Tag: 2023 Election

May 29 handover date sacrosanct – Transition council reaffirms

Aminu Imam

Presidential Transition Council (PTC) has reaffirmed the sanctity of the May 29 handover date for the incoming administration, stating that it had perfected arrangements for a hitch-free exercise. Meanwhile, the refurbishment of offices for the President and Vice President-elect had been completed, same with facilities at the Defence House. Also, personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have been deployed to the elected two top-most citizens waiting to be sworn in, just as protocol officers had been assigned to them from the Ministry of…

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‘Atiku, Obi suits can’t stop transfer of power to Tinubu’- SGF

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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has said the ongoing litigation over the 2023 presidential election would not stop the transition process. Mustapha, who is also the Chairman, Presidential Transition Council, gave the assurance on Tuesday at a news conference to brief journalist on the updates of the transitional process since the committee was inaugurated. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu, of All Progressives Congress, (APC) as the winner of February 25 presidential election. However, Atiku Abubakar, of Peoples Democratic…

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Northern IPAC Chairmen Forum commends 2023 election exercise

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… Warns LP’s Yusuf Datti Ahmed, co-anarchists against endangering civil rule The Northern leadership of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has praised the conduct of the just-concluded 2023General Elections, saying Nigeria has taken another significant step in its democratic journey.  According to an issued statement by the Forum, signed by Abubakar Dogara, “The 2023 General Elections have come and gone, and we believe that Nigeria has taken another significant step in its democratic journey”. The Forum, however, noted with serious concern the inconsistency of some INEC staff, particularly in the…

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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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“We arrested 781 electoral offenders during 2023 Polls – IGP

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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said a total of 781 electoral offenders were arrested during the 2023 general election. Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, who made this known during a meeting with Strategic Police Managers of the Nigeria Police Force yesterday, said the suspects were arrested over a total of 489 major electoral infractions across the country. Speaking at the meeting which comprised Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) and members of the Force Management Team, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), Commissioners of Police (CPs) and other Tactical Commanders…

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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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Tinubu expresses ‘fear’ over alleged plots to truncate his swearing-in

Aminu Imam

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has raised the alarm over plots by some aggrieved partisans to truncate the transition process, particularly his expected swearing-in on May 29. Tinubu, in an issued statement by his Director, Public Affairs and Minister of State Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) also warned the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, against taking to the streets while also pursuing their cases in court. In the statement issued Saturday in Abuja, the President-elect…

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2023 Elections: ‘Politicians plan to sponsor violent protests’ – Kaduna State Govt.

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The Kaduna State Government has raised the alarm that some politicians in the state are planning to instigate their followers to embark on public protests aimed at breaching public peace. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in an issued statement yesterday, said that the State government is in receipt of credible intelligence reports of such plans which include storming the streets in a manner which could lead to a breakdown of law and order in the State. This is coming two days after the Independent National…

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Abia: INEC declares LP’s Alex Otti Gov-elect

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Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got 28,972. The LP candidate also won 10 of the 17 local government areas in the state, PDP got six while the YPP got one. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti declared Otti…

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2023: ‘G-5 Governors never agreed to support Peter Obi’ – Wike

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed that the disgruntled governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) refused to support the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, in the recently concluded presidential election. Wike announced this during a live media chat yesterday in Port Harcourt, the State capital. According to the Rivers State governor, the G-5 governors only reached an agreement and devised strategies to ensure the election of a Southern President. According to him, “There was never a time the integrity Group met and say it must be…

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