Tag: Election Tribunal
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“Trader-Moni Was A Vote Buying Scheme,” Atiku Substantiates Claims At Election Tribunal
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have insisted that the Trader-Moni policy of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was a vote-buying scheme that lacked budgetary backing. Atiku and his party described the policy as “illegal and corrupt extra-budgetary spending.” They stated this in their…
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Just In: Appeal Court President Disbands Ogun Tribunal
President, Nigerian Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, has disbanded the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Chinwe Onyeabo. A source closed to the tribunal told Sunday INDEPENDENT that an internal memo had been addressed to Justice Onyeabo and two other members of the Tribunal; Justice D. A. Onyigbenu and Justice…
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No results on server, Atiku’s figures are false – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has distanced itself from the “server results” which the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, are laying claim to as the “true results” of the February 23 election. INEC said this in its reply to the petition filed before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal by the…