The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has alleged that the Federal Government used the military to intimidate and harass voters during the just concluded gubernatorial elections in the state. The governor who spoke on Wednesday while presiding over the State Executive Council meeting, said the election was militarized, alleging that armoured tanks filled with soldiers were deployed to the state during the poll. “We have never seen a militarized election like the way it took place, especially on the 18th March where armoured tanks were deployed and several people were beaten and tortured and intimidated. “I have never seen this…
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The women’s wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has expressed displeasure over the governorship election result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC had declared Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election. The women, who staged a peaceful protest in Kaduna on Thursday to register their displeasure, displayed various placards. Some of the placards read: “No election rigging”, “Kaduna State has spoken”, “Give us who we voted”, “Kaduna people elected, INEC selected”. Addressing newsmen in Kaduna, Aisha Maidana Ibrahim, former Kaduna State women leader and PDP women leader northwest…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has denied working against Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the 25 February presidential poll. He stated that it is unfortunate that Peter Obi claimed he stood against him during last month’s presidential election. He said Peter Obi is ungrateful. Also, the governor said he never told Rivers people to vote for the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Wike said this during a media chat with journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Wednesday. He faulted claims that he rigged Rivers State polls to favour his preferred candidates at the Presidential, National…
The Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti has reacted to his victory in last Saturday’s governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Otti the winner of the poll . Otti, the candidate of the Labour Party, defeated his closest rival, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to emerge winner. The Labour Party candidate scored 175, 467, while Ahiwe polled 88,529. INEC Returning Officer in the state, Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti declared Otti the winner on Wednesday evening after the resumption of the final collation of governorship election results in Umuahia. The electoral umpire had suspended the collation…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, as irrelevant to the party. Wike said the outcome of the 2023 general election indicated that Ayu has brought no political value to the party. Speaking during a media chat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the governor vowed never to leave PDP for Ayu and his allies. He noted that Ayu lost his polling unit, his ward and senatorial district in Benue State. Wike noted that he ensured that PDP won all Senatorial districts in Rivers State. According to Wike: “Rivers is PDP.…
Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, on Wednesday urged the presidential candidates of Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party, respectively Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar to accept defeat and withdraw their election petitions from the court. He urged them to put forward the interest and unity of Nigeria and allow the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to take over governance from President Muhammadu Buhari and move the nation forward. He said: “I plead with Nigerians especially those who contested with them, our dear brother Peter Obi and the former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, to embrace the pact of peace, and accept…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Alex Otti of the Labour Party, LP, winner of the Abia state governorship election. Otti emerged winner after defeating his closest rival, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Details later…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) would dominate the next Cross River House of Assembly, having won 19 out of the available 25 seats in the just concluded election. According to the results released on Wednesday in Calabar by the INEC Head of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs Tonia Nwobi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured five seats, and the Labour Party had one. The APC won all nine seats in the southern senatorial district, seven out of the available eight seats in the central district and three in Cross River North. The PDP got four seats in Cross River North…
A chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-political organization, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, has warned against Abia North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu becoming the Senate President. Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, warned that Kalu would beat the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as a Senate President. He spoke while rubbishing claims Kalu made that it was his turn to become the Senate President. Addressing journalists on Tuesday, the Senate Chief Whip said his wide range of experience across the country makes him the most suitable person to be the president of the 10th Senate. Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District became the first senator…
