The CNPP stated that the allegation lacks substance following its findings, which revealed that the fund in question was for the conduct of voters education and publicity
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The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Adedeji Salau, said in a statement in Abuja on Sunday that the outcome of the poll was a true reflection of the choice of the people
“The system is strict and it has been conditioned in a way that it is almost impossible for the distribution of ballot papers to be tampered with,” Agbaje said
Aregebsola and candidate of the APC, the party in power in the state said two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission were arrested in Obokun Local Government Area of the state attempting to divert sensitive election materials
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A statement entitled: “In Spite of Mr President’s Assurances, We Still Have Shenanigans,” and signed by the Chairman of the party, Elder Adelowo Adebiyi, and the Director of Publicity, Barrister Kunle Oyatomi, said the bullion van was parked at the PDP secretariat until the wee hours of Thursday before it was taken into an unknown destination
“We have paid a lot of attention to the training of our staff and ad hoc staff to use and we will protect members of the National Youth Service Corps we normally use
In a communique issued after the emergency meeting of its National Executive Committee in Osogbo, Osun State on Wednesday, the party said in addition to circulating the VINs of the unclaimed PVCs, INEC must publicly declare invalid for the purpose of the August 9 Osun State governorship election all the PVCs with the circulated VINs
The Chairman of the APC in Niger State, Engineer Mohammed Jibrin Imam, said on Sunday at the state secretariat of the party in Minna that Onucheyo cannot defend all the allegations levelled against him, especially the funds donated by the Peoples Democratic Party
A statement by the PDM’s General Secretary, Dr. Oluwole Akinwumi, said the decision to withdraw Akinola was taken as far back as June and it was thus surprising that INEC could still go ahead to list him for the poll
Jega restated this at the opening of a two-day workshop for electoral officers in Anambra, Bauchi, Cross River, Ebonyi, Delta, Ondo, Oyo, Rivers, FCT, Jigawa, Yobe and Sokoto States in Calabar, Cross River State on Friday
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Niger State, Dr. Emmanuel Onucheyo, disclosed this on Friday at a stakeholders meeting with party leaders in Minna
The Commission also revealed that the total number of valid voters for the election is 1,407,222.
In a release issued by its Director General, Hon. Bisi Kolawole, PAAM described manipulation of used electoral materials as APC stock-in-trade, adding that the party did the same in 2011
He said that the commission had not met to decide on the conduct of gubernatorial election in the state since it had not been served any notice of vacancy in the Adamawa State Government House
In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it had challenged in court the powers of the President to deploy troops to Osun State for the election and the power of the Inspector-General of Police to impose a curfew on any part of the state during the election
She said although INEC headquarters had canceled the initial date for the distribution of the cards in the state, a new date would soon be communicated to the electorate
A statement signed by INEC’s Chief Public Affairs Officer in Osun State, Adenike Tadese, said the deployment would enhance transparency and fairness during the election
The commission’s Chairman, Bosede Adelusi, who submitted the result to the Assembly, said there was nothing wrong with the initiative, contrary to claims by the opposition
Jega is also expected to explain the modalities for the distribution of the cards in all other states of the federation before the 2015 elections