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Saturday, 10 June 2023 04:28

More INEC ad hoc officers testify for Atiku at PEPC

Two ad hoc officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday told the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja that they were instructed not to give election results sheets to political party agents who refused to sign the documents. The subpoenaed witnesses – Abidemi Joseph and Grace Ajagbonna – appeared before the five-member panel of the court chaired by Haruna Tsammani to testify in the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory. Atiku and Mr Obi are urging the court to overturn Tinubu’s victory. They are alleging electoral malpractices…

Friday, 09 June 2023 04:19

Obi applies to interrogate INEC’s IT experts before PEPC; Tinubu, INEC say NO

Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, on Thursday evening, sought an order of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja to interrogate the Independent National Electoral Commission. LP and Obi, among other things, are seeking details relating to the information and communication technology experts used by INEC in the conduct of the election. LP and Obi are challenging the declaration by INEC that Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the election. In two separate motions argued by their lawyer, Patrick Ikweto, Obi posed 12 questions to be forwarded to INEC as…

Thursday, 08 June 2023 04:33

Atiku slates INEC ad hoc staff to testify against ex-employer, Tinubu

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, indicated on Wednesday to call three electoral officers to testify for him at the ongoing hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. The three witnesses, who will appear on subpoena, were part of the ad-hoc staff engaged by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the 25 presidential election. Atiku, who alleged widespread irregularities and manipulations of results during the election, filed his petition at the court in March to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the disputed poll. He asked the five-member panel of the court…

Thursday, 08 June 2023 04:32

How ‘magic happened to Atiku’s votes in Anambra’, witness testifies against Obi at PEPC

A witness of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the February 25th presidential elections, Ndubuisi Nwobu has revealed how his candidate was rigged out by Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi in Anambra state. Nwobu told the presidential election tribunal, Wednesday that “magic happened to the votes of the PDP candidate at different collation centres. In the results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission, Peter Obi scored 584,621 votes in Anambra; Atiku polled 9,036 votes in the state and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress scored 5,111 votes. During proceedings, Nwobu who is Anambra PDP chairman…

Thursday, 08 June 2023 04:31

Obi tenders final election results before PEPC, set to call witnesses against Tinubu

Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted the final presidential election results as exhibits in Peter Obi’s suit seeking to overturn President Bola Tinubu’s victory. Obi, who was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, is praying to the court to nullify the victory of Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Nigeria’s president. Obi alleges electoral fraud and breach of the constitution and electoral laws against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Tinubu during the polls. At the resumed hearing of Obi’s petition on Wednesday, the five-member panel of the court led by Haruna Tsammani,…

Wednesday, 07 June 2023 02:24

Obi presents ward results from 17 states to PEPC as proof election rigged for Tinubu

Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, admitted in evidence results sheets from 17 states in Peter Obi’s petition seeking to upturn President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 25 February poll. Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, declared Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the February presidential election. But Obi alleges electoral malpractices against INEC and Tinubu. He said there were gross violations of the constitution and the electoral law during the election. To prove his case, Obi has been tendering tons of documentary evidence before the five-member panel of the court headed by Haruna Tsammani. At the…

Wednesday, 07 June 2023 02:23

Atiku accuses INEC of withholding documents needed to prove case at PEPC

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has accused Independent National Electoral Commission of denying him access to election documents despite paying N6 million. Atiku is challenging the declaration of President of Bola Tinubu by INEC at the February 25 presidential polls. Atiku through his lead counsel, Eyitayo Jegede told the presidential election tribunal on Tuesday that INEC’s refusal to provide the documents is frustrating the PDP candidate’s case. Jegede said the team had to subpoena INEC officials to provide the required documents before the tribunal. The documents requested to prove his case against Tinubu are results from…

Wednesday, 07 June 2023 02:22

Nasarawa House of Assembly members break into two factions, elect two Speakers

Two different Speakers emerged in the seventh Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday. They are the immediate past Speaker, Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, who is seeking a third term as Speaker and Daniel Ogazi, a member representing Kokona East constituency in the Assembly. While Balarabe-Abdullahi was elected at a sitting which took place at the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ogazi emerged as Speaker from the proceedings at the State Assembly complex. Before the elections which produced both Speakers, a press statement was earlier issued by the acting Clerk of the House, Ibrahim Musa, indicating that the inauguration of…

Tuesday, 06 June 2023 03:49

PEPC: Atiku’s witnesses allege poll fraud

Rivers State presidential election coordinator for the Peoples Democratic Party, Abiye Sekibo, on Monday alleged infringement on the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 on the use of electronic transmission of results. Sekibo appeared at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja as a witness in aid of the PDP’s petition challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The witness told the court during cross-examination by counsel for Tinubu, Akin Olujimi, that results from polling units across Rivers State were not captured on the Bimodal Voters Accreditation…

Tuesday, 06 June 2023 03:48

Obi tenders INEC-certified results from 7 more states to prove election rigged for Tinubu

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday tendered election results from six states at the Presidential Election Petition Court. Obi, who came third in the February presidential election, is claiming Nigeria’s presidency as the winner of the 25 February election. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is similarly challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the APC in the election. Tinubu was sworn in on 29 May as Nigeria’s 16th Nigerian leader, although the suits filed by Obi and Atiku to challenge his victory continue in court. Obi and Atiku predicated their petitions on…

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Sunday, 04 June 2023 04:32

PDP Govs Forum elects new chair, vice

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Muhammed, has been elected as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF). Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, emerged as the vice chairman of the forum. They were elected on Saturday at a retreat for elected PDP officials held in Bauchi State. Mohammed replaced Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, also at the retreat. At the retreat, the Acting National Chairman of PDP, Umar Damagum, urged the party’s governors to work together and support the party’s senators-elect. “I want to reiterate, on the issue of the National Assembly, we have to know we are…

Saturday, 03 June 2023 04:24

PEPC admits more INEC-certified results from Obi to prove Tinubu’s election was rigged

The court has admitted some presidential election results presented by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to support its claim against the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lead counsel to Obi on Friday informed the court sitting in Abuja that he had a schedule of more evidence which they desire to render before the court. The counsel continued with evidence (election results) from Rivers and Kogi states, presenting certified true copies of INEC election results from six local government areas (LGAs) in Rivers as evidence. Also admitted were results from Niger,…

Saturday, 03 June 2023 04:23

PEPC: INEC explains its objection to certified election documents tendered by Atiku, Obi

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given reasons for opposing the tendering of many certified electoral documents brought to court by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to prove their case against President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the last presidential election. The pair, who filed separate petitions to challenge Tinubu’s victory, alleged that the 25 February presidential poll was marred by widespread fraud. To substantiate their claims, Atiku and Obi have tendered tons of electoral documents comprising data from the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines and results sheets from across states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.…

Saturday, 03 June 2023 04:21

Court says Ayu’s sack as PDP national chairman in order

A high court sitting in Makurdi, Benue state capital, has affirmed the suspension and removal of Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Maurice Ikpambese, the presiding judge, also nullified Ayu’s membership in the party. BACKGROUND In March, the executive members of Igyorov ward, Gboko LGA of Benue, passed a vote of no confidence on Ayu over alleged anti-party activities. The LGA party executives also claimed that Ayu worked against the success of the PDP in his ward during the elections. They alleged that he was not paying his membership fees and did not vote…

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