Ondo Governorship: Court SACKS PDP's Eyitayo Jegede As Guber Candidate

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to accept Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State.

Justice Okon Abang gave the order in a ruling on an application for the enforcement of his earlier judgment delivered on June 29, 2016.

The judgment came after the electoral body recognised Eyitayo Jegede, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the state.

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The court, in the June 29 judgment, in a suit with number, FHC/ABJ/CS/395/2016, had ordered INEC to only accept the names of the candidates sent by the Biyi Poroye and Ademola Genty-led Executive Committee of the PDP in the state.

Poroye and Genty, who applied to the court for themselves and on behalf of the Ondo State Executive Committee of the PDP, said the post-judgment application was informed by INEC’s refusal to accept their candidate, as directed by the court in its June 29 judgment.

In his ruling on Friday, Justice Abang held that INEC had no justifiable reason not to accept the candidate submitted to INEC by the plaintiffs.

He noted that INEC participated in the proceedings leading to the June 29 judgment but failed to oppose the case of the plaintiffs.

The judge wondered why INEC did not promptly comply with the judgment when it did not have any objection to the case.

He further faulted INEC’s stance by not complying with the judgment as there was no appeal filed against the judgment.

The judge ruled, “INEC knew that issues were not joined by parties on the date of the election but issues were joined by parties as regards who INEC was ordered to deal with exclusively during the plaintiffs’ tenure as executive officers.

“As for PDP in Ondo State, the purport of the order of court being that any election conducted by INEC during the applicants’ tenure in office, INEC has no choice but to accept the list of candidates from the instant judgment creditors/applicants herein.”

The judge then ordered INEC to “accept and process for the purpose of its functions and activities in the organisation and conduct of the Ondo State governorship election only the nomination of Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim Folorunso, who emerged from the primary election conducted by the 1st and 2nd plaintiffs/applicants, as candidate of the 2nd defendant (PDP) in the said Ondo governorship election.”

He also ordered INEC to “reject and jettison any other nomination form(s) submitted to it by any other person(s) apart from the 1st and 2nd plaintiffs/applicants, indicating that no other person, apart from Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim Folorunso, is the candidate of the 2nd defendant for the Ondo State governorship election.”

Meanwhile, the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Ondo State chapter of PDP has urged its members to disregard the court judgment.

In a statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of the Makarfi- led faction of the party, Mr. Banji Okunomo, the party maintained that Jegede remained its candidate for the forthcoming governorship election.

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Ondo APC Brouhaha: More Trouble As NWC Members Queue Behind Tinubu Against Oyegun, Demand His RESIGNATION

The Daily Sun - If all things go as planned, some members of the All Progressives  Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) will demand will demand the resignation of National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

The demand is against his alleged role in the party’s Ondo governorship primary.

The planned move may take place during the party’s NWC meeting  slated for today or Wednesday, against the backdrop of minutes of its emergency meetings on September 20 and 22,  as well as other documents detailing  how the APC leadership settled for Chief Rotimi Akeredolu as the party’s governorship candidate.

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APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Timi Frank confirmed that some NWC members will demand Oyegun’s resignation during the meeting over the handling of Ondo primaries.

“I can confirm to you that some NWC members will revolt against the chairman; they will demand he quits his office. I also know that some NWC members who are on his side will reject the demand”, he told Daily Sun.

Frank also issued a statement asking Oyegun to publish minutes of the NWC meeting where the decision to back Akeredolu was taken.

“Chief Oyegun should tell the world why he brushed aside the suggestion of National Youth Leader, Hon. Dasuki Jalo, who suggested that the party should submit an interim name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) pending the time a political solution will be find to the matter. But, Oyegun and few others who benefitted from the corruption that produced Akeredolu as governorship candidate of our party did not see wisdom in what the national youth leader said.

