Election tribunal
7 Oct 2023
.PDP rejects judgment, to appeal The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, yesterday, affirmed election of Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party in the March 18, 2023 poll. The tribunal dismissed the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Okey Ahaiwe, challenging Otti’s election as declared by the Independent…
30 Sep 2023
Elections are won and lost at the polls, or so we were told. The sacking of the governor of Kano State, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, by the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, makes it unambiguously clear that we are transitioning into a new era in our quasi-democratic system. Except if something is done to stop…
16 Sep 2023
... As NBA demands immediate sack Ahead of gubernatorial election tribunal judgement in Kano, a serving Commissioner for Land, Adamu Aliyu Kibiya has issued a strong warning to the three man panel sitting on the much awaited verdict. Kibiya, a strong loyalist of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso who accused the tribunal judges of being compromised…
10 Sep 2023
Kano election petition tribunal has declared Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso of All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of Kura/Madobi/Garum-Malam federal constituency of Kano state. The three-man penal led by Justice Flora Azinge upheld the petition filed by the APC candidate while invalidating the declaration of Detti Yusuf Umar of the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP. The penal…
31 Aug 2023
The National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate, Abiodun Dabiri, against the election of Wasiu Sanni Eshinlokun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly-elected senator for Lagos State Central Senatorial District in the election held on February…
27 Jul 2023
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has refuted allegations that it was involved in unethical activities to collaborate with influential individuals in election cases in court. Reports on social media alleged that a top WAEC director at its headquarters in Lagos State received huge sums of money to conceal and manipulate academic records on the…
25 Jul 2023
National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has nullified the election of the member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Constituency at the House of Representatives, Mr. Ngozi Okolie. Okolie of the Labour Party (LP) was declared winner of the February 25 House of Representatives election in the federal constituency by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).…
15 Jun 2023
Labour Party (LP) on Thursday presented over 18,000 polling unit results which it claimed ere downloaded from the INEC Result Viewing portal.
29 May 2023
Beyond the fanfare that ushers in a new administration today, the yet undecided presidential electoral petitions are dark clouds hanging over on a potential new day for governance in Nigeria.
17 May 2023
The battle for the determination of the winner of the February 25 presidential election has since left the polling booth. Not with a president-elect already in place (no pun intended), and awaiting swearing-in on May 29. But even now that the battleground has shifted from soap and ballot boxes to the tribunal bench, it appears as though the battle line has just been drawn.
5 May 2023
Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, yesterday, said it is uncertain elections are over, given the many cases “still lingering” in court, challenging the outcome.
5 May 2023
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has appealed to presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, as well as other aggrieved parties to allow the judiciary to perform its constitutional role in the post-election period.
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