the report Nigeria owes Geneva. Every was advised, by Ohanaeze, by the London petition, by the Auditor-Common or by NIDO, on dates this quantity data (Displays B-3, B-41, B-44, B-48).Reported; Inference
The President ought to reply the London petition, represent the board and droop the chairman pending the impartial inquiry Quantity I demanded. The Senate President and the Speaker ought to state what turned of their copies. In public, the Public Accounts Committees ought to hear NiDCOM’s observations. The Minister of International Affairs ought to publish the Excessive Fee’s dealing with of the petition and, with the Legal professional-Common, file the overdue report below Article 9. Nothing requested here’s a favor or an exception; every is using an influence the legislation already offers.Demand
Overseas, the file discovered its viewers. Igbo Britons petitioned, the diaspora’s statutory recommenders demanded solutions, a London group requested for the books, and a Canadian province sat at her desk with out, on the file, being advised. At dwelling, the workplaces that obtained the complaints have answered none of them in any file situated, the fee answered its critics by questioning their standing, and, on the file retrieved, the Republic has not reported to Geneva in 20 years. By each file situated, 420 days after the publish, the boards overseas maintain a file that Nigeria’s establishments have left unanswered. Quantity IV takes up the filings.Reported; Inference
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Findings drawn from Elements 11 via 15 and the displays cited there, as listed within the Proof Docket. No discovering seems on this Verdict that the Elements haven’t examined. Day counts run from September 2, 2025, via October 27, 2026.
IVProof Docket29 data this installment depends on, linked to the originals
Class AAuthorized devices and technical specs
A-29
Freedom of Data Act 2011, ss. 1(1), 12 (Nigeria).
Establishes the suitable of any individual to entry data held by a public establishment (s. 1(1)) and the heading and opening of the legislation enforcement and investigation exemption (s. 12). Retrieved October 27, 2026.
A-31
Bayefsky, A. F. (2012, April 9). Reporting historical past: CERD: Nigeria [Database record]. Bayefsky.com.
Establishes the submission of Nigeria’s fourteenth to eighteenth stories on March 23, 2004, their examination on August 15, 2005, and the non-receipt of the extra data and the nineteenth to twenty-second stories as of April 2012. Analysis compilation. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
A-32
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. (2010). Determination 1 (76) on Nigeria, in Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (A/65/18), chap. II [Excerpt].
Establishes the Committee’s early-warning choice on the violence close to Jos, its remorse at not receiving requested data, the assertion that the nineteenth periodic report had been overdue since 2008, and the request for a report by July 30, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
A-33
Workplace of the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights. (2013, August 9). Compilation ready by the Workplace of the Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights: Nigeria (A/HRC/WG.6/17/NGA/2).
Establishes, for the Common Periodic Assessment of 2013, the Committee’s final concluding observations on Nigeria as these of August 2005, the nineteenth and twentieth stories as overdue since 2008, and the Committee’s name on authorities to deal with the causes of the Jos tensions. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
Class BContemporaneous reporting
B-3
Akpa, N. (2025, September 4). Ohanaeze alerts Tinubu over Dabiri-Erewa’s alleged neglect of Igbo. The Guardian (Nigeria).
Establishes the Ohanaeze assertion, the declare of the publish’s retention and the demand for an unreserved apology. Retrieved October 12, 2026. Carried from Quantity I.
B-28
Sahara Reporters. (2026, August 7). Tinubu sends Gbajabiamila, 5 governors, ministers to Canada for diasporan funding convention.
Establishes the Toronto convention of August 12–15, 2026, the federal delegation permitted by the President and her function because the fee’s chairman and convener. No byline. Retrieved October 20, 2026. Carried from Quantity II.
B-41
Rapheal. (2025, September 17). Igbo unions in UK petition Tinubu over Abike Dabiri. The Solar.
Establishes, as reported, the Ogbako Ndi Igbo UK petition, its ten signatory our bodies, its supply via Excessive Commissioner Mohammad Maidugu with copies to the SGF, the Senate President, the Speaker and the DG of the NIA, and its calls for for removing, a vote of no confidence and a Excessive Fee condemnation. Single-outlet supply for the copies. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
B-42
ITREALMS On-line. (2025, September 19). UK-based Igbo group petitions Tinubu, seeks sack of NIDCOM chair Dabiri-Erewa. ITREALMS.