“Chief Oyegun’s few responses to the many of allegations raised by our leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu can never hold water. For example, the chairman and his cohorts contradicted themselves when Oyegun said there was no voting at all but he forgot that National Vice chairman, Hilliard Eta told newsmen that there was voting, which was in agreement with the position of the party’s South-west National Vice Chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure, who also said that the NWC members actually voted on the Ondo State Governorship Appeal Panel Report.

“This was what Oyegun said in his statement: “Also, voting on the issue became unnecessary and never took place in view of the NWC’s rejection of the Appeal Committee’s report.”

However, minutes of the two meetings obtained by Daily Sun, as well as other documents on the primary showed who and who voted for and against the submission for of Akeredolu’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the flag-bearer of the party.

The first NWC emergency meeting was attended by 15 members. They were Oyegun, his deputy (South), Segun Oni, his deputy (North), Senator Lawal Shuaibu, National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, Zonal vice chairmen- Emmanuel Eneukwu, Prince Hilliard Etagbo Eta, Pius Akinyelure and Mallam Zakari Idde.

Others included National Treasurer, Alhaji Bala Mohammed Gwagwarwa, National Organising Secretary, Osita Izunaso, National Auditor, George Moghalu, National Financial Secretary, Tajudeen Olaotan Bello, National Youth Leader, Ibrahim Dasuki Jalingo and Deputy National Secretary, Ohi Ngofa.

The duo of Dr. Muniz Banire and Hajiya Tijjani Aliyu, National Legal Adviser and National Women Leader, respectively, were absent.

The party officials spoke extensively on the contentious delegate lists and resolved that “in order to establish the truth regarding the delegates list and, in line with the suggestion made by the National Vice Chairman (South South), the meeting resolved that the Izunaso should circulate the two contentious delegates list to the NWC members the following day.

“This will enable members ascertain the level of disparity and whether it has the tendency  of substantially affecting the outcome of the primary…”

The members anchored their position on the ground that “the Appeal Committee failed to invite the National Secretariat  to authenticate or otherwise disclaim the source of the disputed  delegates list as the custodian.

“The Appeal Committee failed to invite the Chairman or members of the Ondo State governorship primary election committee to clarify on the allegation of manipulation on the accreditation process. It rather chose to rely on unsubstantiated evidence (s) of probably procured witnesses as basis for the nullification of the primary.

“The NWC observed a serious contradiction in the Appeal Committee’s report in respect of the number of the accredited delegates. Whereas the primary Election Committee’s report indicated 2,774 delegates were accredited , the appeal committee’s report erroneously recorded it as those who voted in the election, thereby creating false impression of over voting in the exercise.

An official of the party who declined to be named said the decision to endorse Akeredolu as the party’s candidate was not foisted on the party by the leadership.

He submitted that the resolution of the NWC and the advice of the National Legal Adviser was instrumental to the decision taken by the leadership.

Part of Banire’s recommendation indicated that, “the test used by the Appeal Committee is never used in the determination of issues. As stated by the committee, there were also positive reports that equally believed the credible nature of the process endears us to the populace. The reason why such perceptive positions are never applied in this situation leaves much to be desired.

“Finally, the rule of election is that once there is substantial compliance, the election must be upheld. This much the Appeal Committee agreed with but, suddenly, somersaulted for reasons best known to it.

“ The delegates’ list, from my opening submission, is valid and emanated from proper custody. The process of conducting the election was robust but the Appeal Committee relied on other extraneous issues which are spurious.”

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Edo Election: We Were Thoroughly Defeated Without Fraud - PDP Chieftain, Reps Member Says, Congratulates Obaseki

A member of the Federal House of Representatives and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Ej Agbonayima, has described the the victory of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the recently conducted gubernatorial election in Edo state, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, as very transparent and “a true reflection of the wishes of the people of the state.”

Agbonayima who represents Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency of Edo state in the green chamber, who stated this while congratulating Obaseki, also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for conducting a free and fair election in the state.

