Tag: GUBER ELECTIONS

Groups fault INEC’s declaration of Kano, Kaduna, Ogun guber polls

Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is under pressure to review the just concluded 2023 general elections where evidence of malpractices has been established. Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country have asked the Commission to ensure that there is evidence of electoral malpractices and that the Commission should review allegations of voter suppression and vote buying based on provisions of the law. The CSOs are Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Transparency International (TI) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC). A report released by their leader, Awwal Musa…

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Kaduna Governorship Elections: 7 candidates reject INEC declared results 

Aminu Imam

…Petition DSS, others The Kaduna State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Forum of Governorship Candidates in the State under the auspices of Rescue and Rebuild Gubernatorial Candidates Forum, have rejected the results of the just-concluded governorship election in the State where the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Uba Sani, was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). PDP, while rejecting the results, according to Comrade Danjuma Sarki, who was the party’s agent at the Collation Centre, averred that the election was…

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Governorship Elections: Collation of results continues

Aminu Imam

…As voter apathy observed across states The collation of results of the 2023 Governorship elections held in 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states on Saturday is still on-going, even as the supporters of the different governorship candidates anxiously await the final results. The governorship and State assembly elections were held a week later than initially scheduled after a court case forced INEC to move them forward. Eight of the 36 states — Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Osun, and Ondo — have governorship elections “off-season” due to litigations and court…

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INEC postpones Governorship, State Assembly elections to March 18

Aminu Imam

The elections for Governorship and State assemblies have been postponed to March 18 by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). After a meeting of its executives yesterday night, INEC reportedly announced that the election could not proceed as planned due to a logistical crisis caused by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) configuration and transportation. INEC’s decision is coming about three days before the March 11 date earlier scheduled for the state elections. According to inside sources, the postponement is due to the inability of the Commission to promptly commence…

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Osun: Election Petition Tribunal to deliver judgment on Adeleke vs Oyetola case Friday

Aminu Imam

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, the State capital will on Friday, January 27 deliver its judgment on the matter. Parties involved in the suit confirmed the tribunal communicated the date to them yesterday, even as the notice has heightened anxiety in different quarters. The 180 days stipulated in the Electoral Act within which to hear the petition is expected to lapse on January 31, 2023. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, had filed a petition at the tribunal challenging the declaration of…

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2023 Ogun Guber: Failed Alpha Bank MD, Jimi Lawal, out as Abuja Court affirms Adebutu as PDP candidate

Aminu Imam

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a suit that an aggrieved aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jimi Adebisi Lawal, filed to nullify the nomination of Adebutu’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The court, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, upheld the primary election that produced Oladipupo Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the PDP in Ogun State. The plaintiff had in the suit, challenged the delegates list that was used in the conduct of the gubernatorial primary election…

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Katsina 2023: “We are all set for Yakubu Lado’s victory in the Governorship contest” – Chairman, Media Committee, Imrana Nas

Aminu Imam

The chairman of the Atiku/Lado Campaign Media Committee of Katsina State, Alhaji Imrana Nas, the champion of the poor, has expressed the intention of his committee to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate in Katsina state, Alhaji Yakubu Lado Danmarke, wins in the upcoming 2023 election. Imrana Nas stated this during his parley with journalists in Katsina, shortly after the launch of their Committee, which took place at the PDP party secretariat in the state. The Chairman of the Media Committee added that it is evidently clear…

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2023 Kaduna Guber: NNPP guber candidate, Hunkuyi interfaces with over 2,000 Christian leaders

Aminu Imam

…Says he’ll reinstate deposed district heads, review teachers’ sack if elected The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kaduna State, Suleiman Usman Hunkuyi, says he will reinstate all the 313 sacked district heads in the State if elected governor in 2023. Hunkuyi made this known on Thursday at the ‘Pastors Congress’ organised by the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association, (SCKLA) in Kafanchan. According to him, reinstating the district heads was necessary because of the critical role they played in curbing security challenges. “If elected governor, the…

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“2023 Kaduna guber elections will be a competition of goodwill” – Sen. Hunkuyi

Aminu Imam

One of the contenders for the Kaduna State gubernatorial candidates, Senator, Suleiman Hunkuyi, of the New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP), has stated that the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) is bound to lose the 2023 elections due to massive failure in the system. Hunkuyi, who disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Kaduna, stressed that the APC will lose, both at the State and federal levels as a result of their national failure. The political stalwart, who represents Kaduna-North senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, pointed out that the…

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Atiku congratulates Osun governor-elect, Adeleke

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Sen. Ademola Adeleke on his victory at the Osun polls. His congratulatory message was posted on his verified Twitter account. Recall that Sen. Adeleke was announced the winner of the Osun State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday. Atiku wrote; “Light has come to Osun. Congratulations, Sen. @AAdeleke_01, on a well-fought victory. Also, hearty congratulations to the @OfficialPDPNig family, and all stakeholders who came together to make this possible”. “Most importantly, congratulations to…

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