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Tuesday, 06 June 2023 03:49

PEPC: Atiku’s witnesses allege poll fraud

Rivers State presidential election coordinator for the Peoples Democratic Party, Abiye Sekibo, on Monday alleged infringement on the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 on the use of electronic transmission of results. Sekibo appeared at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja as a witness in aid of the PDP’s petition challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The witness told the court during cross-examination by counsel for Tinubu, Akin Olujimi, that results from polling units across Rivers State were not captured on the Bimodal Voters Accreditation…

Tuesday, 06 June 2023 03:48

Obi tenders INEC-certified results from 7 more states to prove election rigged for Tinubu

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday tendered election results from six states at the Presidential Election Petition Court. Obi, who came third in the February presidential election, is claiming Nigeria’s presidency as the winner of the 25 February election. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is similarly challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the APC in the election. Tinubu was sworn in on 29 May as Nigeria’s 16th Nigerian leader, although the suits filed by Obi and Atiku to challenge his victory continue in court. Obi and Atiku predicated their petitions on…

Sunday, 04 June 2023 04:32

PDP Govs Forum elects new chair, vice

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Muhammed, has been elected as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF). Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, emerged as the vice chairman of the forum. They were elected on Saturday at a retreat for elected PDP officials held in Bauchi State. Mohammed replaced Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, also at the retreat. At the retreat, the Acting National Chairman of PDP, Umar Damagum, urged the party’s governors to work together and support the party’s senators-elect. “I want to reiterate, on the issue of the National Assembly, we have to know we are…

Saturday, 03 June 2023 04:24

PEPC admits more INEC-certified results from Obi to prove Tinubu’s election was rigged

The court has admitted some presidential election results presented by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to support its claim against the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lead counsel to Obi on Friday informed the court sitting in Abuja that he had a schedule of more evidence which they desire to render before the court. The counsel continued with evidence (election results) from Rivers and Kogi states, presenting certified true copies of INEC election results from six local government areas (LGAs) in Rivers as evidence. Also admitted were results from Niger,…

Saturday, 03 June 2023 04:23

PEPC: INEC explains its objection to certified election documents tendered by Atiku, Obi

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given reasons for opposing the tendering of many certified electoral documents brought to court by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to prove their case against President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the last presidential election. The pair, who filed separate petitions to challenge Tinubu’s victory, alleged that the 25 February presidential poll was marred by widespread fraud. To substantiate their claims, Atiku and Obi have tendered tons of electoral documents comprising data from the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines and results sheets from across states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.…

Saturday, 03 June 2023 04:21

Court says Ayu’s sack as PDP national chairman in order

A high court sitting in Makurdi, Benue state capital, has affirmed the suspension and removal of Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Maurice Ikpambese, the presiding judge, also nullified Ayu’s membership in the party. BACKGROUND In March, the executive members of Igyorov ward, Gboko LGA of Benue, passed a vote of no confidence on Ayu over alleged anti-party activities. The LGA party executives also claimed that Ayu worked against the success of the PDP in his ward during the elections. They alleged that he was not paying his membership fees and did not vote…

Friday, 02 June 2023 04:38

PEPC: Obi tenders results of 6 states, 115 LGAs in evidence

Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, who is insisting that he won the presidential election held on February 25, on Thursday, produced certified copies of results of the election from six states of the federation, to support his claim. Obi tendered the results, which were obtained from 115 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in evidence before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja. Though Obi’s legal team was led by Awa Kalu, however, the election results, which were contained in Forms EC8A, were tendered from the Bar by one of his lawyers, Emeka Opoko. The first set…

Friday, 02 June 2023 04:38

Atiku’s first witness testifies at PEPC in petition challenging Tinubu’s election

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, presented his first witness at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. Atiku, who came second in the February presidential election, is challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 25th February election. Tinubu was sworn in Monday as Nigeria’s president, while three petitioners, including Atiku, continue to pursue their separate cases to challenge his victory. Led in his evidence-in-chief by Chris Uche, Atiku’s lawyer, the witness, Joe Agada, informed the five-member panel of the court headed by Haruna Tsammani that there…

Thursday, 01 June 2023 04:32

PEPC admits Atiku’s BVAS documents, result sheets

Presidential Election Petitions Court has admitted more documents in the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging the February 25 election. The five-member panel of justices on Wednesday admitted the C.T.C of form EC8 series from local governments of Bayelsa, Kaduna, and Kogi states submitted under the second schedule to the exhibits tendered by the PDP. The panel also admitted BVAS accreditation and data reports of 33 states of the country. However, counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kemi Pinheiro; counsel to Bola Tinubu, Emmanuel Ukala; and counsel to the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:41

PEPC: Witness tenders US documents on Tinubu’s $460,000 drug forfeiture

Labour Party on Tuesday called its first witness in the ongoing petition between its candidate, Peter Obi, and the ruling All Progressives Congress and the President, Bola Tinubu. Counsel for the LP and Obi, Jibrin Okutepa, stated that documents from number one to four together with receipts tendered are documents where the vice president, Kashim Shettima, accepted his nomination as the vice-presidential candidate of the APC. The witness, Lawrence Nwakaeti, who is a legal practitioner, disclosed that he was deposed to the witness statement on March 20, 2023. Part of the documents deposed to by Nwakaeti referred to the alleged…

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Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:40

Atiku tenders INEC’s BVAS documents, others before PEPC

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, tendered tons of electoral documents before the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja where he is challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election. Atiku is prosecuting a petition seeking to upturn Tinubu’s victory on account of substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 and the constitution, among other complaints. Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, declared Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Nigeria’s president-elect on 1 March, after he defeated Atiku who came second in the race. Another petition by the candidate who came third…

Monday, 29 May 2023 04:22

Obi urges Nigerians, judiciary to work towards changing ‘present politics of criminality, corruption, to make a new Nigeria possible

Labour Party presidential candidate during the last presidential election, Peter Obi, has urged the Nigerian judiciary to utilise the election cases before it to reaffirm its integrity. Obi, a former Anambra State governor, also urged Nigerians to face the current reality and seek ways to change the bad narratives through legal and acceptable means. The former governor made the call on Monday morning, hours to the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Independent National Electoral Commission declared Tinubu the winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential poll. The former Lagos State governor defeated Obi and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar…

Sunday, 28 May 2023 04:29

PDP uses social media to terrorize, bully judges, Supreme Court alleges

The supreme court has accused Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of using social media to bully and terrorise justices. Inyang Okoro, justice of the supreme court, spoke on Friday while delivering judgment in an appeal filed by the PDP seeking to void the election of President-elect Bola Tinubu on the grounds that his running mate, Kashim Shettima, was guilty of double nomination. The five-member panel of the apex court dismissed the appeal and held that the appellant had no locus standi to institute the suit. Okoro held that the appellant tried to mislead the apex court by claiming that the lower…

Saturday, 27 May 2023 04:37

Supreme Court dismisses PDP’s suit against Tinubu, Shettima

Supreme Court has struck out a suit seeking the disqualification of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu and the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, over alleged double nomination. The appeal was brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) through their counsel, Mike Ozekhome, alleging that Shettima had double nomination as senatorial candidate for Borno Central Senatorial District and vice-presidential candidate under the All Progressives Congress (APC). But the apex court held that the PDP lacked the locus standi to bring the action, since the party was not a member of the APC. The appeal was earlier dismissed by the Federal High Court and…

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