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2023 Election: Buhari Says He’ll Only Support APC Candidates

25Aug

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Elections, News

2023 Election: Buhari Says He’ll Only Support APC Candidates

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he will only back the candidates of his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the 2023 presidential election. He also advised candidates outside the party that are seeking his support would be left on their own. Buhari said in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, that anyone making controversial and derogatory comments in the hope of giving other opposition parties an advantage against the candidates of the ruling party would be disciplined accordingly. See Also: 2023 Election: Omokri Reveals Biggest Beneficiary Of Obi’s Ambition The statement reads: “The Presidency wishes to put it on record, and at the same time, reassure faithful party members that President Muhammadu Buha...

2023 Election: Omokri Reveals Biggest Beneficiary Of Obi’s Ambition

24Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Election: Omokri Reveals Biggest Beneficiary Of Obi’s Ambition

Reno Omokri, a former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu stands to benefit the most from the presidential ambition of Labour Party, LP, candidate Peter Obi. Omokri stated this in a Facebook post on Wednesday, noting that Obi will probably get votes from core PDP states. He said the promoters of “Obedient” movement are blinded by emotions. Omokri wrote “the biggest beneficiary of Peter Obi’s Presidential race is Tinubu, not Obidients. Peter won’t affect APC’s votes. The votes he will likely get are votes that would have naturally gone to PDP, including in the Southeast, some non-Yoruba Lagos votes, a chunk of Benue votes, and a few votes in peripheral states. “There is a lot of h...

INEC Clarifies Statement On Abandoning Electronic Transmission Of Results

22Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC Clarifies Statement On Abandoning Electronic Transmission Of Results

The Independent National Electoral Committee, INEC, has debunked speculations that it has ditched the electronic transmission of results for the manual collation of results for the 2023 general election. There were reports that the electoral body had dumped the electronic transmission of results and adopted the manual process ahead of the general election next year. However, the commission, in a statement by Festus Okoye, its National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, on Sunday, described the report as untrue. The statement partly read, “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) attention has been drawn to a misunderstanding arising from a recent short interview granted to a national newspaper on the procedure for re...

INEC Will Collate 2023 Election Results Manually – Okoye

21Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC Will Collate 2023 Election Results Manually – Okoye

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that the results of the 2023 general elections will be collated manually despite the introduction of electronic transmission of results. According to Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, the commission would still transmit results from polling units to its result-viewing portal, IRev, as seen in recent polls but the Electoral Act has provision for the method of collation. He disclosed this during an interview with Punch on Saturday. Okoye said, “There is a marked difference between the transfer/transmission of results and the collation of results. Section 50(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022 gives the commission the absolute discretion to determine the mode...

Anambra Ex-Gov Candidate Ozigbo Decamps From PDP, Declares Support For Obi

19Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Elections, News, Uncategorized

Anambra Ex-Gov Candidate Ozigbo Decamps From PDP, Declares Support For Obi

Valentine Ozigbo, the former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Anambra State has decamped to the Labour Party, LP. Ozigbo while announcing his decision in an interview on Arise Television, threw his weight behind LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi. He noted that his choice of Obi was informed by his desire to back the movement for a competent leader to be elected to guarantee a secured future for citizens. Prior to his interview on Arise TV, Ozigbo had in a Facebook post titled “2023: A Watershed Movement for Nigeria”, endorsed the candidacy of Peter Obi. The statement read, “There comes a defining moment in the life of any country when all people of good conscience must stand up to be counted. Those times offer no middle ground; you are either on ...

12Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Why Wike Is Important To PDP – Mimiko

Olusegun Mimiko, former Governor of Ondo State, has stressed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, needs Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stand a better chance of victory in the general election. Mimiko stated this on Wednesday when he flagged off the construction of the Azikiwe-Iloabuchii road in Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt. The former governor of Ondo State noted that Wike has given so much to the PDP and will play a critical role in the 2023 elections. Mimiko said, “Your Excellency, our party, the PDP, a party for which you have laboured so much, seems saddled with the historical duty of forging this unity, a unity premised on truth, equity, and justice, a unity upon which rescuing Nigeria from the far from the satisfactory performance of the past seven yea...

12Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Kukah Condemns APC Muslim-Muslim Ticket

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah has condemned the Muslim-Muslim ticket presented by the All Progressives Congress, APC. The clergy disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday. APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu had announced former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate for the 2023 general election. Reacting, Kukah making reference to the same scenario in 1993, dismissed insinuations that religion shouldn’t be a factor in deciding the choice of candidates. He said, “As a Christian, I feel proud of the role we played in managing diversity and politics in Nigeria,” he said. “In 1983, when general Buhari came in as head of state, he took Idiagbon. Sadly, Nigerians were very excited. Maybe tha...

2023 Election: I Won’t Mind If Tinubu, Peter Obi Wins – Akeredolu

11Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Election: I Won’t Mind If Tinubu, Peter Obi Wins – Akeredolu

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has reaffirmed his stance on the next president of the country coming from the Southern part of Nigeria. He disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on the Channels Television programme, Politics Today. Akeredolu said he would be alright if either All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu or his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi wins the 2023 presidential election. Responding to a question on the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the ruling APC, Akeredolu insisted religion should not be a priority. He said, “Religion is not the issue now. We have other issues that should be at the front burner in this country. The issue of restructuring, rotational presidency, etc. See Also: Aregbesola Plotting Against Tinu...

Why Wike Lost PDP Presidential Primary – Wamakko

11Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Why Wike Lost PDP Presidential Primary – Wamakko

Former Sokoto State governor, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has said that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State did not lose the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primary because of religion. Wamakko, a senator representing Sokoto North senatorial district at the red chamber stated this while inaugurating a project in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. This comes after reports claim the internal wrangling in the PDP persists as the members of the National Working Committee, NWC, seem to have pitched their tent with the national chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, instead of Wike. Dr Chidi LIoyd, Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, yesterday blasted Senator Lee Maeba, over his recent criticism of Wike. While responding to an earlier remark by Wike on his presi...

INEC, PDP Plotting To Tamper With Electoral Documents – APC

11Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

INEC, PDP Plotting To Tamper With Electoral Documents – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Osun State, has raised an alarm that some officials of the National Electoral Commission, INEC, are planning to tamper with documents used for the conduct of the Osun State governorship poll. This was contained in a statement issued by the party’s Chairman, Mr Gboyega Famodun, alleging that the party was informed of plans by some officials of the electoral umpire to connive with stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to tamper with some result sheets and Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, used for the election. Recall that the APC and Governor Adegboyega Oyetola had instituted a suit challenging the victory of PDP candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke at the election petition tribunal. The APC and its candidate allege over-...