A coalition of registered political parties in Ogun State has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election held in the state. The coalition, comprising 11 out of the 13 parties that participated in the election, said it rejected the outcome of the governorship election because it was far from the wish of the people. The convener of the coalition and chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Olaposi Oginni, while addressing newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday, said the Ogun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Niyi Ijalaye, must be removed and prosecuted. InfoStride News recalls that the Independent National Electoral…
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The leadership of the Taraba State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it will soon commence moves to reconcile all the aggrieved members of the party within the state. The newly-elected state chairman of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Bawa stated this on Friday in an interview with journalists in Jalingo, shortly after he was given the nod to be presiding over the affairs of the party in the state. The development, according to him, is part of the Party’s effort to strengthen and reunite all the aggrieved members of the party across the state. He said “We are…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State said the party would study the judgement of the Appeal Court which was delivered in favour of Peoples Democratic Party’s Ademola Adeleke. The party also disclosed that it will proceed without delay to the next constitutional means of seeking justice at the highest court of the land. Recall that the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja in a judgement on Friday affirmed the electoral victory of Ademola Adeleke as Governor of Osun State. The Osun Gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal had in January upturned Adeleke’s electoral victory and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Bayo Onanuga, the Media Director of Nigeria’s President-Elect, Bola Tinubu has denied that his principal met with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, in London. There had been rumours that Ariwoola ‘disguised’ on a wheelchair to fly out of Nigeria to meet with Tinubu in the UK. In a statement released on Thursday, Onanuga claimed the story was “a pure concoction” from hatchet men. He also explained that Tinubu was still in France resting and has not been to the UK yet. “To show that the story was a mere salacious fiction, meant to draw traffic to the discredited…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the state is responsible for the controversies surrounding the state gubernatorial election. He said the integrity of the REC is questionable. Fintiri, seeking re-election, disclosed this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television. He also alleged that the REC was in the house of the APC governorship candidate for three hours trying to manipulate the results. “The trouble started when the All Progressives Party, APC started using thuggery to snatch the results summary sheet from Furore LGA collation after…
The Oyo State chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) on Friday said the emergence of Governor Seyi Makinde at the recent gubernatorial election was not a decision of majority of the people of the state. InfoStride News recalls that Makinde was on Sunday declared the winner of the gubernatorial election held on Saturday. Makinde, who re-contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), scored a total of 563,756 votes to defeat Senator Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 256,685 votes, and Accord candidate, Adebayo Adelabu scored a total of 38,357 votes. SPN noted…
Senator Magnus Abe, Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Rivers State, has claimed that 15 people were reported dead across the state following the conclusion of the recent governorship and State House of Assembly elections. Abe also claimed that a member of his party was also kidnapped right from the election grounds and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is not saying anything about the development. He spoke while fielding questions from journalists on Arise Television on Thursday. The Senator, who lost last Saturday’s gubernatorial election to Siminialayi Fubara, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also believes the…
The Cross-Appeal instituted against the judgment of the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal by former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress APC has been dismissed. The cross-appeal which centred on the education qualification of governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke was thrown away on the grounds that it lacked merit. The Appeal Court held that the Court of Appeal judgment delivered in 2019 to the effect that Adeleke did not forge the certificate presented for the 2018 governorship election has settled the matter and cannot be resuscitated in the way and manners Oyetola did. Justice Lawal Shuaib in the lead…
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Taraba State has appointed Abubakar Bawa, as the new chairman of the Party. Before his appointment, Bawa was the Special Adviser on political matters to the State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku. Bawa took over the party’s mantle of leaders on Friday from the Acting Chairman, Inuwa Bakari. Speaking shortly after his announcement as the party chairman, Bawa called on the party’s faithful to unite and give the much needed helping hand to the incoming governor, Agbu Kefas. The new chairman who vowed to operate an open door policy, reiterated his commitment to carrying all…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has cautioned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, against hunting the G-5 governors. Wike warned that Ayu and the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, can’t cage members of the G-5. Recall that the G-5 governors led by Wike had demanded Ayu’s resignation before the 2023 presidential election. The governors noted that the North couldn’t provide PDP’s presidential candidate and National Chairman. The group comprises Wike, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. But,…
