Tag: INEC

2023: “Elections were credible… If you’re aggrieved, go to court” – INEC replies LP, PDP

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) says political parties aggrieved with the results of the presidential election should approach the court. Recall that on Monday, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent, former Senator, Dino Melaye and other party agents staged a walkout of the National Collation Centre in Abuja over INEC’s delay in uploading the presidential election results to the Election Results Viewing Portal (IReV). Melaye had also reportedly accused the INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu, of rigging the electoral process. Subsequently, at a press conference held at the Transcorp Hilton…

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NigeriaDecides: ‘INEC has destroyed legitimacy of 2023 Presidential election’ – Christian Elders Group 

Aminu Imam

As controversy continues to trail Saturday’s Presidential election, with many calling for the cancellation of the elections, the Nigerian Christian Elders Coalition (NCEC), has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deliberately put the presidential poll in terrible disrepute, thereby, destroying the legitimacy of the election.  The NCEC, while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday, spoke vehemently against what it called antics of INEC and its Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, specifically, in the flagrant abuse of both the Electoral Act 2022 Section 60(5) and the INEC 2022 Guidelines and Regulations…

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Nigeria Decides: Labour Party asks INEC to cancel the entire results, prepare for a new election

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party (LP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to suspend the collation and announcement of last Saturday’s presidential election results or outright cancellation of the entire exercise due to the violence that marred Saturday’s exercise and the inability of the election management body to upload the results. The Party, in an issued statement on Sunday, by the National of Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, said while the party made inroads with high votes in most parts of Northern Nigeria, LP members were deliberately prevented from voting,…

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#NigeriaElections2023: INEC to resume collation 11am today

Aminu Imam

….Announces presidential election results for Ekiti The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) yesterday, suspended proceedings at the Presidential collation center in Abuja.  The Commission’s Chairman Yakubu Mahmood, who disclosed this, said the proceedings will resume today by 11am. INEC also announced the 2023 presidential election results for Ekiti State. The Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner for Ekiti, Ayobami Salami reeled out the results at the 2023 presidential election collation centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. He said Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled 210,494 votes; followed by Atiku…

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BIVAS Controversy: INEC blames ‘technical hitches’ for inactive portal

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has blamed technical hitches for issues faced with its result viewing portal (IReV) during the general election in Africa’s biggest economy. In an issued statement yesterday, signed by INEC’s National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, the Commission said it is aware the IReV has been relatively slow and unsteady. It stated that, “The Commission is aware of the challenges with the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IREV). Unlike in off-season elections where the portal was used, it has been relatively slow and unsteady”,  adding that “The problem…

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2023: Election monitoring teams attacked in Abuja, Imo 

Aminu Imam

Election monitoring teams of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), were attacked yesterday in Abuja and Imo State. The officers were targeted by political thugs near the Chief’s palace in Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The attack followed the arrest of a man for allegedly orchestrating a vote-buying procedure at the polling unit at Science Primary School, Bwari. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said operatives arrested a middle-aged man and retrieved a list of beneficiaries he already paid some money to through a banking app. According to…

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Presidential Election: “Voting starts at 8:30 am, to end at 2:30 pm” — INEC

Aminu Imam

The moment every Nigerian has been waiting for has arrived, as the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has announced the time for today’s election. In a world press conference attended by both local and international news agencies, local and international election observers, and representatives of political parties in INEC’s international headquarters, Abuja, the INEC Chairman said that voting is expected to start at 8:30 a.m. and close at 2:30 p.m. “Tomorrow is election day; all campaign rallies, processions, and media advertising by candidates for presidential, senatorial, and federal constituencies ended…

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INEC says 87m PVCs collected for 2023 election

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), says that a total of 87,209,007 permanent voter cards (PVCs) have been collected across the country. INEC chairman , Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,announced this yesterday, during a media briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja. A breakdown of the figure showed that Lagos leads in the number of collected PVCs with 6,214,970. This is closely followed by Kano with 5,594,193, and Kaduna with 4,164, 473. He noted that the current voter register has over 94 million voters but stated that the Commission will continue…

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2023 Presidency; Arewa Youh Group adopts Atiku

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

With hours to the presidential and National Assembly elections, a coalition of Arewa youth groups have adopted the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a briefing in Kaduna, the group said it is hearkening to the body language of the northern elders who gave qualities of the president Nigeria needs 2023 and beyond. Addressing the media in Kaduna, the convener of Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations, Murtala Abubakar said Atiku Abubakar has been active in politics since 1993 and being on the…

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2023: “We are ready for elections”- INEC declares

Aminu Imam

…Security agencies also assures of readiness Amid widespread apprehension and crisis occasioned by the new Naira redesign policy, and insinuations that it is a ploy to prevent vote-buying, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday declared that it had concluded plans to conduct the general elections beginning next Saturday. In a similar vein, the Nigeria Police, military high commands, other security agencies, and the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) all reassured Nigerians of their readiness to supervise and ensure a peaceful 2023 elections. During the week, protests erupted across the…

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