Tag: INEC

Gov Election 2023: INEC declares Kano constituency poll inconclusive

Aminu Imam

…As Police parade legislator who allegedly led thugs to raze INEC office The election for the Takai Constituency seat in the Kano State House of Assembly has been ruled as being inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission. At INEC’s Takai office yesterday, the returning officer, Prof. Usman Ibrahim of Bayero University, Kano, made the announcement. The election for the Takai Constituency seat in the Kano State House of Assembly has been ruled as being inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission. At INEC’s Takai office on Sunday, the returning officer,…

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“We are yet to fix date for supplementary NASS elections” – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted claims that it will hold supplementary Presidential and National Assembly elections in concurrence with the governorship and State House of Assembly polls.  National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, Barrister Festus Okoye, in an issued statement, said INEC is yet to fix a date for supplementary National Assembly elections in about 15 States. The Commission said what will be conducted with State Assembly and Governorship elections today are one senatorial election in Enugu and one House of Representatives poll in Edo State. Okoye…

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‘LP acting like students that want to see exam questions beforehand’ – INEC

Aminu Imam

Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has disclosed that they don’t like the fact that the Labour Party have persistent desire to be present while they’re configuring their BVAS machines for the Governorship elections that are forthcoming. It was added that Labour Party are acting like students that want to see exam questions before the exam takes place. The INEC’s Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, who made this disclosure., disclosed that the Independent National Electoral Commission would not allow the Labour Party participate in reconfiguring their machines because such act is…

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Inspection of Materials: Atiku demands INEC’s compliance with Court orders 

Aminu Imam

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has demanded immediate compliance by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with court order on access, inspection and examination of electoral materials. Recall that the PDP on Friday, demanded immediate resignation of the INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu. The Party also called on the Police, DSS to investigate INEC chairman for alleged electoral offences, as well as international sanctions for undermining democracy. The Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunabga, stated that the Party reviewed the widely-condemned infractions, brazen violation of…

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Labour Party threatens to occupy INEC offices nationwide

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party, (LP), has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating its petition against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. At a press conference in Lagos, Spokesman of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, accused INEC of disobeying the order of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which directed it to grant the Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, access to the certified true copies of materials used in the conduct of the poll. The Spokesman said the order of the presidential…

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‘Only INEC can determine mode of collating, transmitting election results’ – Court rules

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court in Abuja has held that it is only the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that is empowered by law to determine the mode of collating and transmitting election results. The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, also held that it is only INEC that has the prerogative to direct how Polling Unit Presiding Officer should transfer election results, including the total number of accredited voters and results of the ballot. Justice Nwite further held that the collating and transferring election results manually in the…

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Reconfiguration of BVAS: INEC reassures Nigerians of safety of information

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured Nigerians of the safety of the information stored in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, (BVAS). Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, gave this assurance yesterday as a guest during a television programme. Okoye, while responding to the question of the likely loss of data captured by the BVAS and INEC Result Viewing Portal, (iReV) if it is reconfigured, promised Nigerians that the information inside them wouldn’t in any way be lost or tempered with. Prior to…

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Federal High Court order on temporary Voter’s Card against Electoral Act – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it had not received the Certified True Copy, CTC, of the order of a Federal High Court mandating it to allow registered voters with Temporary Voter Cards, (TVCs), to participate in the March 18 governorship and State Assemblies’ elections. Recall that the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, ordered INEC to allow the use of TVCs in the March 18 elections. Also, the Commission described the order as contrary to the provisions of the Electoral Act 2033 (as amended), which provides that only voters…

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Kaduna Gov. Election: “Be neutral, avoid acts of Bias” – PDP Leader urges INEC

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party’s collation agent in Kaduna, Danjuma Sarki, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security operatives to ensure neutrality and avoid acts of bias. Sarki said this while addressing newsmen during the distribution of election materials to the 23 local government areas on Wednesday, in Kaduna. He noted that the electoral umpire had heeded various complaints from the February 25 presidential and federal parliamentary elections, urging them to correct the lapses identified before the March 18 gubernatorial elections. The PDP agent said, “There were…

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INEC postpones Governorship, State Assembly elections to March 18

Aminu Imam

The elections for Governorship and State assemblies have been postponed to March 18 by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). After a meeting of its executives yesterday night, INEC reportedly announced that the election could not proceed as planned due to a logistical crisis caused by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) configuration and transportation. INEC’s decision is coming about three days before the March 11 date earlier scheduled for the state elections. According to inside sources, the postponement is due to the inability of the Commission to promptly commence…

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