While describing the report as wicked and malicious, Ogbe said the story of the attack on him was a figment of the imagination of the APC, concocted by its governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, to smear the democratic credentials of Dickson and cause confusion in the winning team
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Neither Onu nor Umahi spoke to the press after the visit, which was seen by a large gathering at the Umahi compound as ending a seemingly political animosity between the two Uburu-born politicians
Justice Abdul Aboki said the court would later announce the date for the judgment in the appeal
Faleke, accompanied by Mohammed Audu, son of Abubakar Audu, and lawyers submitted the petition to the clerk of the tribunal at about 12.20pm in Lokoja on Monday
The Court, which delivered the judgement on Friday, ordered for a rerun of the election in 90 days
She said the evidence of PW9 was biased and could not be given any probative value because he informed the court that he was a member of the PDP and could go to any length to ensure victory for his party
According to him, the judiciary will be remembered for standing tall even in the face of unwarranted provocation and vilification by those who brazenly stole the people’s mandate during the March and April elections in Rivers State
The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Jackson Adebayo, said in a statement that President Buhari should prove to Nigerians his sincerity on free and fair elections by asking the military why its men aided the All Progressives Congress to rig the election in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, after the military panel on Ekiti and Osun States election was put up to probe the activities of its men in election matters
According to Chief Nkire, Igbos were doing well in every other field except politics, adding that Igbo politicians must desist from self aggrandisement and begin to work for the good of the people of Igboland
A source in the Presidency stated that Buhari was not happy with the APC in Bayelsa and Sylva over alleged pockets of violence during the rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw LGA
L-R: Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress for Lagos West Senatorial District, Chief Funso Ologunde; the Lagos State APC Chairman, Chief Henry Oladele Ajomale; and the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa
Faleke stated this at a meeting of APC stakeholders in Kogi West Senatorial District in Kabba, Kogi State on Monday
He explained that this was in furtherance of his earlier letter to the national leadership of the party not to work with Bello, then the governorship candidate, who has been declared the governor-elect of the state
The governor, who said it was shameful that the two elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission under Buhari’s kinsman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, were inconclusive, called on all well-meaning Nigerians and the international community to rise up in condemnation of the APC government’s plot to destroy democracy in the country
The Commission made the declaration on Monday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital
The suspension of the collation was announced by the INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Zana Akpagu
With Nembe Local Government Area having been announced, only result from Southern Ijaw Local Government Area is outstanding
With the announcement of the result of Ogbia Local Government Area, the Independent National Electoral Commission is left with only two local government areas to announce
Results from three local government areas were still being expected as at 9pm on Sunday when INEC announced that the collation would continue on Monday morning
Bello, who hails from Agassa in Okene Local Government Area, was declared winner of the governorship election following the outcome of the December 5 supplementary poll in 91 polling units in the state
The Publicity Secretary of the party in Kogi State, Bode Ogunmola, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja.