POLITICSEdo Guber: Damage you caused will haunt your children – Peter Obi tells INEC, others
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Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has described the Edo State governorship election as a blatant example of ‘state capture’ and continued gross undermining of the nation’s democratic process and values.Obi said that the society will eventually take its revenge on the agencies and individuals being used to undermine democracy in future.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
The LP presidential candidate in the last election specifically warned lecturers and others complicit in perpetuating what he called ‘charade’ to reflect deeply on the roles they are playing in damaging the foundation of the country’s democracy.
Edo election: Buhari reacts to victory of APC’s Okpebholo
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Former President Muhammadu Buhari has described the victory of Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of All Progressives Congress(APC), candidate in Saturday’s Edo governorship election as historic .
Buhari said this in a statement he issued to congratulate Okpebholo on his victory in the governorship election contested for by 18 candidates.
The former President, in the congratulatory message, described the victory as “historic”.
He expressed hope that the incoming government would work together with everyone to strengthen democracy and maintain the trajectory of the state’s development.
Court dismisses suit seeking removal of Ganduje
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the sack of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo in his ruling on Monday morning, held that the North Central APC Forum which filed the suit, lacked the locus standi to do so.
Justice Ekwo held that North Central APC Forum not a juristic personality as it is not registered the Corporate Affairs Commission.
The presiding judge said that the issue contention was an internal affair of the party and not a cause for litigation
“I hereby dismiss this suit for lack of juristic personality of the claimant. The claimant has no locus standi to institute the suit and I make an order striking out the suit for lack of locus standi. The subject matter is an internal affair of the political party, I hereby strike out the suit for lack of locus standi,” he held.
The North Central APC Forum, had in the suit argued that it was aberrant for the party to have chosen Ganduje as the National Chairman since he was not from the North Central where the former National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu who resigned, came from.
Sanwo-Olu to Okpebholo: Your victory is well deserved
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on his victory at Saturday’s gubernatorial election in the State.
Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a congratulatory message issued on Monday morning by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, described the outcome of the election as a landslide victory for APC.
He said Okpebholo’s victory is well deserved and a clear manifestation that the All Progressives Congress remains the party of choice for Nigerians at the local, state and federal levels.
Governor Sanwo-Olu saluted the people of Edo State, particularly the electorate, for rejecting the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and defying all odds to vote for the APC and its candidate during the governorship poll.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
