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Saturday, 04 March 2023 04:33

APC constitutes legal team to defend Tinubu, ‘thanks’ PDP, LP for opting to go to court

Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Friday said it had constituted a legal team to defend the mandate given to the party and the president elect, Bola Tinubu. The campaign stated this while addressing a press conference in Abuja, saying it became necessary to respond to both the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, following their separate press conferences which held on Thursday. Spokesperson of the Campaign, Festus Keyamo said he was part of the legal team of the ruling party. According to him, “As I am…

Saturday, 04 March 2023 04:32

7 PDP states withdraw case against Tinubu’s election, say suit ‘overtaken by events’

Seven state governments under the control of the Peoples Democratic Party have withdrawn their suit filed before the Supreme Court against the Federal Government challenging the results of the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. The states, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba and Sokoto, discontinued the suit which had their attorneys-general as plaintiffs and the Attorney General of the Federation as the sole defendant. The states had in the originating summons marked, SC/CV/354/2023, sought an order of the apex court directing a wholistic review of all results so far announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. They…

Friday, 03 March 2023 06:07

Chaotic vote, messy count gave Tinubu victory in Nigeria’s presidential election - The Economist

After a chaotically organised vote and messy count, Bola Tinubu, the candidate of Nigeria’s incumbent ruling party, has been declared winner of the closest presidential election in decades. Tinubu, a 70-year-old former governor of Lagos and longtime kingmaker in Nigerian politics, took 37% of the vote, the electoral commission said on March 1st. This placed him ahead of Atiku Abubakar (29%), a tycoon standing for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition, and Peter Obi (25%), a wildcard third-party candidate representing the Labour Party. Tinubu’s victory confounded most pollsters, who had put Obi well ahead in the race to…

Friday, 03 March 2023 06:06

Atiku: This is Nigeria’s worst election, I’ll challenge it in court

Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the presidential election that produced Bola Tinubu as the president-elect was marred by “unprecedented fraud”. Abubakar who addressed a press conference in Abuja on Thursday said his “heart is full of sadness” following the election that was conducted on Saturday. He said the fraud that characterised the election must be challenged. He said the “dreams and aspirations of Nigerians who braced all the challenges to go and cast their votes were shattered by the conduct of INEC which failed to live up to expectations”. “The weekend election was neither free…

Friday, 03 March 2023 06:05

It’s a lie, you didn’t win presidential election, Tinubu campaign replies Peter Obi

Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the statement by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, that he won the 25 February presidential election as misleading, noting that the claim of the rigging of the poll was false. Spokesperson of the PCC, Festus Keyamo, in a statement on Thursday, said the claim by Obi is an attempt to delegitimise the mandate given to the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. Obi had during a press conference on Thursday claimed that he won the presidential election and would be challenging the outcome of the election in…

Friday, 03 March 2023 06:04

‘Many people do not believe that they have a president-elect yet’ - Ohaneze

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has faulted the declaration of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the president-elect, saying it totally rejects the results as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. National vice president of the organization, Damian Okeke-Ogene, in a statement in Awka, on Wednesday said the organization based its stand on what he called monumental irregularities and failure of INEC to follow its guidelines in conducting the election. While urging Nigerians to remain calm, the Ohaneze leader said election involved many processes, adding that the last may not have…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 15:18

‘The good people of Nigeria have again been robbed; I’ll prove I won the election’ - Peter Obi

Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he will prove to Nigerians that he won the presidential election. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of the presidential poll. Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had the second-highest figure with 6,984,52 and Obi polled 6,101,533 votes. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, Obi said he will explore all legal avenues to recover his mandate. The LP standard bearer said the 2023 presidential election is arguably the “most…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 15:16

INEC ‘failed to follow its own guidelines in conducting last week’s elections’ - Gumi

Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, has asked opposition political parties to address grievances regarding Saturday’s presidential election through legal means instead of violence. On Wednesday, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of the 2023 presidential election. Prior to the announcement of the results, the major opposition parties — Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) — called for the cancellation of the election over what they described as irregularities in the conduct of the exercise. The parties have vowed to approach the court…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 15:15

Tinubu sets up reconciliation committee to meet aggrieved presidential candidates - Akeredolu

All Progressives Congress has set up a reconciliation committee to meet with aggrieved presidential candidates of other political parties who contested in last Saturday’s presidential election. The committee, according to the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, is to resolve their displeasure and ensure all parties involved work together with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu for the growth of Nigeria. Independent National Electoral Commission had on Wednesday declared Tinubu winner of the February 25 presidential election. Akeredolu disclosed this in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Wednesday. He said, “The President-elect has set up committees to…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:09

President-elect, APC govs on thank-you-visit to Buhari in Daura

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday night met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, hours after collecting his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu was accompanied by Vice-President-elect, Kashim Shettima and the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu. Others on the trip to Daura were Governors of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai; Kebbi, Atiku Bagudu; Ebonyi, Dave Umahi; Zamfara, Bello Matawalle; Niger, Abubakar Sani-Bello; Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Ogun, Dapo Abiodun; Jigawa, Badaru Abubakar; and Plateau, Simon Lalong. The President-elect used the opportunity to thank Buhari for his support during the electioneering process. Buhari had openly…

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Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:08

INEC yet to fully upload results 4 days after presidential election - Report

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far uploaded 145,519 results from 176,846 polling units, four days after the presidential poll. The figure represents 82 percent of results from all the polling units. As of the time of filing this report, the electronic transmission of results was still ongoing. The commission has come under criticism over its failure to electronically transmit results to the results viewing portal TheCable had reported that Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the commission, promised that accreditation figures and results would be transmitted on election day. However, on the INEC website on Wednesday, the results of all…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:07

Senate president Lawan denies Electoral Act provides for electronic transmission of results

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, claimed that the Electoral Act, 2022, did not provide for electronic transmission of election results. Lawan made the claim while contributing to a motion sponsored by Ibrahim Oloriegbe, representing Kwara Central Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on the controversies trailing the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The President of the Senate, said that what was passed by the National Assembly was snapping of election results and transferring to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Oloriegbe, in his motion, asked the Senate to…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:06

Datti to supporters: We’ll fight the injustice inflicted on Nigerians

Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has called on Nigerians to remain peaceful and be patient while the party seeks legal actions on the just concluded election in the country. Datti, at a press conference on Wednesday, said the “LP won the just concluded election but was rigged”. He said Peter Obi, the candidate of the LP would address the nation in due course. “It is our position that the purported result did not meet the minimum criteria of a transparent, free and fair election. In addition to the most condemnable attacks, voter intimidation and suppression, the…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:05

‘It’s a throwback to pre-2015’, Kwankwaso’s NNPP says as party demands cancellation of presidential election results

New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has called for the cancellation of the result of the 2023 presidential election. The party made the call on Wednesday at a press conference in Abuja with an address by its National Chairman, Rufai Alkali. INEC had on Wednesday declared the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as winner of the 25 February election. According to the result announced by Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State polled 8,794,726 to defeat his major rivals; Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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