Festus Okoye, Human Rights Lawyer, Assumes Duty as INEC Commissioner
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- July 28, 2018
After nights of vigil soaked in attention, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday finally declared the governorship candidate of the Labour Party Alex Otti as the winner of the governorship election in Abia State. The Labour Party will now have a representative in the comity of Governors. The electoral commission declared Otti who
READ MOREThe Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has approached the election tribunal to contest the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the president-elect in the February 25th presidential election. Atiku Abubakar joined his counterpart, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi
READ MOREThe Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday said it has concluded the review of the Abia and Enugu state Governorship elections and has ordered a continuation of the process. Mr. Festus Okoye Esq. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said :” the collation of results for the Governorship election in both Abia
READ MORE…Want a Declaration That Peter Obi Won the Election …Or for Court to Order Fresh Election The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 elections, Peter Obi on Tuesday asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to cancel the election and order the conduct a fresh one. Mr. Obi and the
READ MOREThe Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu never dictated directive to the Returning Officer in Abia state, his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi has said. Mr. Oyekanmi in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday titled :”Distortion of facts about the Abia State Governorship Election “said it was the the Returning
READ MORESequel to the recently concluded governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, the Albino Foundation Africa has expressed dissatisfaction with the Independent National Electoral Commission’s for failure to provide sufficient assistive devices for Persons With Disability (PWDs) during the voting process on Saturday 18th March 2023. In a post-election report signed by the Foundation’s Executive
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