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APC dismisses PDP’s claim on alleged plan to rig 2023 elections

August 17, 2021 No Comments

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday described as baseless the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) claim on the alleged plan by the ruling party to rig the 2023 general elections.

The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, had on Sunday accused the APC of plotting to rig the elections after the National Assembly gave conditional approval for electronic transmission of election results in the country.

He said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has no plan to organize free and free elections in the country.

The National Secretary of APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe, who reacted to the allegation in a statement in Abuja, said the PDP had already conceded defeat before the 2023 elections.

Akpanudoedehe said: “The idle conspiracies and wild allegations being bandied by the PDP on the procurement of e-voting machines and plans to rig the 2023 elections are clear testimonies that the PDP has already conceded election defeat long before the 2023 electioneering process.”

He noted that the PDP had since resorted to several diversionary strategies just to remain in public reckoning.

He listed the recent case filed against the APC national caretaker leadership which had been dismissed by courts as one of the few strategies adopted by the major opposition party to remain relevant in the nation’s space.

Akpanudoedehe, however, assured Nigerians that the party has no plan to rig the 2023 elections.

He added: “Our latest victory is the by-election for the House of Representatives seat in Lere Federal Constituency in Kaduna State.

“Going by PDP’s past and current antecedents, it is obvious that Nigerians will continue to reject the party.

PDP’s rejection is further reinforced by APC’s widely accepted and hugely successful membership registration exercise which has recorded APC membership strength of over 40 million.”

Entertainment

2023 Elections: Tubaba, Omotola, Ahmed Musa get Presidential, Governorship ticket offers

April 29, 2021 No Comments

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has offered free tickets for presidential, governorship, and other elective positions to Tubaba, Omotola Jelade-Ekeinde, DJ Switch and football star Ahmed Musa.

This comes amid the Independent National Electoral Commission’s announcement of February 18th as the date for the commencement of 2023 general elections.

Voice of Nigeria reports that ADC’s national chairman, Ralph Nwosu made the offer, while receiving a certificate of endorsement of ADC as a party for Nigerian youths and women.

Nwosu explained that the party’s decision to opt for celebrities for the 2023 general election was part of measures to encourage youth involvement and participation in politics, adding that entertainers have done more for the country than elected politicians.

The party believed that the 2020 #EndSARS protests against police brutality succeeded because of celebrities’ endorsement and involvement.

One of which was Instagram comedian Mr. Macaroni and Dj Switch, a disc jockey who witnessed and live-streamed the military shooting of #EndSARS protesters in October.

The party’s chairman assured the celebrities that they could vie for any elective position in the country on ADC’s platform provided they meet the constitution and INEC’s requirements.

Also, Nwosu praised Super Eagles skipper Ahmed Musa for taking an unusual decision to return to NPFL side Kano Pillars, despite playing in Europe and Asia for many years.

On Wednesday, INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu announced February 18, 2023, for the next presidential election.

By the principle established by the Commission, the 2023 General Election will hold on Saturday, February 18, 2023, which is exactly one year, nine months, two weeks, and six days or 660 days from today,” Yakubu said.

Politics

INEC fixes date for 2023 elections

April 29, 2021 No Comments

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced the date for the 2023 general elections in the country.

The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who addressed participants at a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021 organized by the Senate Committee on INEC, said the country’s general elections would begin on February 18, 2023.

However, the INEC chief was silent on which election would take place on that date.

He said the 2023 general elections would take place exactly 660 days from Wednesday.

He said: “By the principle established by the Commission, the 2023 general election will hold on Saturday, February 18, 2023, which is exactly one year, nine months, two weeks and six days or 660 days from today (Wednesday).

We hope to release the timetable and schedule of activities for the general election immediately after the Anambra governorship election scheduled to hold on November 6, 2021.

“In order to do so, there should be clarity and certainty about the electoral legal framework to govern the election. We are confident that the National Assembly will do the needful in earnest.”

The INEC chief described the prosecution of election offenders as the most challenging duty undertaken by the commission since its establishment.

Yakubu added: “For instance, since the 2015 general election, 125 cases of electoral offences were filed in various courts out of which 60 convictions have been secured so far, including the most recent one in Akwa Ibom State.

“The commission would like to see more successful in the prosecution of offenders, not just of ballot box snatchers and falsifiers of election results but most importantly their sponsors.”