[AFRI-Discuss] Fwd: AFRALO NomCom candidate

Thu Jul 4 10:50:57 UTC 2019

Hi Abdul and all,

I am surprised that the ALAC chair has nominated someone for this position.
If this is really the case then it’s unfortunate.

Regards
Raymond

On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 10:13 am, ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE <
oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Thank you, Muhammed, for your email.
>
> Apologies for the late response. I was consulting with friends,  leaders
> and my lawyers.
>
> I would like to state the following
>
> 1. I can confirm that I informed you (and others) of my intention to
> resign (for personal reasons) some weeks ago after being elected as the
> AFRALO rep to NOMCOM before I was told of the decision of ALAC Chair (as
> it's not the position of all ALAC members I spoke too.). ALAC chair should
> have been patient in getting rid of me unfortunately many ‘mistakes’ have
> been made by her and a few others in the process.
>
> 2. I believe the ALAC chair has personal issues with my person and she
> decided to discuss this with a few of ALAC members as stated in her email.
> I have lots of evidence to support this: from asking my name to be removed
> from being a pen holder to asking ICANN staff to email me and lots more.
> Please, I do not want to be pushed to sending all my evidence to the
> community (everyone who has seen them knows I have a clear case) as it is
> clear am being targeted here but I have a duty to protect the image of the
> ALAC chair.
>
> 3. If my nomination is to be rejected why is a democratic ( bottom-up
> approach in a multi-stakeholder environment) process not followed?
>
> 4. Why are ALAC members not allowed to vote on my nomination? is this a
> bottom-up process? Is this democratic?  We need to ask questions.
>
> 5. Does the ALAC chair has the sole power to remove a candidate who is
> democratically elected. Please, my personal opinion does not matter here.
>
> 4. I am shocked that the ALAC chair decided to suggest Hadia (top-down
> approach), not just suggesting her, she has already spoken to Hadia about
> this (from her email). A democratic process was in place, and I believe it
> takes a ---------- to change the result of a democratic process. Please
> think back to her earlier move to impose candidates and make a judgment.
> Please don’t be fooled. If I were in Hadia shoes, I would have suggested to
> her to follow a democratic process rather than agree to take up the
> position using the military style.
>
> 5. None of the three reasons she gave is valid. In terms of leadership, I
> am quite young and still learning, but I have been fortunate in life.  I
> have held various leadership positions successfully, both locally and
> internationally.  The Federal Government of Nigeria has nominated me into
> different positions, (I can send my CV to anyone who wants to see, MY CV is
> also in the public domain) For example, in 2017 in Argentina, All Ministers
> of ICT/ Telecommunications from all the African countries endorsed my
> nomination to become the Vice-chair for the ITU-D Telecommunications
> Development Advisory Group (TDAG). Till date am the youngest person to have
> held this position and the only thing that got me the position was the
> leadership skills they saw in me. I can give more examples but the email is
> becoming too long.
>
> 6. I have not violated any of ICANN's code of conduct.  I apologised for
> my email during the run up to the elections not because the content was not
> true but because I wanted us to move on and because I have duty to protect
> the image of ALAC chair especially in public.
>
> 7 I have never been a member of NCUC, never been to an NCUC meeting and
> never stated anywhere that I am a member of NCUC. Apart from At-large,
> within ICANN I am only a member of RSACC caucus. Hence, this is a lie
> against my person. My lawyers have been briefed for intentional defamation
> of character on this. The ALAC chair knows how active I have been in
> Atlarge and cannot deny this fact but has been pushing for me not to be so
> active lately I now understand the tactics.  I have built a reputation for
> myself around the globe and I would not allow anyone to come and destroy
> this reputation.  I believe this point is a deliberate attempt to fool the
> community. I would like the ALAC chair to provide the evidence of where I
> said I am a member of NCUC. All ICANN meetings are recorded. Point number 1
> and 2 cannot be substantiated and No 3 is a deliberate attempt to put
> forward the reasons why other candidates were rejected in the past.  My
> lawyers agreed with this and we shall be in court for on this.
>
>  In conclusion, I would suggest that a fresh election should be called
> (with new nominations) to fill in the vacancy as a result of my stepping
> down in line with the principles of democracy.  The other candidates got
> few votes. The community must be allowed to decide. The rules are clear
> ALAC chair cannot just select for us. ICANN is not a military barracks
>
> *To AFRALO community,  *
>
> Please, I was hoping to come on here and inform you of the fact that I was
> stepping down as AFRALO rep to NOMCOM as you voted for me overwhelmingly.
> However, I am sorry that I can’t take up this position for some personal
> reasons. I promise to continue to serve this community whenever I am called
> upon. I would continue to be active in ICANN, I would continue to represent
> your interest However PLEASE let me off this time. Let me spend my energy
> and time in defending you in the best interest of the community. Once
> again, I thank you for nominating me (without me asking to be nominated)
> and for voting for me. Please just wish me well in my future endeavours and
> I would continue to serve this community. I am not giving up cos of ALAC
> chair personal decision but because of some other good reasons. I would
> come back and shed more about this in future.
>
> Please, I decided to share all of the above because I want you all to
> understand some politics that are going on, make your own judgment and fill
> in the blanks as appropriate. No one can bully me.
>
> Let me also state that and I hold no grudge against the ALAC chair I am
> willing to work with her in the best interest of the community and as it
> natural, some people would not like the other person for no reason, but
> they must be tolerated as best as possible, but I would be seeking a
> redress.
>
>
>
> AK
>
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