Jega made the remark in a keynote address at a one-day workshop on: “Securing the 2015 Elections
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Ogunbanwo, who resides at 22, Isale Ebute Street, Addo Langbasa, Ajah, Lagos, is standing trial on two-count charge of conspiracy and assault
The Head of Election and Party Monitoring Department of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Dauda, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe on Monday
Jega said several security threats now characterised the electoral process, including physical attacks on INEC staff and facilities and attacks on security personnel on election duty
This was contained in a statement issued by Israel Ebije, the Chief Press Secretary to the Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, in Minna on Thursday
The primaries produced Chief Thaddeus Aina as candidate of the party for the National Assembly election slated for February next year
The Administrative Secretary of the commission in Kaduna State, Alhaji Yusuf Hadejia, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the distribution would hold in 5,101 Polling Units in the state
Some of the victims who spoke with NAN on conditions of anonymity said the fake INEC officers made contacts with them through phone calls
The commission further revealed that it has expanded the election official’s scope by integrating the past officers in the processes of elections because of their wealth of electoral experience
The region is currently being traumatised by members of Boko Haram, who are constantly bombing, killing and maiming people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States
A notice attributed to INEC Lagos, pasted at the polling unit read: “We regret to inform you that those who registered in this polling unit do not have permanent voter cards
At the Alimosho Local Government Area, residents turned up at different polling units to collect their PVCs from officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, with some going home excited and others disappointed
The Commission’s decision to embark on the exercise was sequel to the disturbing trend whereby 19 out of the elections conducted by INEC three years ago have been thrown out by the courts for non compliance with the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) among other reasons
States where PVCs are yet to be distributed and CVR pending are Niger, Katsina, Rivers, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Borno State
Austin Okojie, the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Taraba State, disclosed this while addressing Batch B corps members at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Jalingo on Sunday
The committees include: Appointments, Promotion and Discipline, Board of Survey and Technical Equipment Acquisition, Board of Electoral Institute and Election Observation and Party Monitoring
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, gave the assurance, adding that the Commission had reached a comfort level to boldly say the forthcoming general election will be free, fair, credible and transparent and will be of far higher standard than what was achieved in 2011
A cross-section of voters at the registration unit told the News Agency of Nigeria that both the ad hoc staff of the INEC and prospective voters had conducted themselves in an orderly manner since the commencement of the exercise
A member of the PDP had gone to court to seek its order to stop the convention
According to the acting National Chairman of the party, Dr. Manzo Abubakar: “The explanation the Monitoring Committee of INEC are seeking from the legal department (of INEC) is whether our decision to suspend the National Chairman is in line with the spirit of our constitution