THE House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Electoral Matters to summon the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Trojaninisghts reports that Yakubu was summoned to explain the delay in conducting bye-elections to fill vacant seats in both the national and state assemblies. This decision was reached on Tuesday during … Read more
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, to prove his innocence in court rather than through public statements. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, made this statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in … Read more
FORMER Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Ari, has reaffirmed his claim that Senator Aisha Binani, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the 2023 gubernatorial election, was the legitimate winner of the contest. In a press conference held at his private residence in Bauchi State on Saturday, Ari declared that he … Read more
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has renewed its call for creation of the electoral offences tribunal to ensure speedy prosecution of electoral offenders in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made the call on Friday in Abuja during the commission’s regular quarterly consultative meeting with media executives. Yakubu also emphasised the need … Read more
THE High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sentenced Professor Ignatius Uduk to three years in prison for electoral fraud related to his role as Collation/Returning Officer for the Essien Udim State Constituency seat during the 2019 general elections. After five years of prosecution, Justice Bassey Nkanang delivered the judgment on Wednesday, convicting Prof. … Read more
EDO State election petitions tribunal seating in the nation’s capital territory received INEC documents in defense of the results it declared. INEC presented the documents in defense of the massive electoral fraud and explosive malpractice that ridiculed the outcome of the election. Whereas the PDP wrapped-up its case Monday, having successfully fielded a number … Read more
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to develop interest in the primaries of political parties. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the commission’s First Regular Consultative Meeting with the CSOs in Abuja on Tuesday. Yakubu said that all political parties interested in fielding candidates for the … Read more
A dramatic twist unfolded on Monday at the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) unexpectedly submitted additional BVAS machines as evidence. This move reinforces the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) long-standing claim of over-voting in the September 21, 2024 election. The sudden submission of the additional devices … Read more
…Party ready to resolve issues with Obi, Otti, others – Labour Party Chairman IT was a mild drama today at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as the chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu happily welcomed the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure into the fold of … Read more
THE growing concern in some quarters over the inability of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair and credible elections again gained gravitas last week in the wake of Ghana’s successful presidential elections. Without prejudice to the introduction of technology (card reader and co) by the Professor Attahiru Jega-led INEC which … Read more