Off Cycle Elections News Today

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) said, on Friday, that there was a remarkable improvement in the efficiency of the Independent National Electoral Commission with regard to the conduct of the just concluded off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States despite multifarious challenges.

Muritala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in Saturday’s Kogi State governorship election and hundreds of his supporters on Tuesday stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission to protest against the outcome of the election. INEC on Sunday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Usman Ododo winner of the election with 446,237 votes.

Muritala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in Saturday’s Kogi State governorship election has said it will be a waste of time to challenge the outcome of the poll in court if he loses to Usman Ododo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress. Ajaka had alleged that the election was rigged with the support of the Independent National Electoral Commission. While featuring on Channels TV’s ‘The 2023 Verdict: Off-Cycle Elections,’ Ajaka said there would be anarchy in th...

Governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka, has alleged irregularities in Saturday’s election. Ajaka said he won't challenge the outcome of the poll in court if he loses as it will be a waste of time. Speaking on Channels TV’s ‘The 2023 Verdict: Off-Cycle Elections,’ Ajaka had claimed that the…

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Ahead of Saturdays off-cycle elections holding in Imo, Kogi and Balyela States of Nigeria, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on Federal and State Governments as well as law enforcement and security agencies to take adequate measures to protect journalists and other media workers during polls. It said their role in providing

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states is a form of referendum on new administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Director, CDD, Idayat Hassan, said this in a statement, on Wednesday . She also said that disinformation by political actors is a major threat…