Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday.
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Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, has reiterated the commitment of the commission toward conducting free, fair and credible election come Saturday in Osun State.
The position of NRM was contained in in a protest letter to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, with ref. No. KACCL/LET/RO/381/18, and signed by its lawyer, Kayode Ajulo
INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on YIAGA Africa Watching The Vote Series with the theme: “Ending the Scourge of Vote Buying and Selling in Nigerian Elections’’.
The PDP also cautioned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, not to allow the APC and the Buhari Presidency to use him to execute their plots to frustrate the conduct of credible 2019 elections and push for illegal tenure elongation for President Buhari.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has no plan to postpone the 2019 general elections.
He gave the warning at the meeting of Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security held at the National Headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday in Abuja.
Acting Chairman of ICPC, Musa Abubakar, made this known when he visited INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday in Abuja.
Ahead of the September 22 governorship election in Osun, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday held an assessment workshop for its electoral officers, head of operations, and assistant electoral officers.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the regular meeting of the commission with the Resident Electoral Commissioners on Thursday in Abuja.
The suit, number FHC/L/CS/1418/18, was filed on Friday at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it has powers to prosecute allegations of vote buying by both the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party during the recently concluded governorship election in Ekiti State but lacks the powers to arrest and investigate suspects.
The theme of the one-day seminar, to be declared open by the Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, in the state capital, Osogbo, is: “The Imperativeness of Police Collaboration with Essential Stakeholders: Towards Secured, Free and Credible Elections in Nigeria.”
The Joint National Assembly Panel on INEC fixed Tuesday for INEC to present a fresh N143 billion elections budget after the adoption of President Muhammadu Buhari’s request.
The request was made by the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC on Monday
The panel was preparing to address the press when The Eagle Online went to the press
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday in Abuja reiterated that the commission had no prepared budgetary allocation for international observers coming to monitor the 2019 general elections.
Nazif made this known when the Minister of Budget and Planning, Udo Udoma and INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, appeared before the joint committee on INEC in Abuja on Friday.
The three top officials of the Federal Government are appearing before the Joint National Assembly Panel on INEC to clarify the N189 billion budget for the 2019 elections by the electoral body
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission has again invited the Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to give further clarifications on the 2019 General Elections Budget.