The Ekiti Governorship Election Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, will on Saturday, Sept. 29 rule on the application filed by the People’s Democratic Party seeking recount of the ballot papers used for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti.
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Ahmed, while speaking with newsmen at Adereti polling Unit 12, ward 7 in Olode, said that anyone caught buying votes would be arrested.
An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Stephen Oyewande, said he could not explain why the PDP agent was not on duty at the polling unit.
If the Peoples Democratic Party had its way, its candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, would have been declared governor that day.
Agbaje gave the assurance when he visited the polling unit at Ward 5, Unit 17 on Adewale Street, Alekuwodo Area in Osogbo, the state capital.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that members of both parties canvassed for votes in Osogbo, Orolu, Ife North and Ife South, where the re-run will be taking place.
The organisation also warned the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure that its officials with questionable characters do not participate in the supplementary governorship election in Osun State.
The Chairman, House Committee on Electoral and Political Party Matters, Aishatu Dukku, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to adopt the policy of de-registering any political party that failed to adhere with the Gender Policy.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says although women constitute 49 per cent of the Nigeria’s voting population, the national average in female representation stood at 6.7 per cent.
The Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy in Nigeria, David Young on Wednesday, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission for the decision to conduct re-run election in Osun, saying it would enhance democracy.
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure a free, fair and credible election in the Thursday’s governorship rerun election in Osun.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has unveiled plan to enhance the participation of all marginalised groups in the electoral process.
In a press release signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Comrade O’Seun John, AIED raised concern over the independence of the commission amidst the allegations of complicity by its officials.
The Missions of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States have called for peaceful, free, fair and credible completion of Osun State governorship re-run election on September 28.
The Missions of the European Union, United Kingdom and United States of America have called for the “credible conclusion” of the Osun State governorship election.
The Peoples Democratic Party has demanded the immediate resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, following his alleged controlling role in the fraudulent manipulations that characterized the September 22, 2018 Osun State governorship election.
A statement issued in Abuja by the Chairman of the Council’s Media Committee, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the threat by the PDP to challenge in court INEC’s declaration of Saturday’s election as inconclusive was “nothing but sheer bravado’’.
Some Nigerians have decried the latest postponement of the resumption date for the National Assembly from September 25 to October 9, saying it would delay INEC’s budget for 2019 general elections.
Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, dismissed the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
Many Nigerians are taking a keen interest in the Osun election. This should not be surprising.