Adamawa REC Yunusa Ari Charged To Court – INEC Confirms
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed the prosecution of Hudu Yunusa Ari, its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) deployed to Adamawa State during the 2023 governorship election. It would be recalled that Ari had announced Aisha Binani, the governorship…
INEC to prosecute 215 electoral offenders
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has received 215 case files from the Nigerian Police in respect of electoral infractions during the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Tuesday at a meeting with…
Witnesses Absent As INEC’s Defence Of Tinubu’s Victory Starts On Shaky Note
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday in Abuja began its defence of the February 25 presidential election on a shaky note, with none of its three witnesses present at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). Report has it…
Only Presidential Election Results Refuse To Upload – INEC Presiding Officers Tell Court
Three Presiding Officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday told the Presidential Election Petition Court ( PEPC) that the refusal of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to transmit the presidential election results on election day frustrated…
INEC Chair, Yakubu To Tender Voter Register At Presidential Tribunal June 16
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yakubu Mahmood, is to appear before the Presidential Election Petition Court on Friday, June 16, to tender the Certified True Copy of the Voter Register used by his commission for…
INEC To Write IGP, Resolves To Investigate, Prosecute Yunusa, Adamawa REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will write the Inspector-General of Police, Baba Ahmed, to investigate and prosecute Hudu Yunusa Ari, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa. Report has it that the decision followed Tuesday’s technical…
Completely Disgraceful – Babachir Lawal Slams INEC Over Adamawa Election
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the recent supplementary elections conducted in Adamawa State and other parts of Nigeria. Report indicates that Lawal branded INEC as…
Anger, Controversies As BIVAS Fails To Make Difference
The 2023 general elections have come and gone but the controversies that came with it will linger for months, if not years. It would be recalled that about one year to the elections, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the new electoral…
INEC Declares Adamawa Guber Result Declaration Void, Summons REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has denounced the purported declaration of Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, as the winner of the Adamawa Governorship election by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Barrister Hudu Yunusa. INEC also suspended the…
INEC Gives Fresh Update On Adamawa Supplementary Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, assured in Abuja on Saturday that it would conduct a credible supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State that would be the pride of the international community and of Nigerians. Report has it that Mr…