Adeyemi had filed a suit at the Federal High Court seeking to nullify the primary election of the APC, which produced Usman Ododo as the party’s flagbearer for the state’s governorship election slated for November 11. The case was dismissed by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal for lacking in merit.
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Delivering judgement in the suit marked FHC/CS/556/2023, Justice James Omotosho held that Adeyemi’s allegations were criminal in nature, as he alleged that elections did not hold and that the produced results were forged.
The outspoken senator and ex-President, Nigeria Union of Journalists said this at a news briefing in Abuja on Saturday.
This was made known by Senator Smart Adeyemi while addressing journalists in Abuja displaying a draft copy of a bill to that effect to journalists covering the Senate.
The journalist and politician lost the ticket of the All Progressives Congress for the District to Sunday Karimi.
Adeyemi (APC-Kogi West) while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Monday in Abuja, said that the strike was most unwarranted given incessant strikes by ASUU which had affected universities calendars.
The passage Tuesday, of the bill tagged, “Nigerian Tea and Coffee Development Council (Establishment) Bill, 2022”, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Bill which is titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Legal Education (Consolidation, etc) Act by establishing the campuses for the Nigerian Law School, and for other related matters” was sponsored by Senator Smart Adeyemi of Kogi West.
Adeyemi gave out the goodies at a ceremony on Saturday at his country home in Iyara, Ijumu Local Government Area.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, stated this in a letter sent to the NCAA.
The group, led by the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja.
Ikpeazu spoke as special guest of honour during the unveiling of a book written by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, titled: “Made in Aba.”
The ceremony was attended by several dignitaries, including the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; Senator Olubunmi Adetumbi; Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi; Senator Tolu Odebiyi; Senator Ifeanyi Uba; Senator Francis Fadahunsi; and Senator Aliyu Sabi.
To this end, Adeyemi said he will propose an amendment to the Acts of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to accommodate the proposed Mosaic Law.
Adeyemi, who kicked against the US’s categorisation of elections conducted in both states as sham in Lokoja on Saturday, said this in his remarks at the 2020 Senate Press Corps Retreat.
Buhari made the pledge during the official reopening of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu in Enugu State on Sunday.
Adeyemi made this known while speaking in support of a bill seeking to establish a National Electoral Offences Commission to try offenders
Saturday’s rerun election was held in 53 polling units across seven local government areas in the senatorial district
Lawal said he is constrained by law not to declare a winner because of this, adding that INEC will announce a new date for the conduct of a supplementary election in the 53 polling units before a winner is declared