Amos Oge Kalu, Author at OHAFIATV

Mar

06

2023

New Twist As Atiku, Okowa, Ayu, protest Tinubu’s Victory At INEC headquarters, Abuja [VIDEO]

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, are currently leading a protest to the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja. DAILY POST reports that the Chairman of the PDP, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, and other leaders and supporters of the party gathered at the Legacy House, Maitama, to start their protest march to the INEC National Headquarters. This is coming less than a few days after INEC announced the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as President-elect. Tinubu had defeated Atiku and Labour Party’s…

Mar

06

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP, LP Candidates Reject Abia North Senate Result, Say Poll Inconclusive.

Abia State, Politics2023, Abia State, Mao Ohuabunwa, Nigeria, Nnamdi Iro Oji, Opotoyom, Orji Uzor Kalu, Politics

The outcome of the Abia North Senatorial election has sparked controversy following allegations by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) that the result was fraudulently declared. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Sunday announced that supplementary poll would be held the following day by 8.00am in some wards and polling units across Arochukwu and Ohafia local governments. The Administrative Secretary of INEC in Abia, Clement Oha, had explained that the electoral umpire found it necessary to conduct the supplementary poll in order to conclude the Abia North Senatorial election before results…

Mar

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Heavily armed men kill village head in Kano

NewsCrime, Kano State, Metro, Security

Heavily armed men, in their numbers, stormed Maigari village in Rimin Gado Local Government of Kano State on Sunday and shot dead the village head, Alhaji Dahiru Abba. Bandits The gunmen, according to an eyewitness, rode on motorcycles. A family source confirmed that the gunmen did not take anything from the victim’s house. The village head is also said to be the father of the present Chairman of Rimin Gado Council, Barrister Munir Dahiru Maigari. Efforts to reach the Kano State PPRO, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa were not successful as of the time of filing this report.

Mar

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

How INEC deficiencies may mar March 11 polls

Opinion, Politics2023, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

There are indications that the governorship and State Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11 may be marred by apathy following the alleged betrayal of trust by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, during the just concluded elections. Electorates who are angered by the irregularities allegedly exhibited by some INEC officials at the last Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections have vowed never to vote again. Recall that opposition parties particularly, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, had alleged that the electoral body was compelled to manipulate the results that produced Bola Tinubu of the ruling…

Mar

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

DPO reportedly killed by Bandits in Zamfara

MetroBandits, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, Politics

A Divisional Police Officer in Maru town, Maru Local Government area of Zamfara State, SP Kazeem Raheem, was reportedly killed by bandits in the early hours of Saturday, March 4. The DPO was killed by bandits alongside a yet-to-be-identified police sergeant and a vigilante. A source from the community told said that bandits were in the area purposely to kidnap Alhaji Ilisayu, a businessman. The bandits had, according to the source, kidnapped Ilisayu’s brother, who was reportedly freed after a ransom was paid, but they (bandits) came back to kidnap him but he managed to escape, while his wife was…