Category: Politics

According to the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM), the March 23 supplementary elections in Kano, Bauchi, Benue, Plateau and Sokoto states were marred by insecurity, violence, intimidation and ineffectiveness of security agencies. The group said 20 of its observers monitored the exercise in the affected states from polling through counting and collation of results. In its report yesterday in Abuja, the EU observers said there were “cases of extensive electoral security problems in some areas, with groups of men with weapons intimidating and obstructing the process while security…

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The results of the supplementary governorship election conducted by The Independent National Electoral Commission in some states, has been released after it declared the March 9 poll in the affected states inconclusive. The states where the governorship run-off poll was held on March 23 are Sokoto, Plateau, Kano, Benue and Bauchi. But while INEC has declared governors-elect in four of the states, it has not done same in Bauchi State due to a legal reason. In the election results declared on Sunday, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal and his…

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Following the supplementary poll held on Saturday, Governor Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress has won the Plateau State governorship election. Lalong was declared the winner by the Returning Officer in the state, Prof Richard Kimbir, after scoring 595,582 votes to defeat 23 other candidates, including the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Jeremiah Useni, who garnered 546,813. Kimbir stated that a total of 1,159,954 valid votes were recorded while 16,188 were rejected, saying 1,176,142 was the total number of votes cast. The results for the nine LGAs that took part…

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The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has warned financial institutions against further transactions with Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the State and the state government. PDP gave this warning via a statement sent by its Publicity Secretary, Engineer Akeem Olatunji on Wednesday. Olatunji while warning financial institutions not to put their business at risk, however, declared that the incoming administration of Engineer Seyi Makinde will not honour dubious and nontransparent transactions. He said, “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oyo State chapter, has described last minutes withdrawals from…

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In it’s assessment of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, The United States has said it is disappointed by the low voter turnout and reports of voter intimidation, vote -buying, interference by security forces and violence in some locations. But the Independent National Electoral Commission in its reaction to the US assessment of the elections said there could never be any perfect election anywhere in the world. However, the US admonished all stakeholders to work towards a free, fair, credible, transparent, and peaceful process, especially for those who would participate…

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Petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the February 23 election to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress claimed that, President Buhari is not tbe winner of tbe election as declared by INEC. The petition, which sought to rely on 50 sets of documents, was filed before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja against the Independent National Electoral Commission, Buhari and the APC as the first to the third respondents, respectively. INEC had on February…

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Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigeria President has explained his silence about the just concluded presidential election, saying it would amount to subjudice as the matter is already before the court. Obasanjo, who spoke in Abuja at the public presentation of a book titled: “Election in Nigeria: The Long Road to Democracy,” written by Abdullahi Shehu, noted that any election short of integrity is a farce. He said that since the matter of the election is in court, he would restrain himself from dabbling in the details. He said: “I think…

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Rep-elect of the Oshodi/Isolo Federal Constituency1, Bashiru Dawodu, has visited a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo, to show him his (Dawodu’s) certificate of return issued to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Dawodu, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, visited Oluomo’s home and thanked the NURTW leader for the role he played in his victory. In his response, Oluomo said he would support Dawodu to become a senator in 2023 by ‘God’s grace.’ He said, “Maybe after…

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The All Progressives Congress candidates in states where supplementary elections would hold on Saturday have been warned by the presidency that President Muhammadu Buhari would not manipulate the Independent National Electoral Commission in their favour. It also warned political leaders making inflammatory statements capable of inciting the citizenry to violence ahead of Saturday’s supplementary elections to desist from such acts immediately. It also noted that INEC was fully in charge of electoral matters in the country, not President Buhari, who would neither interfere with the process nor change results in…

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Gbenga Daniel, the director-general of Atiku Abubakar’s campaign organisation and former governor of Ogun State has retired from partisan politics, a letter he sent to the PDP leadership on Thursday shows. The reason for his retirement, he said, were “personal”. “This is to inform you of my intention to resign from active and partisan politics with effect from today, the 14th day of March 2019,” Daniel said in the letter. “My decision in this regard is entirely personal to me.” His move away from politics, Daniel said, will allow him…

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