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�We�ll make electronic transmission of result mandatory� � Senate

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Senate has vowed to make it compulsory for the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to transmit election results electronically. The Senate Committee on Electoral Matters said, yesterday, that it is working towards this improvement. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, told newsmen, that the current law does not mandate the electoral umpire to transmit results online. However, he assured that there will soon be a law which will come through the amendment of the existing law. He said, �That is one of the things that we are going to…

Kogi: �Haba! 30,000 accredited BVAS voters turned to 130,000 votes;�INEC,�Na wa o…!� – SDP candidate, Ajaka cries out

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023 Aminu Imam

Governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka, has alleged irregularities in Saturday�s election. Ajaka said he won�t challenge the outcome of the poll in court if he loses as it will be a waste of time. Speaking during a television programme yesterday, Ajaka had claimed that the election was rigged with the support of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to him, �In the whole of the five local government areas in central, the whole of the five local government areas in central, there…

Imo governorship poll: INEC announces APC�s Uzodinma as winner

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Aminu Imam

Imo State Governor and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hope Uzodinma, was yesterday declared winner of the Saturday governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Returning Officer for the Imo State Governorship Election and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof. Abayomi Fashina, while announcing the result, said Uzodinma scored the highest number of valid votes cast and was returned elected for a second term in office. It was gathered that Uzodinma polled 540,308 votes to defeat his closest rivals, Sam Anyanwu, of the…

Kogi Polls: �We�re investigating incident of forged results� � INEC

November 12, 2023November 12, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), said it has started investigation over the pre-recorded results sheet discovered in some polling units across Kogi State. A civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, had earlier raised concern over the allocation of scores to political parties even before voting was concluded. Some of the results show the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress, (APC), Usman Ododo, getting the highest scores. However, the electoral body, in a statement on its X handle, said top officials of the commission deployed to the State have been instructed to investigate…

�Labour strike won�t affect election� � INEC

November 11, 2023November 11, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Says Commission has no candidate in polls The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has said that the planned nationwide strike by Organised Labour will not affect today�s governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States. The Commission’s Head of the Department of Voter Education and Publicity, Imo State, Emanuella Ben-Opara, stated this while speaking with newsmen in Owerri, the State capital, on the level of preparations for the Saturday�s election in the State. According to her, the Commission got assurance from the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW), before…

Newly appointed REC from Akwa-Ibom won�t be sworn-in now – INEC

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has said the newly appointed Resident Electoral Commission (REC) from Akwa-Ibom State, Etekamba Umoren, will not be sworn-in until the tenure of the current REC from the State, Monday Udo-Tom, expires in January. INEC�s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, Sam Olumekun, and the spokesperson to the INEC Chairperson, Rotimi Oyekanmi, disclosed this to newsmen in separate responses Friday and yesterday. Olumekun corroborated Oyekanmi, when he said: �The new REC can only assume duties after the expiration of the tenure of…

IPAC urges INEC to ensure free, credible elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure free, fair, and credible elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo States. The National Chairman of IPAC, Egnr. Yabagi Sani, said this yesterday, ahead of INEC�s conduct of these off-cycle governorship elections, scheduled for Saturday, November 11, 2023. Sani, in a statement released by the electoral body on X (formerly Twitter), said there is no doubt that INEC is showing its best efforts in its preparations in spite of obvious encumbrances. He, however, said that a lot…

IReV: �No result upload glitches for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polls� – INEC assures voters

October 22, 2023October 22, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured voters that there won�t be glitches with the upload of results on the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) for the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi polls. The INEC Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, who made this known during a television programme on Friday, said: �We have been using the IReV for all governorship elections, but it (2023) was the first time we deployed it for the general election setting. Well, we had a glitch for some hours, and we fixed it. But I can…

INEC makes U-turn; says results of Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo guber elections will be transmitted electronically

October 15, 2023October 15, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the results of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States will be transmitted electronically. Recall that the Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ofiong Efanga, recently, at a press conference, said that the commission would adopt a manual mode of transmission of the governorship election results. However, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, during the monitoring of the mock election in Lokoja, Kogi State, said whatever the Bayelsa REC must be disregarded. He said: �The method is as…

Kano: INEC retracts withdrawal notice on governorship appeal

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it has retracted its steps on the withdrawal of it�s Appeal in the Kano State gubernatorial election petition judgement. Reports early yesterday suggested that INEC had withdrawn its initial letter signifying withdrawal from the appeal against the judgement of the Tribunal. In a letter signed by the head of the Commission�s legal department in Kano, Suleiman Alkali, on Friday said it withdrew its appeal as it had no reason to appeal any judgment. The letter, which was addressed to the Secretary of…