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He said: “I want to congratulate both Obaseki and INEC, Obaseki deserves it because it is the obvious that the generality of the people of the state wants him and that is democracy in action. For the fact that I am a PDP man does not mean I will not commend something good. I live in America and they don’t play do or die politics. So I congratulate Obaseki and I hope he will surpass Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s record because he has a huge challenge before him now.

“And for INEC, you see most times all of us blame INEC for inconclusive elections but you can see that it is not their fault with what happened in Edo state. There was no violence in that election, no killing, people came out freely and happily to cast their votes and you saw the result. So that will tell you that if we don’t witness violence INEC will always conclude elections.

“So we have to orientate our politicians not to see politics as a do or die thing. they should emulate what happened in my state Edo so that we will not continue to rubbish INEC. This has shown that if politicians behave themselves, INEC will do their job perfectly.”‎

Recall that the APC candidate, Mr. Obaseki, defeated 18 other candidates, including his closest rival and candidate of the PDP Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in the gubernatorial election.

Buhari Appoints 6 INEC Commissioners, 5 NPC's Too; See Full List

The Senate on Thursday deliberated on President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for six commissioners to be confirmed for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and five commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC).

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki read the two letters from the President during the day’s sitting, regarding the confirmation of the commissioners.

Buhari, in the letters, explained that he is seeking the confirmation in accordance of section 154 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

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The six commissioners for INEC are: Mohammed Kudu Haruna (North-central); AVM Ahmed Tijani Mu’azu (North-East); Abubakar Ahmed Nahuche (North-West); Prof Okechukwu Obinna Ibeanu (South-East); May Agbamuche Mbu, (South-South) and Dr Adekunle Ladipo Ogunmola (South-West).

The NPC commissioners are Dr. Eyitayo Oyetunji (Oyo State), Barrister Patricia Iyanya (Benue), Benedict Ukpong (Akwa Ibom), Dr Haliru Bala (Kebbi) and Gloria FateyaIzonfuo (Bayelsa).

It will be recalled that the Senate had on Tuesday expressed concern that the electoral umpire has not lived up to its responsibilities, particularly with the incessant inconclusive elections being witnessed under the current leadership of the electoral body.

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who sponsored the motion, reasoned that INEC was not effective due to inability of the President to appoint Commissioners to represent about 20 States.

Again, Edo Governorship Election Likely Be Shifted Again

The governorship election billed to hold in Edo State may be shifted again as the new date fixed by the Independent National Electoral Commission also confirmed to have coincided with the ongoing November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

The poll, initially fixed for September 10, clashed with the day no less than 1, 742 candidates sat for Mathematics 1 and 2 in the state.

The electoral body, INEC had last week rescheduled the poll for October 28, a day, which has now clashed with the time table of WASSCE of Alternative to Physics, Food and Nutrition as well as Building and Construction.

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According to Punch Newspaper, the Lagos Head of Public Affairs of the West African Examination Council, Mr. Demianus Ojijeogu, who spoke to our correspondent, confirmed the clash.

Ojijeogu, however, said that the council would still hold examinations on the new date.

 Ojijeogu, who explained that a few number of candidates would sit for the examinations, noted that the electoral body did not consult with the council before fixing the new date.

He added, “We were not consulted before the new date was fixed. I do not know why. But candidates will sit for the examination in Edo State because their population is small. Only candidates who missed the first examination would sit for the Alternative to Physics. Both Food and Nutrition and Building and Construction are not general courses.  So, only a few candidates will sit for the papers. It is a workday but the government will declare it work-free.”

SHOCKER: How Police, DSS 'Threatened' INEC To Forcefully Postpone Edo Election

Facts emerged yesterday on why the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reversed its earlier decision not to postpone today’s scheduled governorship election in Edo State. The commission had announced that it was going ahead with the election despite advice by the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to shift the poll due to alleged security threats.

