Tag: INEC
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Atiku Exposes How INEC Reduced His Votes In 31 States To Rig Buhari’s Into Power
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says data from the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed how his votes were reduced in 31 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). Atiku made the claim in a petition he and his party filed before the presidential election tribunal. The…
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Ondo Senator-Elect, Tofowomo Accuses INEC of Compromise In Rivers State Election
* Says the electoral body has surrendered its independence to the ruling APC * Calls for immediate conclusion of Rivers election Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senator-elect in Ondo South, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to desist from acting the script of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to subvert the will…
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INEC denying Atiku access to election materials – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission of disobeying the March 6, 2019 ruling of the Appeal Court, which directed it to allow the party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to inspect the documents and materials used in the February 23, 2019 presidential election. It described the…
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We’ve reconfigured all card readers in Kano, says REC
The Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. R. Shehu has said the reconfiguration of the smart card readers for Kano has been concluded. The Punch reports that the INEC commissioner said this during a press briefing in Kano on Tuesday. According to him, the Commission has received all the…
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Disregard Fake News That Says Adamawa REC Takes $3M Bribe From Atiku — INEC
Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday refuted reports alleging its resident commissioner in Adamawa state received a $3m bribe from the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Media reports stated that PDP and Atiku had given earmarked huge amounts of monies to buy votes nationwide during Saturday,…
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INEC And The Suspicious Postponement of Election
By Tope Temokun No justification at all for this postponement. It is just as insensitive as we have always been. If insecurity is the reason, when do we know there will be security in the land? We lost that long ago and only God can now guarantee that, not the president, not the police. If…
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Postponement of election is the hand of Esau but the voice of Jacob – Atiku
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked Nigerians to remain peaceful in the face of provocation. Atiku said this in a statement he personally signed in the early hours of Saturday while reacting to the shift in the dates for the conduct of the general elections as announced by the…
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INEC finally reschedules presidential, NASS elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for today (Saturday) by one week. Consequently, the commission has rescheduled the Presidential and National Assembly Elections to Saturday, February 23, 2019 while the governorship, State Houses of Assembly and Federal Capital Territory Area Council polls earlier…
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BREAKING: INEC chairman summons stakeholders meeting, plans to postpone election
There appears to be uncertainty over tomorrow’s Presidential and National Assembly election as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, is currently meeting with stakeholders, including international and local observers in Abuja. Sources close to the commission confided in the Punch correspondents that the commission is discussing the possibility of shifting…
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NSA Leaked Memo Advises Buhari For Postponement of Election Over Fear of Defeat
As Nigeria counts down to its most important and historic presidential elections, LeadersNG have exclusively gathered from sources within the Presidency that the Office of the National Security Adviser has sent an emergency memo to President Buhari who seeks re-election in 2 days requesting that the elections be postponed. Formally, the letter cites unfounded insecurity…