The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi state, Alhaji Murtala Ajaka, has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and other relevant security agencies to investigate the vicious attack on him and his supporters by one, Bashiru Gegu...
Kogi State Governorship election
Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the last Kogi State Governorship election, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, has urged his supportersand lovers of democracy to come enmasse to the Supreme Court as it sets to deliver judgment in the appeal he filed before the apex court. In a...
The Supreme Court on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed against the tribunal and Appeal Court judgements by Murtala Ajaka, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Kogi governorship election. Earlier, the apex court declined a request by Ajaka’s counsel for the constitution of a full...
The Independent INEC on Monday prayed the Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to dismiss a petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka, against the victory of Gov. Usman Ododo. Gov. Ododo and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, to unfailingly appear before it on Tuesday. The governor is to appear to give some explanations on the role of the apex bank in the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened sanctions against members found to have engaged in anti-party activities during the Nov. 11 Kogi governorship election. The state APC Chairman, Mr Abdullahi Bello, said this when he received the report of an 11- man committee on the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to halt the Thursday scheduled inspection of the Nov. 11, 2023 Kogi Governorship Election materials by the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The party also called for the removal and discipline of the Kogi INEC Resident...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi State was besieged on Wednesday morning by a mob that barricaded all entrances to the office and prevented access to staff to carry out routine duties. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State,...
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...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the governorship election held in Kogi State was free, fair and credible, faulting claims that it tampered with the accredited figures of voters in the election. The National Commissioner and member, Information and Voter...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it had a clear and convincing victory at Saturday’s Off-Cycle Governorship Election of the state and not afraid of litigation. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, Spokesperson/Director of Media and Publicity, Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council, made the remarks in Lokoja on Tuesday...
Aare Atunluse Omoluwabi Oodua Worldwide, Chief Muritala Audu, on Monday expressed confidence that residents of Kogi would benefit from the visionary leadership of the state’s Gov. Elect, Alhaji Usman Ododo. Audu, a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in a statement in Lagos said that Ododo’s...
The Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo, has won Saturday’s off cycle Governorship Election in Kogi. Ododo polled 446,237 votes to beat his closest rival, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who scored 259,052 votes in the keenly contested election. The...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it will conduct fresh election in some locations in Kogi State on Saturday 18th November 2023. It arrived at the decision comes after it found that result sheets had been completed before voting...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to promptly establish a joint, credible, transparent, effective, and broad-based investigation into allegations of electoral bribery and violence in the off-cycle governorship...
With election results of 18 of the 21 local government areas in Kogi State collated, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 11, 2023 Governorship Election in the state, Murtala Ajaka; as well as his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Usman Ododo, are in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protect the popular will of Kogi electorate in Saturday ‘s governorship election. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, said this in a statement on Sunday...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended election in nine Registration Area (RAs) in Kogi over of incidences of electoral malpractices. The National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, Malam Mohammed Haruna, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday....
Residents have attributed the massive turnout of voters in Kogi Central for Saturday’s governorship election on the love for Gov. Yahaya Bello and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Usman Ododo. Some of those interviewed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the zone expressed happiness...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its “senior officials” are currently investigating the incident(s) of pre-filled election result sheets in Ogori/Magongo, Eika/Ohizenyi and some other areas of Kogi State. Civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, on Saturday morning, in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), raised...