The Electoral Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abeokuta, has affirmed the election of Hon. Afolabi Moruf Afuape, member, representing Abeokuta South Federal in the House of Representatives, Abuja. In its ruling, delivered by Hon. Justice K. dabo, the chairman of the tribunal, and adopted by Hon. Justice C. K. Okereke and Hon. Justice Dr. O. David,...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court on the February 25, 2023 poll, describing it as against justice. Obi, who spoke on Thursday in Onitsha, acknowledged the Tribunal’s adherence to statutory time frame and expressed respect for the court’s views and...
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Wednesday congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Kashim Shettima on their resounding victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The Tribunal, in a unanimous decision, threw out the petition filed by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart Atiku...
The Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgments of the Presidential Election Petitions Court in the party’s petitions challenging the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, 2023 poll. In a statement after the verdict of the Tribunal on Wednesday, LP’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition, describing the victory as “well deserved” and the judgement “very sound” In a statement issued in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Wednesday and signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Tunde Oladunjoye, the APC...
Ahead of the Wednesday’s judgment to be delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court, the Presidency says that President Bola Tinubu is not worried about the outcome of the court. “He (Tinubu) is not worried simply because he knows he won the election,” said presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. According to Ngelale,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dared the leadership of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to suspend or discipline him. Wike, who spoke exclusively on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday, said he has not seen the party chieftain who will suspend or expel him from the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday named the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as a member of the party’s campaign council for the Bayelsa governorship poll. Nigeria’s ruling party named the former governor of Rivers State when it set up campaign councils for the Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo governorship polls...
By: Tayo Mabeweje In a recent media statement, Tunde Oladunjoye, the State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, has shed light on the deceptive and desperate tactics employed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to divert attention from their own grave shortcomings and undermine governance in Ogun State. Oladunjoye’s statement...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state has alerted the members of the public that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has resorted to distorting the judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered today on a suit filed by PDP and its defeated governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, challenging the rulings of the Ogun State Governorship...