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Benue Deputy Speaker admitted forging WAEC result – PDP tells Tribunal

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate in the Ado State Constituency election, Mrs. Agnes Uloko has urged the State Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal in Makurdi to sack the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate and Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly, Mrs. Lami Danladi for allegedly accepting during cross examination that she forged her […]

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Tribunal not a ‘Circus’, Ogun APC tells PDP

The Ogun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to a twisted and sponsored report that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to call its sole witness at the ongoing proceedings at the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta in order to avert “national embarrassment”. Recall that Ladi Adebutu of the […]

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Enugu Tribunal: Respect legal process, HURIWA tells parties

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has urged parties involved in the ongoing tribunal case of alleged certificate forgery of the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, to respect all legal process of the tribunal. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, National Coordinator HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, further urged all stakeholders especially the […]

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Gov Sule not waiting for election tribunal outcome to constitute cabinet – Aide

The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba, has denied insinuations making the rounds in the state that Governor Sule was waiting for the outcome of the governorship election tribunal sitting in Lafia to constitute his cabinet. Ahemba said the delay was to enable the governor put […]

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Tribunal: Uba Sani seeks dismissal of PDP,Ashiru’s petition

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has told the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna that the petition brought before it by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its Candidate, Hon. Mohammed Isah Ashiru, lacked merit and should be dismissed. The Governor also objected to the admissibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)documents […]

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Lagos Poll: Tribunal disqualifies LP witness

The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday disqualified a witness,, Erastus Ofoma subpoenaed by Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour of the Labour Party (LP) from testifying in his petition challenging the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat in the March 18 election. The chairman of the three-man tribunal committee, Justice […]

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PDP faults alleged relocation of tribunal to Abia Govt House

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State chapter, has faulted the alleged relocation of the state election petition to the government house in Umuahia. The party alleged that a hearing notice had been issued for the petition,EPT/AB/SHA/11/2023,to sit at the Government House on Tuesday 13th June, 2023 and accused Gov. Alex Otti and the Labour […]

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Peter Obi, LP tender more documents in evidence

Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday tendered more documents before the presidential election petition court (PEPC). Documents presented were form EC8B series from fourstates, EC8C, from 13 states, EC8D from 36 states and FCT, lastly, form EC8D(A) which is the national result. Mr Peter Obi and his Labour Party (LP) are […]

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Nasarawa: Al-Makura withdraws case at election tribunal

A former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has withdrawn his case from the ongoing election petition tribunal, challenging the victory of Mohammed Ogboshi Onawo in the just concluded 2023 Nasarawa South senatorial election. Al-Makura disclosed this in a press statement issued to journalists and obtained by our correspondent in Lafia on Saturday. […]

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Diaspora Nigerians kick against televising presidential election tribunal

With about a week to the May 29 swearing-in of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC declared the winner of the February 25 presidential election, Bola Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Diaspora Nigerians under the auspices of Global Nigerian Diaspora Forum, GNDP, weekend kicked against calls for televising proceedings of the Presidential […]

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