…Accuse Army, Police of sabotaging democracy Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has called for the cancellation of the Bayelsa state governorship election alleging that there were rampant incidents of thuggery, diversion and hijacking of electoral materials. Dickson who voted earlier at Oruware, Polling Unit 005, Toru Orua in Sagbama local government area called for […]
Rampant acts of electoral fraud may be taking place in the ongoing Kogi governorship election as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted the public and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that agents of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are threatening and forcing INEC presiding officers, including […]
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says its operatives will be on ground to monitor the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States today. The commission says it will be looking out for incidents of vote-buying and selling, as well as other corruption-related acts. A statement on the commissions website read: “These […]
A group, YIAGA Africa has listed arms stockpiling, influx of thugs as some of the early warning signs of trouble ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. These, it said, may extensively mar the election. New Telegraph reports that the group which made their fears known Thursday in Yenagoa, the state capital, during a […]
The peace building efforts by stakeholders ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kogi State has suffered a major set back, as political thugs allegedly belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) stormed venue of the parley, dragged out the state Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Muktar Atimah and gave him a resounding beating. […]
“I went there to do my job and I
did it to be best of my knowledge and ability and I came notwithstanding the
tempting offer I refused. I can walk the streets of Imo State including Owerri
with my shoulders high.
“I may not be perfect as a human being but I did not go there to make
him happy. Somebody who offered me up to $2 million to give Certificate of
Return to his nominee but I turned it down.
