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By Thompson Yamput Protesting youths across major political parties, including the PDP in Kogi on Thursday called on the authorities to call Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its Governorship Candidate, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, to order over their alleged unlawful activities in the state. The youth, who staged a peaceful protest at the INEC office…
By Thompson Yamput The military beefed up security around INEC’s headquarters in Lokoja on Wednesday following a siege laid on the premises by a mob. Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Bethrand Onuoha invited the military to the INEC office after the mob laid the siege. Onuoha alerted the Commander, 12 Brigade of the…
By Thompson Yamput The Ebira People’s Association (EPA) has appealed to the residents of Kogi to remain united and peaceful since the state’s Off-Cycle Governorship Election has concluded Dr Godwin Oyibo, EPA President-General, made the appeal in a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday. He said the appeal as due to “some prevailing developments…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, on Wednesday warned trouble makers not to create problem for Kogi since election had come and gone peacefully. The commissioner made the plea after some suspected party supporters staged a protest at the office of the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday….
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Council has called on the general public to hold the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state responsible if anything untoward happens to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) Office in Lokoja APC campaign council called on security agencies to fortify security…
By Thompson Yamput The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi has given INEC 48 hours to issue certified copies of electoral materials on the Nov. 11 off-cycle election in the state to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). It also ordered INEC to allow SDP’s forensic experts to examine some electoral materials. The materials include Bimodal…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Off-Cycle Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, constituted by President of the Court of Appeal (COA), Justice Monica Bolna’an-Dongban, is set to begin sitting on Saturday, an official has disclosed. Mr David Umar-Mike, Secretary of the tribunal, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday. The…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says election has gone beyond ethnic sentiment in the state, saying that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Nov.11 poll because it presented a popular candidate and not based on tribe or ethnicity. Bello said this at a stakeholders meeting of the APC held at…
By Thompson Yamput The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday presented certificates of return to the Kogi Governor-Elect, Usman Ododo and his Deputy, Joel Salifu. Ododo and Salifu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) had won the Nov 11 Off-Cycle Governorship Election in Kogi with 446,237 votes, to beat their closest rivals, Murtala…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Traditional Council of Chiefs, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the hitch-free conduct of the Nov. 11 governorship election, saying it was free, fair and credible. The Atta Igala and the President of the Council, His Royal Majesty, Mathew Alaji-Opaluwa, said this when he led a delegation…
