The Labour Party, LP, has rejected the judgement of the Enugu State governorship election petition tribunal which affirmed the declaration of Peter Mbah as winner of the March 18 election. According to the party, the September 21 judgement “against Labour Party is absurd, (and) stark reality of future of judiciary in Nigeria.” In a statement…
Gov Peter Mbah Was Validly Elected-Tribunal
The Enugu State Gubernatorial Election Tribunal has ruled that Peter Mba was validly elected. Governor Peter Mbah of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday, September 21, won the first leg of the election petition challenging his election as governor of Enugu State. Labour Party, LP, and Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, had challenged Mba’s election based…
24-Hour Curfew in Kano Following Yusuf’s Sack
Kano state is on total lockdown, and the security services are on patrol. This follows a 24-hour curfew imposed on the state after the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in a judgement on Wednesday sacked the governor, Kabiru Yusuf of the New Nigeria Political Party, NNPP. The tribunal ruled that ballot papers were neither stamped nor…
Why I am Happy Over Tribunal Victory- Bala Mohammed
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has expressed happiness over his victory. He said though his supporters would expect him to host a big celebration. he is however happy that the distraction caused by the petition instituted by his opponents has been put to rest. He, therefore, implored his opponents to shield their sword and…
Obi and Atiku Appeal PEPC Judgment at Supreme Court
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party at the 2023 election and Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, filed their separate appeals at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, September 19, against the Judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC. In the Judgment of the trial court delivered on September 6, the…
Bala Mohammed’s Election Confirmed, As Tribunal Removes Kano Governor
The governor of Kano State, Mr. Kabiru Yusuf has been sacked by the Election Petition Tribunal, while Bala Mohammed, his Bauchi state counterpart has defeated Sadique Abubakar, retired Air Commodore and former Chief of Air Staff who ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the March 18, 2023 governorship election. Justice…
The Presidential Election Petition Judgment and Watermark Controversy
The Judgement of the presidential election petition court delivered on September 6 has come under heavy criticism just 24 hours after the judgement. Things fell apart when the Tinubu Presidential Legal Team, TPLT, and All Progressives Congress, APC, obtained a Certified True Copy, CTC, Of the judgement with the header “Tinubu Presidential Legal Team” on…
Edo 2024: PDP Loses Another Party Stalwart, Ikhine, to APC
Another big blow has been dealt the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State as the former deputy director general of the party’s Campaign Council for the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki in 2020, Gideon Ikhine, on Sunday dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC. This latest high-profile defection came on the…
Delta Guber: Labour Party’s Petition Against Oborevwori Dismissed by Tribunal
The Delta State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the state capital, has dismissed the petition filed against Governor Sheriff Oborevwori by Ken Pela, governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly election, for abandoning his petition.Ruling on the petition on Thursday, the Chairman of the…
We’re In Labour Party to Rescue Edo – Imansuangbon, Emwanta, Ogbemudia-Uhuangho
The Edo State secretariat of the Labour Party on Ogbelaka Street, Benin City, was agog Wednesday as the state chairman, Kelly Ogbaloi officially presented party cards to three former chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who recently defected to the party. They are former governorship aspirant and renowned educationist, Kenneth Imansuangbon, Amen Ogbemudia-Uhuangho, former…
