donc26: Our incoming Governor .I hail you sir. Inec does not have the right to halt an ongoing process. Wike is gone .
I pray today,may people you helped and yet to help come back and fight you like this, pay you back with evil ...If you do not repent and curse evil this will be your portion
blezzy080: I pray things turnout well in Rivers state because that is the PDP stronghold in the entire country if APC wins there, that is the end of PDP.
Is it not stupid and foolish to be using the word win In this type of election?
DEAR USELESS NIGERIANS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS YOU CELEBRATE THIS EVIL NEWS YOU SHOULD ALSO BE THINKING HOW MUCH THAT HAS BEEN PAID TO THIS COLONIAL MASTER, THEY REALLY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU THE BLACK MAN, MICHAEL JACKSON SAID IT! THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS TYPE OF ELECTION IN THEIR COUNTRY. MY DEAR USELESS NIGERIANS WHOM ARE CELEBRATING THIS EVIL OYIBO THAT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT YOUR GOING THROUGH.. HE HAS BEEN BRIBED AND HE IS GOING HOME RICHER, YOU ARE TO SUFFER MORE...FOOLS
espn: LOL..and i hope the will provide the video evidence where PDP were also rigging...very funny...
And you think when a video where pdp was rigging surfaces the judge will say ok it's a draw game and winner takes it all? Funny you, that simply means that they were lots of irregularities with the election and it's hereby cancelled, Yakubu sacked and Nigeria to have a re-run
Celebrityblog: Governor Nyesom Wike is currently embroiled in Leaked audio tape scandal that occurred during the Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
The Army leaked Wike's alleged phone call conversation with an army officer in Rivers State.
The full Audiotape suggesting Governor Wike's attempt to bribe army officers to rig the elections in his state in favour of the PDP has emerged.
Listen to the leaked full phone call conversation of Governor Wike and watch what happened after as released by the Nigerian Army.
Meanwhile the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reacted to the leaked audio tape scandal and allegations and denied it.
If you believe this nonsense then you are a big fool, what am i even saying? when some people said the election was free and fair...Politicians found out that Nigerians are fools and for that they can come up with anything. Who asked the useless army to start doing conference based on this? Do they not know the procedure to go if this is true? One Buhari some where said the other bribe taking governor's video was done with high tech and stupid Nigerians believed..And now this one, The man that stole mandate of the people came up with this and we are believing. Wetin concern me, its u that will keep on suffering.
Nigeria is cursed, their belief is cursed. With the fraud called voting that happened on 23rd, we are here speaking of Good name. Our belief actually resemble our country, I have completely lost hope in this shit hole.
Meliian: Why are you scared? You people will be eradicated from lagos next time una no go try shit with us again. You people killed one of us, you're now crying foul, cursing your generation? Na wa o
I saw thousands of Hausa travel home to vote when it's election time. Ibo people don't want to leave, must they die in Lagos ?
Sai Baba.
I pray for all the retaliation happen to your immediate family starting from you. Evil doer, useless tribal bigot, Animal, You must die hating, YOU MUST DIE BEEN A TRIBAL BIGOT, TRIBALISM CRISIS MUST SWALLOW YOUR HEAD, IDIOT
GOVERNOR UDOM EMMANUEL URGES CITIZENS TO BE PEACEFUL AS THEY GO OUT TO VOTE
Governor Udom Emmanuel has urged citizens of the State to go out and vote in tomorrow’s Presidential and National Assembly elections assuring the people of their safety, as they exercise their civic rights. In a release signed by his Chief Press Secretary and Senior Special Assistant, Media, Ekerete Udoh, the Governor enjoined the people to eschew any form of violence in the exercise of this civic duty.
“Tomorrow as you go out to vote, be civil and peaceful, do not be intimidated by the presence of the security personnel at your polling units; they are there to maintain law and order. Casting your votes is a Constitutionally protected right of citizenship and you should not be afraid to exercise this onerous civic responsibility. I beseech you therefore, to ensure that in the exercise this onerous task, you maintain the peace and harmony that form the building blocks of our identity as a people.
I enjoin our youths to eschew violence. We are all brothers and sisters who are wholly invested in the Akwa Ibom Project. No political office should cost the loss of life of a single Akwa Ibom child. Akwa Ibom is known to be a safe, secure and peaceful State and I enjoin every citizen and resident to contribute to upholding these essential elements that define us as a people.
I want to assure the visitors to our State and other election observers that their safety is guaranteed God bless Akwa Ibom State, God bless Nigeria.
Signed:
Ekerete Udoh Chief Press Secretary/ Senior Special Assistant, Media 22nd February, 2019
Anambralstson: • To allow observers, media access to situation room • Raises the alarm over looming violence
As part of it efforts to ensure transparency and build confidence in the February 16 presidential election, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has vowed to solely man the result collation centre, stressing that he will not share his constitutional responsibility as the chairman of the collation secretariat with anybody.
The INEC boss was also said to have raised the alarm over what he described as the increasing violence tendencies by politicians and youths who could be used by politicians to carry out nefarious activities, saying that the elections might be disrupted if the security agencies refuse or fail to carry out their jobs, in line with INEC’s specifications.