The Action Alliance, AA, in Enugu State has rejected the outcome of the governorship election in the State. It could be recalled that Barr. Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared winner of the election. He defeated Barr. Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party with a margin of about 3000 votes. The AA candidate during the election was Barr. Ogbe Daniel. In a statement made available to journalists on Friday, the State Chairman of AA, Mr. Ogbonna Festus Okafor said the party had rejected the outcome of the polls in its entirety. Okafor said that the party…
Four chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State have sued the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, requesting for the setting aside of the delegates’ list submitted by the party to the commission for the nomination of its governorship candidate for the November 11 election. Two of the applicants, Mr Realwan Okpanachi and Yahaya Nuhu, through a suit filed before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court 9, Abuja, are seeking a mandatory injunction directing the APC to hold and conduct congresses scheduled for April 14, 2023. In the originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/329/2023, dated…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu should be suspended from the party. Wike said Ayu should be suspended for anti-party activities. He spoke in response to the suspension of former governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius, and recommending Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to face disciplinary committee. However, Wike said Ayu should face disciplinary committee for anti-party activities. The governor spoke while addressing journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Wike said Ayu lost his polling unit and ward…
The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has rubbished the reconciliation call by the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. Atiku said Tinubu should arrest and prosecute the former Lagos State National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, chairman Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, for threatening Igbos during the governorship election. He said Tinubu’s call for reconciliation was laced with hypocrisy and lies. Following the conduct of the 2023 general elections, Tinubu had urged the opposition to give room for healing. Tinubu said those affected by the violence should set aside their differences for the sake of national…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose has reacted to his suspension from the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. InfoStride News earlier reported that the party had in a statement on Thursday evening, announced the suspension of Fayose, Pius Anyim and other members from the party owing to alleged anti-party activities. Reacting to the development, Fayose described the move by the party’s National Working Committee, NWC as “the last kick of a dead horse.” According to the former governor, the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu would end in matter of days. Fayose, who reacted to the…
Kaduna State Governor-elect, Uba Sani is preparing to challenge certain results of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the March 18 election. Sani expressed surprise that the PDP won some local government areas with bogus figures, announcing readiness to approach the Election Petition Tribunal. The Senator polled 730,002 votes to defeat Isa Ashiru of the PDP, who polled 719,196 votes, a difference of 10,806 votes. The Governor-elect alleged that the election was marred by irregularities in areas where the PDP won, citing Chikun LGA. The opposition got over 89,000 votes there, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, but…
The Ebonyi State leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday said it has rejected the outcome of the March 18, 2023, governorship election, wherein the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Francis Nwifuru was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Recall that Nwifuru polled a total of 199, 131 votes to defeat the candidate of PDP, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, who polled 80, 191 votes to come second in the election that took place in the 13 LGAs of the state. The substantive chairman of PDP, in Ebonyi State, Mr. Ifeanyi Nworie, made this…
The Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu, has congratulated Chief Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) on his victory in the Abia governorship election. Kalu, in a goodwill message issued on Thursday in Abuja, applauded the political maturity demonstrated by candidates of all political parties during the election. While calling on Abia people at home and abroad to join hands with the governor-elect in rebuilding the state for the betterment of the people, he urged politicians to shun undemocratic actions. According to him, the collective interests of the Abia people should be placed above personal ambitions. “I congratulate Chief…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, former senate president, Pius Anyim, Prof Dennis Ityavyar and Aslam Aliyu over alleged anti-party activities. The development was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba. According to the statement, “the suspension, which takes effect on Thursday, arrived at after an extensive review of the affairs of the party, pursuant to the provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017).” The main opposition party also referred the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, to the National Disciplinary…
The Adamawa Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Campaign Council passed a vote of no confidence in the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari. The council on Thursday said that it could no longer trust the REC to supervise any credible election after the way he handled the governorship election of last Saturday. The Deputy Director General (South) of the Adamawa PDP Campaign Council, Felix Tangwami, told newsmen at a press briefing that the REC had earlier been heard in a leaked audio passing an ‘order from above’ to the Returning Electoral Officer for the governorship election in Fufore LGA…