Tag: INEC

Certficate-of-Returns presented to Uba Sani as Governor-Elect is temporary – Ashiru

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Kaduna PDP Governorship Candidate Isa Muhammed Ashiru, Senators, Reps State Assembly Members-Elect on the platform of the party in group photograph at his Kaduna resident after a meeting.

…We will unite to reclaim all stolen mandates – PDP Chair, elected members Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party PDP Governorship Candidate, Right Honourable Isa Muhammed Ashiru, aftermath the state Gubernatorial and House of Assembly election result, which the party is contesting, had a parley with select Journalists in his Kaduna resident where he claimed the certificate of returns presented to Senator Uba Sani by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC as the winner is temporary as the PDP will reclaim the peoples mandate. Also, all elected members of the National…

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‘Why INEC delayed uploading of results during presidential poll’ – FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has disclosed why the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) delayed the uploading of presidential election results to its portal. Speaking with some international media organisations in Washington DC on Monday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, said INEC withheld the uploading of results because of suspected cyber-attacks during the presidential poll. The minister, who spoke with the Washington Post, Voice of America, Associated Press and Foreign Policy magazine, said, “Under our laws today, management of election results is manual and the court has ruled that INEC…

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Tinubu: INEC hires Ex-NBA President, 8 other SANs to defend election

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria to defend the outcomes of the presidential election on February 25. According to reports, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Abubakar Mahmoud, will lead the group (SAN). Stephen Adehi (SAN), Oluwakemi Pinheiro (SAN), Miannaya Essien (SAN), and Abdullahi Aliyu are additional team members, who work for INEC’s legal department and are team members together with Garba Hassan, Musa Attah, and Patricia Obi. For the defense of the outcomes of the gubernatorial and State Assembly…

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2023: INEC reveals date for supplementary elections

Aminu Imam

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

Aminu Imam

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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INEC declares winner of Enugu Governorship election

Aminu Imam

Dr. Peter Mbah, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate for governor of Enugu State has won the election conducted on March 18. He scored 160,895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chijioke Edeoga, of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 157,552 votes. Frank Nweke Jnr. of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) scored 17,983, while Chief Uche Nnaji, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 14,575 votes to come a distant third and fourth respectively. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Maduebibisi…

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Groups fault INEC’s declaration of Kano, Kaduna, Ogun guber polls

Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is under pressure to review the just concluded 2023 general elections where evidence of malpractices has been established. Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country have asked the Commission to ensure that there is evidence of electoral malpractices and that the Commission should review allegations of voter suppression and vote buying based on provisions of the law. The CSOs are Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Transparency International (TI) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC). A report released by their leader, Awwal Musa…

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Kaduna Governorship Elections: 7 candidates reject INEC declared results 

Aminu Imam

…Petition DSS, others The Kaduna State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Forum of Governorship Candidates in the State under the auspices of Rescue and Rebuild Gubernatorial Candidates Forum, have rejected the results of the just-concluded governorship election in the State where the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Uba Sani, was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). PDP, while rejecting the results, according to Comrade Danjuma Sarki, who was the party’s agent at the Collation Centre, averred that the election was…

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Ogun: INEC declares Abiodun winner of governorship poll

Aminu Imam

The incumbent Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has been declared the winner of the just concluded governorship election in the State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Abiodun, who is standing for a second term defeated his closest rival, Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Abiodun polled 276,298 votes while Adebutu scored a total of 262,383 votes. The duo were trailed behind by the Africa Democratic Party, ADC’s, Biyi Otegbeye who polled a total of 94,754 votes. It earlier reported that INEC had declared Pastor Umo…

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Six missing, as gunmen attack INEC officials in Kogi

Aminu Imam

…As thugs invade INEC office in Abia Six persons are allegedly feared missing when gunmen attacked six Hummer Buses carrying The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC officials in Kogi State. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of yesterday around 2:00am, at Abajana, left several officials with gunshot wounds including policemen and drivers. According to reports, the six missing persons include two serving NYSC corps members and four ex-corpers. The injured persons are already on admission at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), now Federal University Teaching Hospital, Lokoja. In a related…

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