This is coming as the electoral body has also decided to allow members of the accredited civil society groups, local/international election observers and the media access to its Situation Room.
The Situation Room is a centre where all results from all states for the presidential election are counted and collated before they are finally announced.
The room is unique to INEC; it is its internal control mechanism and the core activity of the commission, which is not usually open to outsiders.
THISDAY also gathered from a senior INEC’s official that Yakubu, has vowed not to share his constitutional responsibility as the chairman of the results collation secretariat with anybody.
“We have decided to open up the Situation Room for members of the civil society groups, party’s members, local/international election observers and the media. But they would have to be accredited. The greatest thing for us is that the process is opened,” the senior INEC officer stated.
There has been pressure on INEC to grant international and local observers access to its situation room during the elections, especially with President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. It was canvassed that it would make the election transparent and makes the result they will declare believable.
The INEC officer also urged Nigerians and the international community not to entertain any fear about the integrity by the electoral body to conduct credible election, saying that the commission had over the years, built huge capacity to conduct credible elections.
He, however, said that INEC has its own limitations, adding that “we can only do what we can do.’’
According to him, Yakubu is concerned that with the increasing violence tendencies by politicians and the number of youths who could be used by politicians to carry out nefarious activities, the elections might be disrupted if the security agencies refuse or fail to carry out their jobs, in line with INEC’s specifications.
“If we have violence, many elections could be declared inconclusive; that is my fear. For now, it is a big issue for all of us. Many of the registered voters are young people; they don’t have patience on the day of election. And they can easily be used by politicians to disrupt the election’’, the INEC senior officer added.
He also revealed that the commission had virtually finished its recruitment of ad-hoc staff for the elections, with majority of the recruited presiding officers coming from the National Youth Services Corps (NYSC) members, adding that in states where they don’t have enough corps members, some final year students were recruited from the federal institutions – universities and polytechnics.
As for the Collation/Returning Officers, he revealed that those recruited were of professorial grade from federal universities, who were carefully selected in conjunction with the Vice-Chancellors of the universities they operate from.
The INEC officer, who also expressed serious concern over contradicting court orders from courts for equal jurisdiction, said that INEC had been dragged to court for over 619 times since the process started.
He warned that there can never be true democracy without democrats, advising all stakeholders to play by the rules.
We Are Yet to Receive Court Judgments on Zamfara APC
In another development, INEC has revealed that it has not been served any of the two conflicting court rulings issued last Friday on whether or not it could accept the list of candidates for presented by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Zamfara State in the forthcoming general election.
A High Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, presided over by Justice Muhammad Shinkafi in suit No: ZMS/GS/52/2018, had ruled that the ruling APC actually conducted primaries in the state and should be allowed to present candidates for electoral contest. However, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/1279/2018 dismissed the case of the APC and ruled that INEC acted within its powers by refusing to accept the list of candidates from the Zamfara State chapter of the APC.
INEC had last October said it would not allow the APC to field candidates in Zamfara State because the party failed to conduct primaries before the deadline stipulated.
Some members of APC in the state had approached the court challenging the decision of INEC.
The party said it conducted primaries which produced current governor, Abdulaziz Yari as a senatorial candidate and his Commissioner of Finance, Shehu Idris, as the governorship candidate, among others.
Justice Shinkafi, who delivered the ruling said APC had conducted primary elections on October 3 and 7, 2018.
The Zamfara court specifically directed INEC to accept candidates from the party for Zamfara States in the forthcoming elections.
The court also barred the national secretariat of the APC from replacing the names of those who won the primary elections of the party.
But Justice Ojukwu, in her judgment, said it was not the fault of INEC that the APC failed to conduct a valid primary within the period scheduled by the electoral body.
The judge said INEC’s action was intended to curb impunity among political parties and politicians and ensure that rule of law is adhered to.
Justice Ijeoma contended that the APC failed to conduct a valid primary within the period scheduled by the electoral body.
She said such action from INEC was good for democracy, saying it would instill discipline in political parties.
The judge noted that if consensus candidates are to emerge, there are laid down rules, the constitution of a party, which must be adhered to strictly. INEC National Commissioner and chairman Voter Education and Information, Festus Okoye, told THISDAY that the electoral body has not received a copy of the judgment delivered by the High Court in Gusau and the one delivered by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
He stated: “The commission notes that the Gusau High Court in Zamfara State and the Federal High Court in Abuja are courts of coordinate jurisdiction.
“INEC has not received Certified True Copies of the two judgments as well as the enrolled court orders.
“As soon as the commission receives the two judgments and enrolled court orders, the commission will carefully and meticulously study both judgments for proper understanding of the issues that were canvassed before both courts and the issues formulated for determination as well as the “ratio” that informed both judgments.
“In taking a decision, the commission will also be guided by the specific orders made by the courts and or the reasons for the dismissal of one of the suits.” “As soon as the commission concludes its analysis and study of the judgments and orders of both courts, it will take a position that accords with the law and the constitution and inform the parties and the Nigeria people accordingly,” he said
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