As the 2019 elections enter a crucial bend, the Kwara Development Foundation has advised voters to take advantage of the poll to exercise their constitutional right to elect their leaders of choice through the ballot box.
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Former Ghanaian President, John Kufuor, has urged Nigerians to vote in accordance with the constitution to choose their leaders in the 2019 general election.
Prof. Francis Ezeonu, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Imo State, said this at a Town Hall Meeting/Sensitisation Campaign of the commission on Continuous Voter Registration in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government area of Imo State.
He said the election would now hold because the Federal High Court Abuja injunction earlier stopping the conduct of the council poll on February 11, 2017, had been lifted.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that only very few persons and vehicles on special duties were seen on the ever busy major roads in Warri and environs.
A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who monitored the poll on Saturday in Asaba, Oshimili North, Aniocha South and environs, reported that shops, markets, filling stations were under lock and key.
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Anambra State Government had earlier, through a public service announcement, warned travellers about the curfew imposed in Delta State, which started on Friday night.
Ajidagba, who disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview with newsmen in Ilorin, said the ad-hoc staff was unemployed youths who would be engaged for the exercise instead of the corps members.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bye-election, organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, resulted from the death of Kazeem Alimi, who represented the constituency in the House.
Oha said: “We have prepared a good number of card readers for the election. We have assembled more than 1,500 card readers for accreditation of eligible voters
Eradiri commended international and local observers for insisting that the right thing should be done to ensure free and fair election
Addressing newsmen at the Bayelsa State Police Command Headquarters, Yakubu said he was in the state with Arase to assure the stakeholders of the resolve of INEC to deliver credible elections
Osaretin Imahiyereobo, a Deputy Director of the commission and Head, Voter Education and Publicity, told the News Agency of Nigeria that only three political parties contested the initial election on April 11
Kure said the distribution of PVCs, which commenced on November 14, would continue till November 20, adding that there were over 47,000 newly registered voters in all the 21 LGAs across the state
The BOI is to investigate the alleged unprofessional and unethical conduct of some Nigerian Army personnel in the elections as well as in any other state in Nigeria where other allegations of misconduct were made during the 2015 general elections