Tag: 2023 Election

2023 Election: Nigerians deserve Tinubu’s chaos – Amaechi

Aminu Imam

…Says  they had chance to vote wisely Aminu Imam Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nigerians deserve whatever they get from leaders at the helm of affairs whom they voted for during the election. Amaechi, who stated this during a television programme at the weekend, said citizens should not complain, particularly about the state of the nation’s economy, because they had had the opportunity to vote right.  “Nigerians get what they want, what they deserve. You can’t complain. I think…(sic). Nigerians at all times had had opportunities to vote.…

Read More

Enugu: Confusion over Appeal Court’s judgment

Aminu Imam

Five days after the Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos, delivered judgment on the conduct of the Enugu State House of Assembly in Nkanu-East during the 2023 general election held on March 18, confusion still abounds as to who is the person declared winner of the appellate court’s judgment. Both the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Michael Okwy Nnaji, a surveyor, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Okey Mbah, are claiming victory. It was gathered that five days after the Appeal Court delivered its judgment, none of the parties has been…

Read More

2023 Elections: INEC ‘danced naked in the market’ – Appeal Court slams electoral body

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja berated the Independent National Electoral Commissioner, INEC, while accusing it of being partisan. The appellate court, on Friday, slammed the Commission for appearing before it to act in favour of a party in an election dispute, by disowning documents that it not only issued, but also duly certified. The court lamented that the electoral body has continued to “dance naked in the market”, even though it was meant to assume a neutral stand in election litigations. “The INEC, as an institution, should be…

Read More

‘Tinubu may have spent N100 billion to clinch presidential seat’ – Ex-PGF DG, Salihu Lukman

Aminu Imam

Immediate-past vice-chair of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-West, Salihu Lukman, has claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have spent N100 billion to clinch the exalted seat of the presidency in the 2023 poll. Lukman, who is the former National Vice-Chairman of the ruling APC, in a piece, titled: “Resolving APC’s Progressive Retrogression” also alleged that the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sen. Godswill Akpabio and Dr. Tajudeen Abbas may have spent not less than N50 billion each to garner the support required to…

Read More

Judgment Day: “Tinubu convinced he defeated Atiku, Obi; won’t threaten judiciary” – Presidency says, on PEPC ruling

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the presidential election petitions tribunal ruling, the Presidency says President Bola Tinubu does not need to threaten the judiciary because the ex-Lagos governor is convinced he defeated opposition candidates, Atiku Abubakar (of the Peoples Democratic Party) and Peter Obi (of the Labour Party) in the February 25 presidential election. Barring any unforeseen circumstance, the presidential election tribunal is expected to deliver judgment today, Wednesday. Asked in an interview during a television programme on Monday, if President Tinubu was worried about the tribunal’s ruling, his media aide Ajuri Ngelale…

Read More

“Peter Obi will win at tribunal” – Labour Party counters Tinubu’s claims

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party (LP) has countered the Presidency’s assertion that President Bola Tinubu is not worried about the outcome of the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which is set to be delivered today, Wednesday. The party declared that its Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, will win in the election. The Presidency’s claim was made by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, who said that Tinubu is not losing sleep over the verdict because he won the February 25 presidential poll. However, LP spokesman, Obiora Ifoh, said the…

Read More

‘Tinubu is legitimate President as declared by INEC’ – NBA

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said it was wrong to refer to President Bola Tinubu as an illegal president since no court has set aside his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). The body of lawyers submitted that as of today, “there is only one President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the person of President Bola Tinubu.” President of the NBA, Yakubu Maikyau made the assertion during the weekend, at a public presentation of the communique issued at the 63rd Annual General Conference of the association,…

Read More

“67% of our reports signify that 2023 election was satisfactory – NBA

Aminu Imam

President, Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), has said that in the NBA report, 20 percent of those who turned in their report said the 2023 election was excellent, and also 67 percent of those who turned in their report said that the election was satisfactory. Yakubu Maikyau made the statement in an interview on a television programme, when he was told that some people question how he is leading the NBA with respect to his comments and assessment of the 2023 election, comparing it with election union observer…

Read More

‘Despite litigations, 2023 election most credible in Nigeria’s history’, says Tinubu

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has described the 2023 General Elections which he won, as Nigeria’s most credible. This, he said, was without prejudice to the ongoing litigations before the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC). Tinubu stated this while addressing leaders and stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), at the first National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, which he is attending as elected President. He said, “Yes, we are facing challenges in the court but I think, this is the most credible election in Nigeria. So, we must congratulate ourselves. As…

Read More

2023 Election: ‘Obi, Atiku had more dubious followers on Twitter than Tinubu’ – EU Report

Aminu Imam

The European Union, (EU) has listed Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Peter Obi, of the Labour Party; Rabiu Kwankwaso, of New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) and Bola Tinubu, of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) as the four leading presidential candidates in the 2023 election with suspicious followers on social media “used to create a false impression of support”. The EU, in its final report on the 2023 presidential poll titled: ‘Election Observation Mission Nigeria 2023’, said of sampled Twitter accounts, Kwankwaso had 80 percent dubious followers, Atiku had…

Read More