The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, closed its case against the All Progressive Congress (APC) without calling any witness at the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the petitioner APC is challenging INEC for declaring Abba Yusuf of New Nigeria...
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‘Peter Obi failed to prove 2023 presidential election was rigged,’ lawyers tell Tribunal in final submission The legal team of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has submitted its final written address against the petition of the presidential candidate of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Labour Party (LP) has no ground to call for the sack of its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over the outcome of the 2023 general election. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi stated this when he spoke with...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (lNEC) on Wednesday objected the adoption of the deposition made by one of its staff who appeared as witness before the Governorship Election Petition Court in Kaduna. The witness, Mr Bonet Gwaza, a Senior System Analyst with INEC, had on July 11 presented some...
In the next few weeks the firepower at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) will ebb as the five-member panel of the court, headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, has sent lawyers and petitioners back to their chambers to produce their final written addresses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Attempts by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to arraign its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hundu Yunusa-Ari, before Adamawa State High Court 9 sitting in Yola, suffeted a step back on Wednesday. The trial Judge, Justice Benjamin Manji, drew the attention of the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN,...
Sen. Smart Adeyemi, a former lawmaker said on Wednesday in Abuja that he would approach the Court of Appeal to challenge the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja which affirmed the primary election of Ahmed Ododo. Delivering judgment in the suit marked FHC/CS/556/2023, Justice James Omotosho held that Adeyemi’s...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday tendered to the Kano State Governorship Election Tribunal 21 Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. The machines were used in 21 polling stations in 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs), Tudun-Wada, Gaya, Gezawa, Bunkure, Bebeji, Ungogo, Ajingi, Warawa, Karaye and Garko. The...
An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff member, Mr Emmanuel Damis, on Tuesday appeared before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal as subpoenaed witness and tendered Mr Peter Mbah’s qualifications. Damis, Petitioner’s Witness three, works at the Legal Drafting and Clearance Department, INEC headquarters, Abuja. The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday prayed the Kaduna governorship elections tribunal to allow them cross examine the witness who presented the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) documents on the election before the court. Oluwole Iyamu (SAN), lead counsel to PDP and its candidate, Isah Ashiru-Kudan, also questioned...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his declaration of Aisha Dahiru, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as governor in the March 18 poll. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Ikie Aghwarianovwe seeking the disqualification of the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori for allegedly supplying false information about his academic qualification and date of birth to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In the lead judgement prepared by Justice Adamu...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) deployed to Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari. The case was filed at the Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola, over his unprofessional conduct in...
A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be “accountable” to Nigerians just as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) treated the case of Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, accused of result forgery. “Like JAMB,...
President Bola Tinubu, vice president Kashim Shittema and the All Peoples Congress (APC) on Wednesday closed their defence in Mr Peter Obi and his Labour Party’s petition. Counsel for Tinubu and Shettima, Wole Olanipekun , SAN informed the presidential election petition court (PEPC) that they are closing their case...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission has received 216 case files from the Nigeria Police on the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this on Tuesday in Abuja l during the commission meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), which commenced the commission post-election...
President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday, open his defence at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to defend his victory at the Feb. 25 presidential polls. This is in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. Counsel to President Tinubu,...