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Heavy Security Deployment Not To Intimidate Voters, Says IGP, Warns IPOB

4Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Security

Heavy Security Deployment Not To Intimidate Voters, Says IGP, Warns IPOB

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, has warned non-state actors, including the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, to steer clear of Saturday’s election in Anambra State. Stating that the heavy deployment of security to Anambra State for Saturday’s election was not meant to scare voters, he said the police would deal decisively with anybody who would try to foment trouble during the exercise. Baba who was speaking on Wednesday during stakeholders’ meeting said the election security was designed to cover the three senatorial districts of the state, 21 Local Government Areas, 326 wards and 5,720 polling units across the state. He said, “This massive deployment is not designed to intimidate the law-abiding as being insinuated in some quarters. “On the contrary, it is to reas...

Ayu Emerges Chairman As PDP Concludes National Convention

31Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ayu Emerges Chairman As PDP Concludes National Convention

The Peoples Democratic Party concluded its elective national convention in the early hours of Sunday, with the newly elected National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, declaring that the party is back to take back power from the All Progressives Congress. Read Also: PDP Chair: Ayu, Shema, Nazif Make Final List of Contenders This is just as members of the next National Working Committee were declared by the Governor of Adamawa State and Chairman of the Convention Organising Committee, Ahmadu Fintiri. 3,600 delegates voted for new members of the NWC of the PDP at the convention, with only the office of the Deputy National Chairman (South) contested out of the 21 NWC positions. Source: Punch

Buhari’s Exit In 2023, Solution To Nigeria’s Problems – Afenifere

27Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Buhari’s Exit In 2023, Solution To Nigeria’s Problems – Afenifere

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Tuesday, said neither President Muhammadu Buhari nor his party, the All Progressives Congress, can solve the problems facing the country. The group said it had lost hope in Buhari solving the country’s problems, saying the exit of the President in 2023 will end the problems facing the country. The group’s acting leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, said this while addressing journalists after the group’s monthly meeting held in his Sanya -Ogbo residence, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The octogenarian accused the President of having a vested interest in the activities of herdsmen who he said, should have been declared terrorists. Adebanjo insisted that the group might not be part of the coming election if the country is not restructured...

Anambra Election: Security Agents Ready To Deal With Violent Groups, Individuals – National Adviser

26Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Security

Anambra Election: Security Agents Ready To Deal With Violent Groups, Individuals – National Adviser

President Muhammadu Buhari's National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, says the security agencies are going to do everything within their power to ensure that the people of Anambra State undergo the election exercise without any incident. There has been tension that the November 6 election may be affected by the sit-at-home order issued by the pro-Biafra group, the Indigenous People of Biafra. Monguno noted that those with the intention to disrupt the Anambra governorship election must have a rethink. This was made known at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday in Abuja. Read Also: Nothing Should Stop Anambra Governorship Poll, Ohanaeze Warns He explained tha...

Nothing Should Stop Anambra Governorship Poll, Ohanaeze Warns

24Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Nothing Should Stop Anambra Governorship Poll, Ohanaeze Warns

The apex pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has reacted to the one-week sit-at-home declared by Indigenous People of Biafra, warning that nothing should threaten the conduct of the November 6 Anambra governorship election. The spokesperson for the group, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, warned all parties to tread with caution, saying it would be unwise to stop the polls. Ogbonnia, who said this in an interview with Punch on Saturday, called for calm while efforts to ensure Kanu’s release were being made by Igbo leaders. He said, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo urges everybody to show maturity and wisdom especially in issues concerning the Indigenous People of Biafra, especially now that leaders in Igboland from all walks of life have united in the struggle to ensure that Mazi ...

IPOB Declares Five Days Sit-at-home, Vows Anambra Election Won’t Hold If Kanu Isn’t Released

24Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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IPOB Declares Five Days Sit-at-home, Vows Anambra Election Won’t Hold If Kanu Isn’t Released

The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared a one-week sit-at-home protest across the South-East states starting from November 5, the eve of the governorship election in Anambra State. IPOB’s Media and Public Secretary, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Saturday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, said the protest was aimed at prevailing on the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group vowed that the protest would go on as planned if Kanu was not released before November 4. Kanu is facing trial on a seven-count amended charge bordering on treason and terrorism. The Federal Government had blamed the IPOB leader for the murder of Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of a former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control,...

Nigerian Constitution Gives Prisoners Right To Vote — Minister

23Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Nigerian Constitution Gives Prisoners Right To Vote — Minister

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said he would support the right of prisoners to vote during the 2023 general election. Represented by his technical adviser on Corrections, Michael Anugwa, the minister disclosed this while speaking on the sidelines of the planning meeting of the Pollrite 23 project in Abuja. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Aregbesola said, “This is so because the enabling laws do not remove the right to vote from inmates because they are inmates. “There are certain freedoms that they are denied but voting is not one of them. So, the inmates’ right to vote must be encouraged by all and sundry.” The agency had earlier reported that the Pollrite 23 project is aimed at facilitating civic engagement among communities with low voters’ turno...

No Group Or Individuals Must Stop Anambra Election – Buhari Orders Military Chiefs

22Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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No Group Or Individuals Must Stop Anambra Election – Buhari Orders Military Chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered his Service Chiefs to make sure nothing stops the Anambra State governorship election from holding. The election has been scheduled for November 6. Buhari’s order was confirmed by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, while speaking with State House correspondents on Thursday. This followed a security meeting the service chiefs had with Buhari at the presidential villa. Read Also: Anambra 2021: INEC Insists Election Will Hold As Scheduled “The president has directed that under no circumstances will anything be allowed to stop the elections from taking place successfully. The people have a right to vote and select their leader. “No group or individual will be allowed to stimulate anarchy and chaos, leading to murderous activities. ...

Dokpesi’s Statement On Igbo Presidency Illogical, Unfortunate – South-East Elders

20Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Dokpesi’s Statement On Igbo Presidency Illogical, Unfortunate – South-East Elders

The Council of Igbo Elders has said Ndigbo are not desperate for the presidency to warrant the outburst of Chief Raymond Dokpesi that if an Igbo man becomes president of Nigeria he will divide the country. The former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party had through a statement on Monday alluded that Nigerians feared a president of Igbo extraction would allow the country’s breakup, citing separatist agitation by Indigenous People of Biafra in the South East. Dokpesi had said, “If nobody has told Ohanaeze Ndigbo before, the concern today from some other regions is that if Nnamdi Kanu plays the role of Aguiyi Ironsi in leading a militant revolt against constitutional government in the South-East under Igbo presidency, the president will be ...

Osinbajo-for-President Campaign Posters Flood Ibadan

16Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Osinbajo-for-President Campaign Posters Flood Ibadan

Campaign posters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have surfaced at some strategic areas of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The posters, which bear the portrait of the Vice President, have ‘Osinbajo for All 2023’ boldly written on them. Our correspondent observed that the posters were pasted at Dugbe, Mokola and University of Ibadan/Bodija Junction and Iwo Road, among other areas in the ancient metropolis. The VP is being tipped to succeed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), who is billed to leave office in 2023. But Osinbajo has not publicly declared any intention to join the presidential race. A group, Osinbajo For All Volunteer Group, had some months ago, in a statement, said they were sensitising Nigerians to the suitability of the VP for the President posi...