The Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abakaliki on Monday dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) gubernatorial candidate in Ebonyi, Chief Ajah Agha, against the election of Gov. David Umahi.
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The officials are former National Secretary, Gwada Abubarkar, the National Financial Secretary, Habu Aminchin, who was the Presidential flag-bearer of the party and the National Youth leader, Eke Ken.
Justice Mohammed Garba fixed the date on Wednesday after the panel discovered that the application was not ripe for hearing.
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Musa Nagogo, Nasarawa State Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Movement in the 2019 election, said he had withdrawn the petition against Gov. Abdullahi Sule in the interest of peace.
The Peoples Democratic Movement says that the omission of the party’s logo and name in the result sheets of Ebonyi State robbed it of its victory at the March 9 governorship election.
Justice Charles Agbaza of the FCT High Court Jabi on Thursday adjourned until June 11, hearing in the leadership tussle suit filed by a member of the People’s Democratic Movement party.
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Movement and Peoples Democratic Party to inspect electoral materials used in the March 9 election.
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia has granted Alhaji Abdullahi Agwai, Nasarawa South Senatorial District candidate of the Peoples Democratic Movement, permission to inspect electoral materials used in the February 23 election.
Bashir Ibrahim, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Movement, has emerged the National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council.…
Ibrahim noted that President Jonathan mistook the insurgency as a religious war rather than due to lack of good governance, poor leadership, misinterpretation of the teaching of Islam and poverty in the north-east
Nigerians looked on with consternation and disbelief as Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, the Number Four citizen in the country, and other Members of the House of Representatives were tear-gassed by members of the Nigeria Police Force whose primary duty is to protect citizens and enforce the law
Owing to this, the schedule for primary elections has been reviewed to accommodate the extension
This followed a resolution of the National Executive Committee of the party at its meeting of October 16, 2014 held at the National Secretariat in Abuja
According to him, it is more important for the party to have successful congresses than to partake in an election when the party’s substantive leadership structure is not in place
Congresses in the remaining eight states of the federation will take place in the second batch on a date to be announced, while the zonal congresses and the national convention of the party will take place in the third and final batch, the party announced in a statement on Wednesday
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
A statement on Sunday by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDM, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, said the committee was set up on May 28
The state Chairman of the PDM, Alhaji Bakare Akomola, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Osogbo on Thursday
Abubakar said: “Ours is a political party, while there is an existing association in PDP called PDM