The police and the DSS at a joint press briefing on Wednesday noted that: “Credible intelligence available to the agencies indicate plans by insurgent and extremist elements to attack vulnerable communities and soft targets with high population during the forthcoming Sallah celebrations between September 12 and 13. The state is amongst the states being earmarked for these planned attacks by the extremist elements.”

The statement was signed by Don Awunah, for the police, and Garba Abdullahi, for the DSS. But INEC said it would not be “teleguided”, adding that the cost of demobilising, after reaching at least 97 per cent readiness level, will be immense.

The commission’s National Commissioner in charge of Voter Education and Publicity (VEP), Solomon Soyebi, assured Nigerians that INEC: “Would not do anything that would mortgage Nigeria’s democracy.”

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But less than three hours after the statement, INEC reversed itself and said the election would no longer hold. Soyebi who said the commission had been officially communicated by police and the DSS, added that: “the commission notes the request of the security agencies and, considering the security implications of proceeding with the election, the safety of eligible voters, electoral officials, including ad hoc staff, and other stakeholders, has decided to reschedule the Edo governorship election to Wednesday, September 28, 2016.”

Investigations, however, revealed that INEC was practically coerced to shift the poll. According to a source, the DSS and police were not happy with the decision by the commission to go ahead with the election despite the security advice. The INEC source alleged that there was a plan to sabotage and punish INEC for “its stubbornness.” “There is no security to escort (ad hoc staff and electoral materials) simply because they are unavailable… At the moment, it is no longer feasible to deploy and conduct the election.

“NYSC has advised us that many parents called to withdraw their children from the election duty. Since they form the bulk of the election duty personnel, their withdrawal is a major challenge.” The source added that INEC reasoned that it does not have enough personnel to conduct the election if corps members pulled out.

“And you know if there are no security personnel, the incidents of ballot box snatching will be high. We foresaw a situation where violence would characterise the election, and that is what we don’t want.

“These are the reasons why we postponed the election, otherwise, just like the commissioner said, we were ready to go ahead and conduct the election,” the source stated. Another source added that security agencies saw the decision by INEC to go ahead with the election despite the advice, as a slight.

“Last year, elections were postponed based on security reasons, so why not this time?” the source queried. When reminded that the concern was only for about two or three states in the North East that were under the control of Boko Haram, the source said intelligent report showed that Edo State is one of the states being targeted for attack. “We didn’t want to take chances. There had been reports of political thugs being ‘imported’ from other states,” he said.

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Edo Election Postponement: The Averted WAR, The Untold Top Secrets, How 2 N'Delta Govs HIRED Killer Thugs REVEALED

The grandstanding, muscle flexing and batted anxiety that characterised the preparations for the governorship election in Edo State ended on a note of anti-climax on Thursday with the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the election had been postponed. 

Announcing the shift in election date, the National Commissioner, Voter Education and Publicity of INEC, Prince Solomon Soyebi, said the postponement was based on security concerns, adding that the commission’s earlier decision to insist on the September 10 date was impelled by the fact that no official communication was received from the security agencies.

Soyebi said that INEC only received official communication from security agencies at about 6 pm on Thursday, drawing the attention of the commission to the need to postpone the election on account of terrorists’ activities in Edo and other states. He said: “The communication indicates that deployment of security personnel across the country to secure lives and property would over-stretch their capacity while at the same time providing adequate security for the election. The commission notes the request of the security agencies, and considering the security implications of proceeding with the election, the safety of eligible voters, electoral officers including ad hoc staff and other stakeholders, has decided to reschedule the Edo governorship election to Wednesday, September 28.”

Prior to Soyebi’s announcement, the story in town was that a postponement of the election was being considered because it coincided with the West African Schools Certificate Examination (WASCE) while movement would be prohibited for the period the election would last. It turned out, however, that militants backed and funded by two governors from the Niger Delta had invaded Edo through the Delta end of its boundaries in readiness for the election, and that was the real reason the election had to be shifted. One of the governors was said to have specifically boasted that APC supporters should prepare their will as the militants would give anyone who stood in the way of the PDP during the election “the Rivers treatment.”

