Tag: INEC
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Four presidential candidates on Tuesday approached the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja with separate petitions, seeking the nullification of the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the February 25 presidential poll. The petitioners, seeking nullification of Tinubu’s emergence as President-elect as Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party;…
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On Thursday the Independent National Electoral Commission withdrew its motion seeking an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja allowing it to serve the recall petition on Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, through substituted means rather than personal service. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba struck out the motion after INEC’s lawyer, Mr. Yunus Ustaz (SAN), announced…
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LAGOS–The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is fully prepared for the conduct of the Lagos constituency bye-election in Eti-Osa Local Government Area on Sept. 30. Newsmen report that the election is to fill the vacant seat as a result of the death of the lawmaker representing the area, Mr Kazeem Alimi on July…
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The presiding judge of the Federal High Court Abuja Division on Monday dismissed the suit instituted by Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, challenging the validity of the process of recalling him by his constituents. According to the presiding Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, of the Federal High Court in his judgment, ordered that the Independent National Electoral…