Category: Politics

Supplementary polls have been fixed by INEC for March 23 in six states where governorship elections were declared inconclusive after the March 9 elections. This was contained in a statement issued by the National Officer and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, after a meeting of the senior management team of the electoral body to review the conduct of the 29 governorship and 991 state Houses of Assembly elections on March 9. Okoye stated, “The Returning Officers in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Plateau and Sokoto states declared…

Following UK’s comments that military’s role and involvement in Rivers State elections was improper, the Nigeria Army has accused the United Kingdom (UK) of interfering in Nigeria’s elections. The British High Commission in Nigeria had in a series of tweets yesterday expressed concerns over reports of military interference in the elections in Rivers State. It said the military interference in the polls stressed Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff and made it difficult for them to carry out their duties. But, in a statement by acting Director of Public Relations,…

Mr Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, has attributed his defeat at the poll to the suppression of votes in areas where he was strong. The PDP candidate lamented the low voter turnout in Lagos State which was less than 20 per cent of the total number of persons that collected Permanent Voter Cards. He said the threats, coupled with the manner in which the presidential election was conducted, led to the voter apathy witnessed in the nation’s commercial nerve centre. The PDP candidate said,…

Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday, started the announcement of the results of governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections held in the country on Saturday. The ruling All Progressives Congress in Oyo State lost the governorship poll to the Peoples Democratic Party. The APC candidate, Adebayo Adelabu, backed by the incumbent Governor Abiola Ajimobi, lost scandalously to his PDP’s counterpart, Seyi Makinde, with a margin of 157, 635 votes. While Makinde polled 515,621 votes, Adelabu came second with 357,982 votes. Also, as it was during the February 23 presidential…

The governorship and state assembly election in Katsina State was marred by violence as a Police officer was killed and three INEC adhoc staff abducted. The police announced the killing of a civil defence officer in separate attack on election duty. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isa, in two separate statements made available to newsmen on Saturday in Katsina, said the policeman, Cpl Mannir Usman, was killed while on election patrol at Gobirawa Falale, Danmusa Local Government area of the state. The PPRO said that the gunmen ambushed…

For those who were declared winners under duress in the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections to be conducted on Saturday (tomorrow), the Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will not issue Certificates of Return to the candidates. The commission also threatened to record zero vote and cancel the results of polling units where its personnel deliberately failed to deploy the Smart Card Readers. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday during the meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security held at…

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday that he would work harder in his second term as president in order not to disappoint Nigerians. He spoke in Abuja when he met with the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum at the Presidential Villa. The ACF paid him a visit to congratulate him on his re-election. “This is my last lap, I will try to work harder. I assure you, I will not let you down”, he told the group led by its Board of Trustees Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Fika. Fika had…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has expressed confidence that the court would overturn the victory of President Muhsmmadu Buhari. He, therefore, warned that nobody would stop the party from contesting the outcome of the Feb. 23 Presidential Election in the court. Secondus told journalists on Friday in Abuja that the party believed that justice would be done at the court. “We will go to court. Nobody will stop us from going to court and bring out all of the facts both the international…

Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, has challenged the ruling All Progressives Congress to be prepared for resistance if the ruling party unleashes violence in the March 9 governorship election. Agbaje, in a series of videos posted on his verified Twitter account on Friday, decried the violence reported at several polling units across the state during the presidential and National Assembly elections last Saturday. He said he had visited some areas affected by voter suppression and violence, adding that it was understandable why…