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Nov

21

2023

We’ll mandate electronic transmission of results – Senate

Opinion, Politics2027, Abiriba, INEC, Senate

The Senate has promised to mandate that election results be transmitted electronically by the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC. According to the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, this improvement is one that it is pursuing. Senator Sharafadeen Alli, the committee's chairman, stated on Channels TV on Tuesday that the electoral umpire is not required by law to broadcast results online. He did, however, guarantee that a law resulting from an adjustment to the current law will be passed soon."That is one of the things that we are going to do," he declared. The court has ruled that INEC is…

Nov

12

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Bayelsa Guber: INEC reports its personnel are being held captive in Brass LG

News2023, All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa, INEC, Politics

In response to reports that its officials are being held captive in Brass Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, stated on Sunday that it is actively monitoring the situation. The Commission released a statement on Sunday via a post on its social media platform, X. INEC This occurred after the state's gubernatorial election was conducted. INEC called on the security authorities to expeditiously assist their release, cautioning that the development is damaging to legitimate elections. "The Unfolding Situation in Brass Local Government Area" the statement reads "The Commission is keeping a careful eye…

Nov

12

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

As INEC releases final results of Imo Guber Race, Hope Uzodinma wins in all 27 LGAs.

Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Hope Uzodinma, Imo State, INEC, Nigeria, Politics

After the results of the recently finished election were collated, governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared the winner in 27 local government areas on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. The State Collation Centre in the state capital of Owerri is where the results are now being collated. The election was conducted in Owerri on Sunday at around 2:30 a.m., with Prof. Abayomi Fashina, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti, acting as the state Returning Officer for INEC. Among the eighteen parties fielding candidates for the election, the APC, represented by Uzodimma, the…

Jul

28

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

INEC Boss Should Resign For False Result Declaration.

News2023, Emeka Kalu, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Following the INEC lawyer's final reports and acceptance that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party won in 21 States of the Federation, it is pertinent that Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu intentionally falsified Presidential election results in favor of All Progressive Congress to have declared Ahmed Bola Tinubu the winner. Hence, the INEC Chairman should immediately resign his office and tender an unreserved apology to Nigeria. It is a bad precedent for the nation to be subjected to continued election fraud which tturnderails our democratic values. INEC For INEC lawyers to have failed to counter the fact that PDP won…

Jun

22

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Forensic expert: INEC removed the presidential election results from FCT BVAS.

News2023, Court, INEC, Nigeria, Politics

Hitler Nwuala, a digital forensic expert, testified before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) purposefully deleted all of the presidential election results from the Federal Capital Territory's (FCT) Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines in order to prepare for the March 18 governorship election. The forensic expert who served as Atiku Abubakar's (PDP) 26th witness claimed to have examined 110 BVAS devices used during the presidential elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and insisted that all the machines he examined had their data purposefully erased. Nwuala insisted during cross-examination by…