The Minister of Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to the sacking of the governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by the election tribunal. Governor Adeleke’s victory was overturned on Friday by the election tribunal, declaring Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the authentic winner. Keyamo congratulated Oyetola, saying the PDP is well known for rigging elections. He wrote, “Congratulations, Governor Oyetola of Osun State. PDP & rigging are 5 & 6. All Nigerians must watch them in the forthcoming elections, too. They want to take us back to the…
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has reacted to his defeat at the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo. The tribunal on Friday, upturned Adeleke’s win at the July 16th 2022 governorship polls. However, in a statement signed by his spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the governor described it as a miscarriage of justice. The statement read: “The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal as ” a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal. “Reacting to the verdict of the Tribunal from his…
The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo has upturned the victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke at the July 16, 2022 governorship polls. Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had petitioned the victory of Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on two grounds of over-voting and certificate forgery. The tribunal led by Justice Tertsea Kume in delivering its judgment had held that all documents by the petitioner (Oyetola) are valid and legitimate and the motion to reject them by Adeleke has been dismissed. It also held that Governor Ademola Adeleke is academically qualified to contest…
A senior EU official said Friday that Russia has taken its war against Ukraine to a a different stage by making indiscriminate attacks on civilians and non-military targets, while criticising Moscow for triggering recent moves by Germany and the United States to send advanced tanks to Ukraine. Stefano Sannino, Secretary General of the European Union’s European External Action Service, defended German and US provisions of the military equipment to Ukraine, and criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin for waging a war on NATO and the West. Sannino, speaking at a news conference in Tokyo as part of an Asia-Pacific tour, said…
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the judgement of the tribunal that sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke. InfoStride News had reported that the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo on Friday upturned the victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke at the July 16th 2022 governorship polls. It also declared Adegboyega Oyetola as the winner of the election Reacting to the verdict, Atiku urged Osun State people to continue to have faith in Governor Adeleke. He added that Adeleke will emerge victorious at the end. “On today’s verdict of the Election Petition Tribunal…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the judgment of the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal which sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke. PDP said the judgment is contrary to the will of the Osun people. The ruling party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Friday insisted that Adeleke’s victory was lawful. PDP claimed the will of Osun people was expressed by the overwhelming votes cast for its party and Adeleke at the election. The statement reads in part; “The July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun State was adjudged by local and international observers to be…
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described Friday’s gubernatorial tribunal judgement which upturned the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in favour of Adegboyega Oyetola as the triumph of justice and truth over falsehood. According to the statement from the acting State Chairman of the APC, Tajudeen Lawal, in Osogbo, the victory is an indication that the APC is the dominant political party in the state. Lawal who maintained that he never doubted the victory of Oyetola at the tribunal added that the verdict was a confirmation that the APC…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, on Friday, announced a fresh governorship primary election following Prof. Uche Ikonne’s demise. Ikonne died on Wednesday after battling a protracted illness. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, directed the party to conduct an election to replace the deceased. The directive relied upon the provisions of the New Electoral Act on the replacement of candidates arising from death. A statement on Friday by Abia PDP Vice Chairman, Elder Abraham Amah said a fresh primary would be conducted on Saturday February 4, 2023. The election will commence at 10 a.m. at the Umuahia…
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended its Ebonyi State chapter chairman, Okorie Tochukwu Okoroafor. PDP NWC made this known at the end of its emergency meeting in Abuja on Friday. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba in a statement explained that this was done according to sections 29 (2) (b) and 57(3) of the party’s constitution (as amended in 2017). Ologunagba said the NWC has on behalf of the National Executive Committee, NEC, approved the suspension of Okorie Tochukwu Okoroafor with effect from, Friday, January 27, 2023, over allegations of anti-party…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated the factional governorship candidate of the party in Abia State, Ikechi Emenike, over the recent acts of violence that erupted during the electioneering campaign tour of the state by the APC presidential flagbearer, Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The party also insisted the civil disturbance which heralded the recently-held APC presidential campaigns and rallies in the state capital, has further justified the existing lawsuit instituted against those who had allegedly plotted to impose an unpopular candidate on party members and the Abia people, against Uche Ogah, the democratically-elected flagbearer of the APC for the March…