Establishes the petition’s date of September 15, 2025, its signatories Dr. Charles Ukandu and Ken Udeoka, its cost and the signatory our bodies’ withdrawal of recognition and non-attendance at NiDCOM occasions. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
B-43
Onje, O. (2026, October 2). NIDO UK rejects claims to talk for international diaspora, reaffirms help for NIDCOM. BusinessDay.
Establishes NIDO UK’s assertion of September 28, 2026, by Chairman Taslim Gbaja-Biamila, rejecting NIDO Worldwide’s declare to talk for the chapters and expressing continued confidence in Dabiri-Erewa. Counter-evidence. Doesn’t point out the publish. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
B-44
Odeyemi, J. (2026, September 21). NiDO-WW calls for NiDCOM rationalization to Auditor-Common’s report. Every day Belief.
Establishes the NIDO Worldwide assertion and its 5 continental signatories, the report of over ₦1.3 billion in questioned transactions throughout 13 observations, the calls for, and NiDCOM’s description of the stories as a marketing campaign of calumny and blackmail. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
B-45
Ogunaike, A. (2026, September 21). NiDCOM audit: NIDO calls for solutions, board structure over 13 queries. The Gazelle Information.
Establishes the report’s placement in Quantity I below the Worldwide Audit and Liaison Division, the observations listed, the ‘No response’ entries, and NIDO’s demand that the Governing Board be constituted. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
B-46
Voice of Nigeria. (2026b, September 21). NIDO seeks NiDCOM motion on audit report considerations.
Establishes the transmission of Quantity I of the report back to the Nationwide Meeting on July 17, 2026, the 2023 protection, the observations, and NIDO’s calls for, together with the board, diaspora desks and voting rights. Creator metadata conflicts; cited below the outlet. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
B-47
Abiodun, W. (2026b, September 28). NIDO UK, Americas and Africa disown purported NIDO Worldwide assertion on NIDCOM audit, again Abike Dabiri-Erewa. Status Information.
Establishes the disclaimers of NIDO Americas (September 21), NIDO UK (September 28) and NIDO Africa (undated), NIDO Africa’s dispute over its chairmanship, NIDO Americas’ description of a government-facilitated unification course of, and NIDO UK’s assertion of continued confidence. Counter-evidence. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
B-48
Clement, P. S. (2026, September 3). 25 MDAs, varsities, others flagged in N1.34trn audit lapses. Every day Belief.
Establishes the Auditor-Common’s transmission of the 2024 annual report on non-compliance to the Nationwide Meeting by letter dated July 17, 2026, and the referral of infractions to the Public Accounts Committees. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
B-50
The Authority. (2026, September 16). Group seeks data on N1.4bn NiDCOM audit observations, launches accountability initiative.
Establishes, as reported, International Integrity Watch’s FOI request for 2023 to 2025 data, NiDCOM’s partial refusal citing s. 12, the ₦1.409 billion mixture, and the group’s reference to a police report on data misplaced in a July 2024 housebreaking. No particular person byline. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
B-52
ThisDay. (2026, August 23). How Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s NiDCOM reshaped diaspora dialog in Toronto.
Establishes the convention theme as reported, the 2 Ontario venues, the Ontario minister’s management of the Canadian delegation, the precedence sectors and the communiqué, and the absence of any reference to the publish or a grievance. No byline. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
Class CResponses of the topic and her fee
C-5
Voice of Nigeria. (2025, June 22). NiDCOM boss hails North Carolina’s proclamation of Igbo Day.
Establishes the fee’s June 2025 assertion welcoming the Igbo Day proclamation and praising the group, issued via its Director of Media. Counter-evidence. Retrieved October 20, 2026. Carried from Quantity II.
C-9
Nigerians in Diaspora Fee. (2026b, August 14). NIDEC 2026: Tinubu urges diaspora to spend money on Nigeria.
Establishes the opening on the Apollo Conference Centre, Toronto, on August 14, 2026, Graham McGregor’s management of the Canadian delegation, the President’s message delivered by the Chief of Workers, and the absence of any reference to Igbo, protests or the Excessive Fee. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
C-10
Taiwo-Obalonye, J. (2026, September 5). N200m expenditure: We’ll open our books to NASS, Auditor-Common, not social media blackmail: NiDCOM. The Solar.
