[AFRI-Discuss] Fwd: AFRALO NomCom candidate

Thu Jul 4 12:41:09 UTC 2019

Hi AK
It's unfortunate the turn of events in recent weeks.
I will however advise you strictly follow ICANN process especially by
exploring the Ombudsman first before court process if that becomes the
ultimate decision
I am sure all these will be sorted in good time.
Best regards
Remmy Nweke

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019, 11:51 Raymond Mamattah <mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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