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It will be recalled that in 2015, both the presidential and governorship elections in Rivers State witnessed killings and large scale destruction condemned by both local and international observers. During the elections, the state was turned into a war zone. In the history of electioneering in the country, the violence and killings were perhaps next to what was witnessed in the defunct Western Region in 1964. The perpetrators of the dastardly acts in Rivers are in high places today calling the shots in positions of power and authority, a sad commentary on election and the unbridled quest for power in Nigeria.

It was to forestall a repeat of the Rivers experience that the Nigeria Police Force addressed a joint press conference with the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday, appealing to INEC to postpone the election. Force spokesman, Don Awunah, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), who addressed the media in Abuja, had said that credible intelligence reports available to the security agencies indicated plans by insurgents and extremist elements to attack vulnerable communities and soft targets in Edo as one of the states marked for attacks by extremists between September 12 and 13. “It is in this regard that we are appealing to INEC, which has the legal duty to regulate elections in the country, to consider the need for possible postponement of the date of the election,” Awunah submitted.

While INEC, police or DSS did not give details of the threats for which the election was shifted, The Nation reliably gathered that the militants in question had mobilised their arsenal of war, including speed boats, arms, ammunition and even explosives, with which they would storm election venues at the point of voting, collation of results and hijack ballot boxes. A security source said the hired militants had invaded Edo state from Delta state through land and waterways and were going to strike in communities in the two Ovia local government areas, Orhionwon, Uhunmode, Igueben, Esan East and even in parts of Benin City.

Nigerians who had complained that the manner the nation’s judiciary handled the genocide that passed for elections in Rivers State last year will heave sighs of vindication at the current turn of events. There had been an uproar against the judgment of the Supreme Court declaring PDP the winner of the state’s governorship election in spite of obvious cases of intimidation of voters, snatching of ballot boxes and brazen assassination of voters as well as hapless electoral officials. But in spite of the overwhelming evidence of electoral violence, the Supreme Court overruled the decisions of the lower courts that a rerun of the governorship election be conducted, declaring the PDP candidate winner of what many regarded as a bizarre exercise.

...As Excerpted From The Nation Newspaper

Under Pressure INEC Makes U-turn, Postpones Edo Election; Why We Postponed It - INEC Defends

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has rescinded own decision to conduct the gubernatorial election in Edo State on Saturday, announcing it has shifted it by two weeks, now to be held on the 28th September 2016,

Earlier today, the Independent National Electoral Commission has explained why it is brushing aside security advisory from the police and State Security Service, to continue with Saturday’s Edo governorship election.

The commission said it would not be “teleguided” and “would not do anything that would mortgage Nigeria’s democracy”.

It said the cost of demobilising, after reaching at least 97 per cent readiness level, would be immense.

The police and the SSS had released a joint statement on Wednesday seeking postponement of the election for security concerns.

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The INEC made the postponement announcement at exactly 8:00pm, during a press conference in Benin, Edo State.

Recall that the Nigeria Police Force ( NPF) and the Department of State Services (DSS), yesterday, appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the Edo governorship election scheduled for Sept. 10, citing security threat.

According to the force Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Don Awunah, who made the joint call on behalf of the police and the DSS in Abuja, he said, credible intelligence available to the agencies indicated plans by insurgent and extremist elements to attack vulnerable communities and soft targets.

Awunah said that Edo was among the states being earmarked for the planned attacks by the extremists between Sept. 12 and 13 respectively. He said that while election was important, security agencies cannot allow the peace of the country to be disrupted. ”

We will continue to be vigilant and ensure consolidation of the successes gained in the current counter-insurgency fight. “It is in these regard that we we are appealing to INEC which has the legal duty to regulate elections in the country to consider the need for possible postponement of the date of the election,” he said.