THE Labour Party, LP, on Friday, commenced its evidence against the election of Barr Peter Mbah as the governor of Enugu State. The case filed by LP and its candidate, Barr Chijioke Edeoga came up for hearing at the Enugu State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. At the resumed hearing, the …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) deployed to Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, at the state High Court sitting in Yola. Reports emerged that Ari found himself at the centre of a controversy after the supplementary election …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called its first witness at the commencement of its defence in the petition by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the outcome of the last presidential election. INEC’s lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), who called Dr. Lawrence Bayode, who described himself …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said that the commission has provided all the documents required by political parties that applied through the required process in relation to the ongoing election petition tribunals. INEC national commissioner on voter education, Festus Okoye who appeared on the Channels Television programme, “Politics …
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The council chairman of the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Mr Emmanuel Ajah, has confirmed the arrest of eight kidnappers who killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Emmanuel Igwe, along Ishiagu-Mpu road last Sunday. Recall that the suspected kidnappers abducted the wife of the …
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The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal was on Thursday told that the Independent National Electoral Commission had yet to produce the certified copies of the March 18th governorship result sheets in which Uba Sani was declared the winner. A senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oluwale Iyamu, one of the lead …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, reacted to the statement by the legal team of the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi, suggesting that the commission had refused to respond to the subpoenas served on them. The LP and Obi are challenging the outcome of the presidential …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday reacted to the statement by the legal team of the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi suggesting that the commission has refused to respond to the subpoenas served on them. The LP and Obi in a petition marked CA/PEC/03/2023 are challenging the …
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Hearing, on Friday, continued on the petition the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the 2023 election, as three officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, mounted the witness box. The trio, in their separate testimonies before the Presidential …
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of denying them access to vital electoral documents needed to effectively prosecute their petition challenging the February 25 election victory by President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The …
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