While Women Arise said the cry by the ACN over its accreditation as an observer group for the election was to prepare the ground for the rigging of the election by the party, the ACN urged the INEC to reconsider its position on the accreditation of the NGO for the poll
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The chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, spoke on the plans of their outfits for the poll, less than 72 hours to the election
This position was taken by a pro-democracy and development focused Non-Governmental Organisation, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, and the United Kingdom chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance
Reacting to statements by Mohammed that Women Arise, which has been accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission as an observer group for the October 20, 2012 governorship election in Ondo State, was biased, the group said it was one of the antics of the ACN spokesman
The aide, who sought for anonymity, said the House was not to reconvene until Thursday and that any sitting before then should be considered illegal
It said while this Unit has de-accredited the Coalition of Democrats for Election Reforms on the basis of a petition by LP, it has replaced CODER with Women Arise
The decision to suspend Lawal was taken by the party’s National Working Committee
Aregbesola urged Petinrin that now that he is outside the military assignment, the advice and wisdom of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff will be needed in the transformation agenda of the Action Congress of Nigeria administration in Osun State
The meeting, which was well attended, saw the former governor defending the reasons why the Igbo must produce the president of Nigeria in 2015
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola of being away from the state in the bid to help his party, the Action Congress of Nigeria, win the October 14, 2012 governorship election in Ondo State
Arhiavbere had challenged the July 14, 2012 election on two major grounds: the academic qualification of Oshiomhole and alleged irregularities in the election in contravention of the Electoral Act
The petitioner’s counsel, P.O. Ituah, while praying the court to allow him bring in additional witnesses said it would help prove his case beyond reasonable doubt
Fresh from consultations with eminent countrymen across the South, Kalu declared that the Yoruba by nature abhor injustice
The election, held on Saturday, was won by Gyang Pwajok
Obanikoro was a two-time commissioner during the eight-year regime of Tinubu but ran for the governorship on the platform of the PDP against Tinubu’s preferred candidate and now Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola.
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