After an unsuccessful outing, the candidate of the Labour Party for Ovia North East Constituency, Victor Nosa Omoregie, in the just concluded State House of Assembly election, resigned his party membership. In a statement to journalists on Monday, Omoregie said his resignation was a result of him being perceived by Labour Party members as a mole for the Peoples Democratic Party. He said he felt aggrieved to leave LP because he was never accepted. According to him, LP officials thought he was not working in the interest of the party in the state. He explained that the leadership of LP…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna state, Senator Caleb Zagi has congratulated the governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani. He expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the governorship election in the state. The ADC Gubernatorial candidate, in a statement he personally issued, noted that the emergence of the governor-elect and his deputy was an opportunity for the two leaders to usher in more golden windows of opportunities towards socio-economic and political prosperity of the state. He stated, “Your emergence as the governor-elect and your Deputy is an opportunity to bring to bear the good things you have planned ‘to…
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has reacted to the petition filed by Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, at the presidential election petition tribunal. His reaction is contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. Recall that Obi officially filed a suit on Tuesday at the election petition tribunal challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the president-elect. The former Anambra State governor wants the Court to nullify the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election on the ground of non…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has again called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to, without further delay, announce its candidate, Barr. Peter Mbah the winner of the Saturday March 18 governorship election in Enugu State. InfoStride News reports that the winner of the Enugu guber polls is yet to be announced following controversies over the results from Nkanu East and Nsukka Local Government Areas. While the Labour Party had written a petition rejecting the Nkanu East result, the PDP is also questioning the result from Nsukka LGA. The INEC national headquarters has since yesterday, Monday, taken charge of…
The election petition tribunal in Oyo State has received no fewer than 20 petitions. The petitions were received following the National Assembly, gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections held across the state. The National Assembly election was held on February 25 this year while the gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections were held on March 18 across the 33 local government areas in the state. The tribunal disclosed it has received 20 petitions from different political parties that participated in the elections. Secretary of the tribunal, Mr Ibrahim Sada, who made these disclosures on Tuesday, said six petitions…
Alex Otti of the Labour Party, LP, is currently leading after collation of results of Saturday’s governorship election from 16 of 17 local government areas of Abia State. InfoStride News had reported the suspension of collation of the gubernatorial election result from Obingwa Local Government Area. INEC cited the attack and invasion of its office in the council area by suspected political thugs as the reason for the suspension. The electoral commission is currently reviewing the governorship election result from Obingwa LGA. However, the result announced by the State Returning Officer, Nnenna Oti, indicated that Otti is leading by a…
Political parties in Enugu State under the auspices of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) have called on the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to direct the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Enugu State, Dr. Chukwuemeka J. Chukwu and the State Returning Officer, Prof. Maduebibisi O. Iwe to as a matter of urgency announce the already collated results of governorship election from the 17 local government areas and declare the winner of the election without further delay. IPAC, which made the call during a press conference in Enugu, on Tuesday, stated that “any action short…
Presidential candidate of the Labor Party, Peter Obi has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accelerate its action and release the governorship results of Abia and Enugu States. Obi who made this known in a statement frowned at the delay in releasing the result. InfoStride News had reported that INEC on Monday suspended the collation of results in Abia and Enugu States because reports from the state called for reviews. Reacting, Obi said although he is aware that INEC is reviewing the collation of the results in Abia and Enugu, the further delay will question the Commission’s intent…
Former federal lawmaker Shehu Sani has condemned the conduct of the governorship election in Kaduna State. According to him, the declaration of Senator Uba Sani, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is far from the will of the people. Uba was declared the winner of the governorship election in the State by INEC’s Returning Officer, Professor Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, on Monday night. He said Sani polled 730,002 votes to defeat his closest rival, Isa Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 719,196 votes. “Kaduna Governorship…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has officially filed petitions at the presidential election tribunal. Obi filed the petition to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The former Anambra State governor lost the presidential election after he came third. Obi trailed Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and winner, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. But, he had faulted the process of the election that led to Tinubu’s emergence as president. He had vowed to challenge the outcome of the election because he was robbed of his victory. However, the spokesman of…
Kenneth Okonkwo, one of the spokespersons for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the February 25 presidential election, has claimed his party unraveled the electoral fraud perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Nkanu East Local Government Area during the Enugu State gubernatorial election. Okonkwo’s claim is contained in a post via his Twitter handle on Monday. Recall that the State’s governorship election was suspended by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday. INEC said the commission would review the collation of results from Nkanu East and Nsukka LGs following a series of…