Establishes NiDCOM’s assertion via its media director that its paperwork are intact, that it’ll reply the Auditor-Common or the Nationwide Meeting when invited, and that International Integrity Watch was registered in London on August 17, 2026. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
C-11
Voice of Nigeria. (2026c, September 23). NiDCOM responds to 2023 audit queries.
Establishes NiDCOM’s assertion that the question has been comprehensively responded to, with paperwork despatched to the Auditor-Common and the Public Accounts Committees, and that an remark will not be a last discovering. Creator metadata conflicts; cited below the outlet. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
C-12
Abiodun, W. (2026a, September 21). NiDCOM replies purported NIDO Worldwide over audit question, says remark not last discovering. Status Information.
Establishes NiDCOM’s reply questioning NIDO Worldwide’s standing, its reference to NIDO’s inside challenges, and its account of the 2023 symposium with the OACPS. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
Class DInformation sought and never obtained
D-14
Auditor-Common for the Federation, Annual Report on Non-Compliance and Inner Management Weaknesses for the 12 months ended December 31, 2024, Quantity I, entries on NiDCOM. Repository: open internet seek for the printed report. Searched October 27, 2026.
Not obtained. Figures and observations are taken from stories of the doc. No inference is drawn from the absence.
D-15
Any response by the Presidency, the SGF, the Senate President, the Speaker, the DG of the NIA or Nigeria’s Excessive Fee in London to the Ogbako Ndi Igbo UK petition, and any Excessive Fee assertion on the publish. Repository: open internet information search. Searched October 27, 2026.
None situated. The search will not be a census of official correspondence.
D-16
Any Public Accounts Committee listening to, report or discovering on NiDCOM’s 2023 observations, and the textual content of NiDCOM’s responses. Repository: open internet information search. Searched October 27, 2026.
None situated. No inference is drawn concerning the content material of the responses.
D-17
Nigeria’s reporting standing below Article 9 of the Conference after 2013, together with any report submitted or assessment held. Repository: OHCHR treaty-body database (retrieval refused by the location) and open internet search. Searched October 27, 2026.
Not obtained. The most recent data retrieved are of 2010, 2012 and 2013.
D-18
Any utility, communication or submitting concerning the publish earlier than the ECOWAS Courtroom, the CERD, the UN Particular Rapporteur on racism, the African Fee, the U.S. Congress or the Division of State. Repository: open internet information search and courtroom press pages. Searched October 27, 2026.
None situated. The search will not be a census of confidential communications.
D-19
Any discover below the Digital Companies Act or the On-line Security Act in regards to the publish, and any platform response. Repository: open internet information search. Searched October 27, 2026.
None situated.
D-20
Any assertion by a Canadian federal, Ontario or Toronto official on the publish or the complaints, and any protest at NiDEC 2026. Repository: open internet information search. Searched October 27, 2026.
None situated.
D-21
International Integrity Watch’s FOI request to NiDCOM, NiDCOM’s refusal letter, and the interim police report on data misplaced in July 2024. Repository: open internet search. Searched October 27, 2026.
Not obtained. Their content material is taken from the group’s account as reported.
