Rachel Omidigi Lagos Police Chief Idowu Owohunwa has dismissed claims of widespread voter oppression and violence in the Lagos gubernatorial election. This was stated by the CP of Lagos in an interview with Channels TV on March 18, 2023. Also, he added, police are primarily responding to reported violations in parts of the state. According to him, “I am, I should be in a position of authority to actually tell you what’s actually going on,…
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Lagos Labor gubernatorial candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has expressed sympathy for victims of attacks in the state’s gubernatorial and House elections on Saturday. Voter intimidation by alleged political thugs has been reported in many parts of the state during elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) postponed elections at 10 polling stations in the state’s Victoria Garden City (VGC) region until Sunday morning amid concerns that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to…
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Dozens of eligible voters in Garam, a community in the Tafa LGA in Niger state, have resisted bank transfers from the region’s crazed party proxies to sell their votes to any party. Many voters have rejected promises of bank transfers from representatives of local political parties and instead demanded food in exchange for selling their votes in Saturday’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections, the report said. Also read:Kidnapped Niger National Information Commissioner freed Further reports…
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Nigeria’s current Minister of Information and Culture, Rai Mohamed, and Kwara State Social Democratic Party (SDP) gubernatorial candidate Hakim Rawal both cited the low turnout of eligible voters in the state. Minutes after the Ilorin vote, Lai Mohammed, a staunch supporter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), blamed the low voter turnout on International Electrotechnical Commission. According to him, the low voter turnout in the ongoing gubernatorial and house elections in Kwara State was due…
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Johnson Babajid Voters in the Kwande local government area of Benue state were unable to cast their ballots for their candidate for the state assembly on Saturday. This is not unrelated to printing errors found on ballots for two state districts. The state’s resident electoral commissioner, Professor Sam Egwu, said this when speaking to journalists in Guma. Professor Egwu said that all the requests to correct the mistakes through the administrative process were not accepted…
"Voters can not vote in Benue LGA over print error –" Johnson Babajid Voters in the Kwande local government area of Benue state were unable to cast their ballots for their candidate for the state assembly on Saturday. This is not unrelated to printing errors found on ballots for two state districts. The state’s resident electoral commissioner, Professor Sam Egwu, said this when speaking to journalists in Guma. Professor Egwu said that all the requests to correct the mistakes through the administrative process were not accepted…
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On Saturday, an unidentified temporary staff member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) told voters in the Aguda district of Lagos state that they had no intention of uploading the results of the gubernatorial and house elections. Check out the video below: Also read:Election material: Atiku withdraws application for INEC She was caught on video announcing to voters, saying “If you want to vote, vote, we won’t upload it, if you don’t want to,…
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Fears of voter intimidation continued to spread in Lagos state following the statement by Lagos Parks and Garage Management chairman Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. In the aftermath, there was video of thugs patrolling the streets of Lagos, despite assurances from state police that they would investigate the situation. On the morning of the gubernatorial election, mobs were seen walking through the streets of Lagos, threatening voters who would not vote for the APC to…
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orain caolucoa Iperu-Remo is the hometown of the All Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and a member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Oladipupo Adebutu saw large numbers of voters turn out for the Governor and House of Representatives elections. The Nigerian Tribune, which bypassed some polling stations in the town, confirmed that eligible voters were queuing up to fulfill their civic duties. At Unit 4 District 5 and Unit 11 War…
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Kehinde Akintola – Abuja Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) started voter verification at the polling station of Hon. Mohammed Umar Bago, candidate for Governor of Niger State – Twashagi Rabba, 010 Bida Niger State on Saturday. INEC officials who arrived at the polling stations around 7 am deployed the Bimodal Verification Authentication System (BVAS) at 8.30 am. As of the time of filing this report, hundreds of voters are queuing for verification.…
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