Tag: Independent National Electoral Commission

Supplementary Election: ‘No Governor-elect yet in Adamawa State’ – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State. National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, Barrister Festus Okoye said on the Commission’s Twitter handle that the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa state and the Returning Officer have been summoned to Abuja with immediate effect. This followed the premature announcement of the winner of the election when collation had not been concluded by the Resident Electoral Commissioner who is not empowered to do so.

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2023: INEC reveals date for supplementary elections

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has fixed 15th of April, 2023 for the completion of all pending governorship, national, and state assembly supplementary elections. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, disclosed this yesterday at a press conference. Although governorship and legislative elections have been concluded in most parts of Nigeria, the elections were declared inconclusive in some states and legislative districts. The Commission, therefore, said it would announce a new date for the election. INEC wrote on its Twitter page yesterday afternoon: “Arising from its…

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INEC to issue Certificates of Return to Govs-elect, others from March 29

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has fixed Wednesday, March 29 to Friday March 31 as days for the issuance of Certificates of Return to Governors, Deputy governors-elect and States Houses of Assembly members-elect. Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday. “By the provisions of Section 72(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, the Commission is mandated to issue a certificate of return within 14 days to every candidate who has been returned elected under the law.…

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“We are yet to fix date for supplementary NASS elections” – INEC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted claims that it will hold supplementary Presidential and National Assembly elections in concurrence with the governorship and State House of Assembly polls.  National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, Barrister Festus Okoye, in an issued statement, said INEC is yet to fix a date for supplementary National Assembly elections in about 15 States. The Commission said what will be conducted with State Assembly and Governorship elections today are one senatorial election in Enugu and one House of Representatives poll in Edo State. Okoye…

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‘Only INEC can determine mode of collating, transmitting election results’ – Court rules

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has held that it is only the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that is empowered by law to determine the mode of collating and transmitting election results. The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, also held that it is only INEC that has the prerogative to direct how Polling Unit Presiding Officer should transfer election results, including the total number of accredited voters and results of the ballot. Justice Nwite further held that the collating and transferring election results manually in the…

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Federal High Court order on temporary Voter’s Card against Electoral Act – INEC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it had not received the Certified True Copy, CTC, of the order of a Federal High Court mandating it to allow registered voters with Temporary Voter Cards, (TVCs), to participate in the March 18 governorship and State Assemblies’ elections. Recall that the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, ordered INEC to allow the use of TVCs in the March 18 elections. Also, the Commission described the order as contrary to the provisions of the Electoral Act 2033 (as amended), which provides that only voters…

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Reactions trail INEC’s move to reconfigure BVAS ahead of guber polls

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Some supporters of the Labour Party, (LP), have raised alarm over a move by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, alleging that it is a plot to wipe out evidence of possible manipulation of the February 25 presidential election. The electoral body had approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja, praying it to vary the orders it granted for candidates of the Labour Party, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to be allowed to inspect sensitive materials that…

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INEC reviews presidential election, promises use of BVAS in Gov. election

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) will be used in the forthcoming governorship and State legislature elections. The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance yesterday, during a meeting with all Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. He confirmed that the BVAS machines are being worked on, to avoid a repeat of the glitches recorded during the Presidential and National Assembly elections. Speaking further, Yakubu noted that the meeting was to review performances…

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2023: INEC bars negligent staff from Governorship poll

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…Assures use of BVAS  The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has banned its regular and ad-hoc staff allegedly found to be negligent, including collation and returning officers (ROs), during the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections, from participating in the forthcoming March 11 governorship and State Assembly elections. The nation’s electoral body also assured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) will be used in the forthcoming governorship and state legislature elections. The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this yesterday, at a meeting with the Resident Electoral…

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#Nigeria Decides: INEC declares Tinubu winner of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) the winner of Nigeria’s seventh presidential election. Tinubu polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar, of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), who scored 6,984,520 to emerge second. Peter Obi, of the Labour Party (LP), clinched third position, with 6,101,533 votes; while the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) came a distant fourth, with 1,496,687. Declaring the result Mahmoud Yakubu, the INEC chairman, said, “Bola Tinubu, of APC,…

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