Muhammad said the evidence given by a witness of the petitioner that he did not write a report after monitoring the election, closed the case of the petitioner
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Presenting the motion, Ujam said on May 31, masked armed men invaded the Kogi State House of Assembly premises and shot into the air in an attempt to intimidate members from carrying out their legislative functions
The governor said there was the need to ensure the separation of powers for the sustenance of the ”tripod of democracy”, adding that money that accrued to the arms were paid directly to them since he assumed office
He said the committee identified a number of retirees who had been collecting pensions and at the same time drawing monthly salaries from the state government
The News Agency of Nigeria learnt in Lokoja on Monday that some workers in the local governments who could not find their names on the lists of genuine staff became apprehensive and others protested
The governor said at the inauguration in Lokoja on Friday that the heads of the caretaker committees will be addressed as Administrators
The governor made the promise shortly after receiving an award of excellence in humanitarian service from Jacco’s Charity International, a Non-Governmental Organisation, in his office in Lokoja
The APGA candidate is challenging the election of Governor Yahaya Bello, while the APC and INEC were joined as 2nd and 3rd respondents
At the resumed sitting on Friday, Justice Halima Muhammad, the Chairman of the Tribunal, dismissed the petition against APC and INEC, saying APGA did not follow the due process of the law
Also affected are the Lugard Roundabout in front of the Government House, erected in memory of Nigeria’s former Governor-General, Lord Fredrick Lugard, and the popular Kogi Circle, erected to mark the creation of the state in 1995.
It directed the chairmen and Directors-General of the affected agencies to hand over government’s property in their possession to the most senior officers
Their spokesman, Paul Enema, said he and his colleagues did not hold any meeting to nominate Egbunu, let alone issuing a communiqué to the media
The motions were filed by Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party
He promised the Audu political family that they will play important roles in the political arrangements in the state.
A meeting between the APC leadership and “core” members of the Audu political family will hold on a yet-to-be-announced date
The Kogi State Governor-elect, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has said he is not prepared to join issues with his unwilling deputy,…
Bello, who hails from Agassa in Okene Local Government Area, was declared winner of the governorship election following the outcome of the December 5 supplementary poll in 91 polling units in the state
It would be recalled that the state had been in a difficult situation since November 22 when Prince Abubakar Audu, the APC candidate, died and INEC declared the gubernatorial election inconclusive on the same day
This was contained in a statement signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Sunday in Abuja
Bello emerged the winner after election on Saturday in 91 Polling Units where supplementary election was held
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in his judgment, held that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suits being post-election matters, which could only be determined by the election petition tribunal
What is however comical and which likewise reek of hypocrisy is that the exponents of party supremacy during the National Assembly brouhaha are the same individuals caught in the web of glaring contempt for party supremacy in the fierce political battle to replace Audu with another candidate for the scheduled supplementary election