Thousands of people in Adamawa State have defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Some of the former NNPP members who matched through some streets of the state capital, Yola, on Friday were seen wearing Kwakwassiya caps, made popular by the NNPP national leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso. They were, however, chanting PDP slogans and voicing their support for the PDP Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and the Adamawa State governorship candidate, Ahmadu Fintiri. The leader of the crowd, a former Northeast zonal secretary of NNPP, Dr Babayo Liman said they were defecting from the NNPP…
A socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju has identified the only thing that could restore Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun State. Adeyanju said only the victory of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the February election can save Adeleke. In a series of tweets, Adeyanju said Adeleke’s victory is about to be stolen at gunpoint by the judiciary. According to Adeyanju: “An election Adeleke won before our very eyes despite all the vote buying unleashed by APC in Osun is about to be stolen at gunpoint by the judiciary. I just wonder for Made in Court Room Democracies. “Tinubu…
Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump’s personal account after two-year suspension following the Jan. 6 insurrection. The company said in a blog post Wednesday it is adding new guardrails to ensure there are no repeat offenders who violate its rules. In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content, the content will be removed and he will be suspended for between one month and two years, depending on the severity of the violation, Meta, which is based in Menlo Park, California, said. Trump’s spokesperson did no immediately respond to a request for comment on the…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Thursday, restated that President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to the conduct of credible, free, fair and widely acceptable general elections. Malami disclosed this at a conference organised by the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents, NAJUC, Abuja chapter. Speaking on the theme, “2023 General Elections: Judiciary and Sustainability of Nigeria’s Democracy,” the AGF said: “It is important to note that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is committed to [a] fair, credible and violent-free electoral process in the country. This is evident in Mr President’s recent assent to the…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, on Thursday said the party transformed Ebonyi State into another London. Ayu said the PDP would replicate the same feat in Nigeria if Atiku is elected president next month. Speaking during the PDP presidential campaign rally in Abakaliki, the state capital, Ayu said Atiku and Okowa are President and Vice President in the waiting. Ayu warned that the All Progressives Congress, APC, can’t lay claim to any achievement in the state. According to Ayu: “Atiku, Okowa just waiting to be sworn in as president and Vice President. Since Ebonyi…
Former Nigerian lawmaker and social critic, Senator Shehu Sani has alleged that the failures of the ruling All Progressives Congress administration is making things difficult for Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. His statement was contained in a post on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. Sani also claimed that Tinubu is faced with what he described as the complicated, contradictory and uncomfortable task of defending the poor performances of his party, the APC while at the same time pledging to be different. He wrote, “The most complicated, contradictory and uncomfortable position of the Presidential candidate of the ruling party…
A Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party in Kachia Local Government, Mr. Moses Auta, on Thursday, counselled voters in the state not to be discouraged by the CBN directives on Naira redesign and other negative policies of the government, but be prepared to vote for a candidate of their choice during election. Moses Auta who expressed disappointment over the scarcity of the new note, the fuel crisis and the general welfare of Nigerians, said unlike in the past, four weeks before the general election, voters were pampered with all goodies convincing them with infrastructural development but now, bandits’ attacks, fuel scarcity,…
UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi will begin a three-day visit to India on Sunday that will uniquely focus on the connection between science and the work of the Assembly besides the usual meetings with officials, according to his spokesperson Paulina Kubiak. “A main focus of the visit is on making connections between the General Assembly and science, particularly on the issue of water, ahead of the UN Water Conference in March,” Kubiak said on Wednesday. In New Delhi, he will discuss India’s water conservation projects with senior officials and experts at the NITI Aayog and visit Bengaluru, the nation’s…
The immediate past Governor of Adamawa State, Senator Jibrilla Bindow, has confirmed his resignation from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bindow, the Senator for Adamawa North District from 2011 to 2015, was initially in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before defecting to the APC. He was the governor from 2015 to 2019 under the APC. He, however, formally left the party via a letter made public on Tuesday evening. His resignation was widely viewed with doubt, considering that he had recently been rumoured on several occasions to have left the APC, only for him to deny it. InfoStride News, however,…
Elder Wole Oyelese, a former Minister of Power and Steel, has said the second-term ambition of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state lies in the victory of Atiku Abubakar. Atiku is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 25th February presidential election. Oyelese made this declaration while speaking with journalists in Ibadan, the state capital on Thursday. Makinde, one of the recently formed G-5 governors under the PDP has refused to campaign for Atiku Abubakar He and other G-5 members had earlier said they will not support Atiku unless the national chairman of the party, Dr.…