The legal battle over the outcome of the August 15 Osun State governorship election has begun, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) formally challenging the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The petitions were displayed on Monday at the notice board of the Osun...
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Former presidential candidate of the Peter Obi has criticised Nigerian lawmakers over a proposed electoral amendment that reportedly removes certificate forgery, age falsification and false declarations as grounds for challenging election results at tribunals. Reacting in a post on his verified account on the social media platform X, Obi...
The Benue Election Appeals Tribunal sitting in Abuja has upheld the elections of all the Council Chairmen and Councillors of the state under the umbrella of the All Progressives Party (APC). The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that the petitioners were largely aspirants from the same APC, who...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Thursday urged PDP candidate Asue Ighodalo to accept the Court of Appeal judgment affirming his electoral victory and embrace unity for the progress of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Appeal Court, in its judgment on Thursday, upheld...
Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed June 4, to deliver judgment in the petitions filed against the Nov. 16 governorship election in the state. The three-man panel headed by Justice Benson Ogbu, announced the date on Saturday in Akure after all parties adopted their final written addresses....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the judgment of the Edo Governorship Election Tribunal, which upheld the electoral victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki. The party described the verdict as a testament to the will of the Edo people, who overwhelmingly supported Obaseki at...
Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo, challenging the outcome of the Sept. 21 governorship election. Delivering judgment in Abuja, the tribunal upheld the election of Gov. Monday Okpebholo of the...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has called on the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo and other opposition parties to unite and work together for the progress of the state. The governor, in a statement on Wednesday by his Chief...
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the tribunal’s judgment affirming the election of Gov. Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the Sept. 19 governorship election in Edo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Edo election tribunal, sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, reaffirmed Okpebholo’s victory. It dismissed...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has congratulated Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo on his victory at the tribunal. The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting on Wednesday, affirmed Okpebholo as the duly elected governor of Edo. A three-member panel, led by Justice Wilfred...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 19 September governorship election in Edo, Mr Asue Ighodalo, has said he will challenge the tribunal’s judgment at the Court of Appeal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Edo election tribunal, sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, reaffirmed Gov....
Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo, challenging the outcome of the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election. Delivering judgment on Wednesday in Abuja, the tribunal upheld the election of Gov. Monday Okpebholo...
Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition of the Action Alliance (AA) against Gov. Monday Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Delivering judgment on Wednesday in Abuja, the tribunal dismissed the petition filed by AA and Mr Adekunle Omoaje for being frivolous and lacking in...
Benue State Government has said it is not aware of the alleged relocation of the state local government election petitions tribunals to Abuja. Mr Fidelis Mnyim, the Attorney General (A-G) and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for Edo on Tuesday in Abuja, reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Action Alliance (AA) against the outcome of the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election in the state. Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three member tribunal said that a date for the judgment would...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) have disagreed over the admissibility of an Apppeal Court judgment in the ongoing petition before the Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The contention followed the APC and its candidate, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s, attempt to tender in evidence the...
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....
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), and its governorship candidate in Edo, Asue Ighodalo, on Monday, closed their case at the Edo Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP and Ighodalo dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), the All Progressives Congress...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, called more witnesses at the election tribunal to challenge the victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo. Five witnesses testified before the Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three-member panel of the...