◆Authorized Sources and ReferencesAPA seventh version
Authorized Sources
Freedom of Data Act 2011, ss. 1(1), 12 (Nigeria). https://edojudiciary.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Freedom-Of-Data-Act-2011.pdf
Bayefsky, A. F. (2012, April 9). Reporting historical past: CERD: Nigeria [Database record]. Bayefsky.com. https://www.bayefsky.com/html/nigeria_t3_cerd.php
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. (2010). Determination 1 (76) on Nigeria, in Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (A/65/18), chap. II [Excerpt]. https://bayefsky.com/pdf/nigeria_cerd_spec_dec.pdf
Workplace of the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights. (2013, August 9). Compilation ready by the Workplace of the Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights: Nigeria (A/HRC/WG.6/17/NGA/2). https://upr-info.org/websites/default/information/paperwork/2014-03/a_hrc_wg.6_17_nga_2_e.pdf
References
Abiodun, W. (2026a, September 21). NiDCOM replies purported NIDO Worldwide over audit question, says remark not last discovering. Status Information. https://www.prestigenewsonline.com/nidcom-replies-purported-nido-worldwide-audit-query-says-not-final-finding/
Abiodun, W. (2026b, September 28). NIDO UK, Americas and Africa disown purported NIDO Worldwide assertion on NIDCOM audit, again Abike Dabiri-Erewa. Status Information. https://www.prestigenewsonline.com/nido-uk-americas-africa-reject-nido-worldwide-claim-support-nidcom-abike-dabiri/
Akpa, N. (2025, September 4). Ohanaeze alerts Tinubu over Dabiri-Erewa’s alleged neglect of Igbo. The Guardian (Nigeria). https://guardian.ng/information/nigeria/nationwide/ohanaeze-alerts-tinubu-over-dabiri-erewas-alleged-neglect-of-igbo/
Clement, P. S. (2026, September 3). 25 MDAs, varsities, others flagged in N1.34trn audit lapses. Every day Belief. https://dailytrust.com/?p=1947842
ITREALMS On-line. (2025, September 19). UK-based Igbo group petitions Tinubu, seeks sack of NIDCOM chair Dabiri-Erewa. ITREALMS. https://www.itrealms.com.ng/2025/09/uk-based-igbo-group-petitions-tinubu.html
Nigerians in Diaspora Fee. (2026b, August 14). NIDEC 2026: Tinubu urges diaspora to spend money on Nigeria. https://nidcom.gov.ng/nidec-2026-tinubu-urges-diaspora-to-invest-in-nigeria/
Odeyemi, J. (2026, September 21). NiDO-WW calls for NiDCOM rationalization to Auditor-Common’s report. Every day Belief. https://dailytrust.com/nido-ww-demands-nidcom-explanation-to-auditor-generals-report/
Ogunaike, A. (2026, September 21). NiDCOM audit: NIDO calls for solutions, board structure over 13 queries. The Gazelle Information. https://www.thegazellenews.com/nidcom-audit-nido-demands-answers-board-constitution-over-13-queries/
Onje, O. (2026, October 2). NIDO UK rejects claims to talk for international diaspora, reaffirms help for NIDCOM. BusinessDay. https://businessday.ng/information/article/nido-uk-rejects-claims-to-speak-for-global-diaspora-reaffirms-support-for-nidcom/
Rapheal. (2025, September 17). Igbo unions in UK petition Tinubu over Abike Dabiri. The Solar. https://thesun.ng/igbo-unions-in-uk-petition-tinubu-over-abike-dabiri-2/
Sahara Reporters. (2026, August 7). Tinubu sends Gbajabiamila, 5 governors, ministers to Canada for diasporan funding convention. https://saharareporters.com/2026/08/07/tinubu-sends-gbajabiamila-five-governors-ministers-canada-diasporan-investment
Taiwo-Obalonye, J. (2026, September 5). N200m expenditure: We’ll open our books to NASS, Auditor-Common, not social media blackmail: NiDCOM. The Solar. https://thesun.ng/n200m-expenditure-well-open-our-books-to-nass-auditor-general-not-social-media-blackmail-nidcom/
The Authority. (2026, September 16). Group seeks data on N1.4bn NiDCOM audit observations, launches accountability initiative. https://authorityngr.com/2026/09/16/group-seeks-records-on-n1-4bn-nidcom-audit-observations-launches-accountability-initiative/
ThisDay. (2026, August 23). How Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s NiDCOM reshaped diaspora dialog in Toronto. https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/08/23/how-abike-dabiri-erewas-nidcom-reshaped-diaspora-conversation-in-toronto/
Voice of Nigeria. (2025, June 22). NiDCOM boss hails North Carolina’s proclamation of Igbo Day. https://von.gov.ng/nidcom-boss-hails-north-carolinas-proclamation-of-igbo-day/
Voice of Nigeria. (2026b, September 21). NIDO seeks NiDCOM motion on audit report considerations. https://von.gov.ng/nido-seeks-nidcom-action-on-audit-report-concerns/
Voice of Nigeria. (2026c, September 23). NiDCOM responds to 2023 audit queries. https://von.gov.ng/nidcom-responds-to-2023-audit-queries/
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