By NewsBits The refusal of the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu to order the relocation of sensitive election materials used in conducting the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State from Lokoja to Abuja, where the election tribunal has been relocated, is generating another controversy. The safety of the sensitive election materials in Lokoja INEC office has become a source of concern to many of the interested parties following an insider report that soldiers guarding the INEC office in Lokoja would be withdrawn today (Thursday). There are fears that the…
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Press Release By Labour Party On Supreme Court Ruling On Presidential Election
1. The Supreme Court issued a hearing notice dated 25th October 2023, notifying the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate in the Presidential Election, Mr Peter Obi, that judgment would be delivered in their appeal to the Supreme Court in Appeal No. SC/CV/937/2023 on Thursday, 26th October, 2023. 2. On the 26th of October, 2023, LP and her lawyers were in Court. The Supreme Court proceeded to read the judgment in Appeal No. SC/CV/935/2023 filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). After that, the Presiding Justice, His Lordship John Inyang…
Read MoreSiminalayi Fubara’s Victory As Rivers State Governor Upheld By Appeal Court
Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defeated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tinye Cole at the appeal court. The appellate Court sitting in Lagos State on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the APC governorship candidate against Fubara and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The APC candidate, who was present in the courtroom on Tuesday, wanted the court to direct INEC to declare him the winner of the March governorship election in Rivers. The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal…
Read MoreOgun: Appeal Court Affirms Abiodun’s Election, Dismisses Adebutu’s Appeal
Court of Appeal Lagos Division on Friday affirmed the election of Governor Dapo Abiodun of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of the March 18, poll, in Ogun State. In a majority judgement delivered by Justices J.S. Ikyegh and Muhammed Mustapha, the appellate court dismissed the appeal brought before it by Hon. Ladi Adebutu, the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The court held that the appeal lacked merit as it found no substance in it and subsequently dismissed it, affirming the earlier…
Read MoreGang-Up To Remove Me Actually Targeted At Kwankwaso — Kano Governor
The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has said that the ongoing legal battles surrounding his tenure are not merely personal attacks but rather attempts to undermine the political legacy of his mentor, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. He stated this late Sunday during a stakeholder meeting of the ‘Kwankwasiyya Movement,’ and other party supporters in Kano. Yusuf who spoke at length for the first time since the appellate court affirmed the judgement of the tribunal that sacked him, said, “All his political travails including his losses at the Elections Petition…
Read MoreThe Truth Has Prevailed, Judgment Is Victory For Everyone
Praise be to Almighty Allah for ensuring our victory today at the Gubernatorial Election Court of Appeal. I wish to appreciate the court of appeal for its verdict which upheld our victory at the election pettion tribunal court. The affirmation of the truth by the appeal court will surely strengthen the democracy. I want to use the opportunity to commend the judges of both election tribunal and the court of appeal for standing by the truth to ensure that justice prevailed. Both the judgements have reaffirmed that the judiciary is…
Read MoreSenator Douye Diri’s Re-election As Bayelsa Governor: Oborevwori Hails Achievement
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State (right) with Governor Douye Diri The Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has congratulated his Bayelsa counterpart, Senator Douye Diri on his re-election in Saturday’s Governorship election in the State. Diri stood for re-election on Saturday after the first four years as Bayelsa State governor on the platform of the struggling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, on Monday, Oborevwori described the re-election of Diri as “the reward for Diri’s humility, hardwork…
Read MoreAt Last, INEC Declares Diri Winner Of Bayelsa State Governorship Election
The Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Making the declaration, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Diri polled 175,196 votes to defeat his closest rival of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former petroleum minister, Chief Timipre Sylva, who scored 110,108 with the Labour Party candidate, Udengs Eradiri, scoring 905 to come a distant third. The governor amassed the highest number of votes in six out of the…
Read MoreFinally, INEC Declares APC’s Ododo Winner Of Kogi Governorship Election
Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has been declared winner of the 2023 Kogi State Governorship Election held on Saturday, November 11. The State Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, a Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, announced Ododo as the winner at 10:23p.m. on Sunday. “Ahmed Usman Ododo of APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Urama declared in a room crowded with party agents and election observers. Ododo won with 446,237 votes, defeating his…
Read MoreBayelsa Guber: Party Supporter Killed At Collation Centre
By NewsBits A member of one of the leading parties in Bayelsa State, Mr. George Sibo has been killed at the collation center in Twon-Brass, Brass local government area of Bayelsa State, according to reports. Sibo popularly known as “Kobo-Kobo” was an aide to the Brass Local Government Chairman, Hanson Alabo-Karika. According to the report, he was attacked when thugs invaded the collation center. The deceased was an indigene of Twon-Brass, and was married with children. Eyewitnesses who narrated how the incident happened said the deceased was murdered at the…
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