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Currency Redesign: Open Letter To Governor El-Rufai By Gloria Mabeiam Ballason by hdaveyork(m) : 5:43 pm On Feb 19

Dear Governor Nasir Elrufai, In
the normal course of events,
this would have been an
engagement on marking down
your last 100 days as Governor
of Kaduna, Nigeria’s third-
largest state.
However, your sudden love for
the masses and the rule of law
against your customary disdain
for the masses and penchant
for picking and choosing what
laws to obey; makes this letter
imperative.
Over the last two weeks, you
have struggled hard to stop the
redesign of Nigeria’s currency.
What you are doing is neither
random nor incidental.
True, Nigerians are undergoing
an unprecedented scenario of
cash and money crunch and
citizens are having to buy the
naira with naira.
Difficult as the
situation is, your intervention is
not without purpose; it is in the
course to executing a plan, a
plan to ensure your presidential
candidate monies himself into
governance.
In furtherance to your plan you
hope to conscript the people of
Kaduna state as your foot
soldiers against the Federal
Republic of Nigeria- now that is
downright dangerous!
In your broadcast of
Thursday 16 February 2023, you
told the people of Kaduna State
to continue to use currencies
that have been abrogated by
the Central Bank of Nigeria and
the Presidency.
You have
also committed to seal off and
prosecute persons and
organizations in Kaduna who do
not accept the currencies.
By your broadcast, you have
invoked for yourself, executive,
legislative, and judicial
powers.You are inciting the
people in Kaduna state to
overthrow the Federal Govt for
the establishment of a Kaduna
Republic which you imagine
should have its own currency
and sovereignty within the
Nigerian state.
You have not only thumped the
President in the chest, you have
also trampled under foot the
Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria which
enshrines currency, coinage and
legal tender as the 15th item
under the exclusive legislative
list. This is a grave offence
against public order
On the 6th of February, 2023,
you wrote about fifth columnist
that do not mean well for
Nigeria. The problem is, you
appear not to see that you are
what you described. Indeed,
there are none so blind than
those who would rather not see.
You seem to ignore how volatile
elections are in Nigeria and how
your actions at heating the
polity at this moment is a
terrible idea.
During the 2019 elections, you
carried out the same experiment
in Kaduna when you trumped up
a story of 66 Fulanis being killed
in Kujama, a story the State
Commissioner of Police denied.
You have now moved your
antics to the national space and
you are pitching your ploy
against a Supreme Court ruling
in a matter that is purely an
executive prerogative.
Separation of powers exists for
good cause- the cause of
democracy.
The people of Kaduna State and
Nigerians have laboured under
the yoke of the present
administration. The democratic
train is fast moving to February
25, 2023 (in 8 days), it will be in
your own interest to jump off
the rail track.
You have recently been all
about your lovey-dovey
affection for ‘talakawas’; which
of them do you refer to? For the
avoidance of doubt, here is a
summary of your score sheet in
the talakawa and governance
business:
1. Kaduna State under your
administration, has witnessed
unprecedented insecurity and
deaths. You admitted to
accessorizing murders by ‘paying
killers to stop killing’ yet in the
urban, rural and suburban areas,
people and ‘your talakawas’ are
either killed, kidnapped or on
the line to suffer either of the
two dreadful fates.
interview-why-i-paid-herdsmen-
to-stop-southern-kaduna-
bloodshed-el-rufai-the-gov/
https://punchng.com/just-in-
bandits-attack-kaduna-
communities-security-
operatives-feared-killed/?amp;
https://
www.premiumtimesng.com/
news/headlines/268782-birnin-
gwari-10-feared-killed-as-
armed-bandits-attack-kaduna-
communities.html?tztc=1;
2. At $586.78 million, Kaduna
State has the highest foreign
debt profile of all the states
next only to Lagos state.
https://businessday.ng/amp/
business-economy/article/
states-with-highest-foreign-
debt/
https://www.dmo.gov.ng/debt-
profile/sub-nationals-
debts/4122-states-and-fct-
domestic-debt-stock-as-at-
september-30-2022/file
3. You threw thousands of
talakawa traders out of jobs by
demolishing markets and
destroying goods and services
without compensation.
https://dailytrust.com/kasupda-
begins-demolition-of-kasuwar-
barci/
4. You made hundreds of
thousands of people homeless
by demolishing their homes
without compensation and
devoid of legal cause.
https://www..com/p/969770/
governor-elrufai-demolishes-
graceland-zaria-kaduna-
photos.html
https://
www.tvcnews.tv/2021/10/
kaduna-govt-demolishes-140-
houses-in-zaria-lga/
https://
www.channelstv.com/2016/07/28/
gbagyi-villa-residents-protest-
planned-demolition-by-kaduna-
govt/amp/
5. You destroyed the houses of
those who held different
opinions to yours in your own
party and outside it. Sen.
Hunkuyi’s home you demolished
and turned into a park. Former
Attorney General, Inuwa
Abdulkadir died while waiting for
justice for his destroyed house.
https://
www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/
governor-demolishes-senators-
house.
https://
www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/
demolition-go-court-aggrieved-
kaduna-govt-tells-hunkuyi/amp
https://www.google.com/amp/
s/www.sunnewsonline.com/el-
rufai-converts-hunkuyis-
demolished-house-to-childrens-
park/
%3famp
http://
httpwww.thisdaylive.com/
index.php/2017/04/06/apc-
zonal-chairman-accuses-el-rufai-
of-demolishing-house-over-
political-differences/amp/
https://www.thisdaylive.com/
index.php/2020/07/06/apc-
mourns-ex-national-vice-
chairman-inuwa-abdulkadir/
6. You sacked thousands of
teachers from their jobs and
refused to pay teachers their
salaries. Some teachers had it
worse, they were killed while
trying to undergo needless
verification exercises you
imposed.
https://
saharareporters.com/2021/05/16/
kaduna-governor-el-rufai-has-
sacked-about-70000-
workers-2016
https://
www.sunnewsonline.com/
agony-of-kaduna-teachers-
over-unpaid-salaries/?amp
https://dailytrust.com/zaria-
blast-kills-dozens-injured-many-
workers/.
7.Traditional Rulers were killed
under your watch in
questionable circumstances
while you decapitated what
remains of the institution
proscribing chiefdoms, changing
the identity of people and
sacking traditional rulers.
https://
saharareporters.com/2019/05/06/
exclusive-how-kajuru-monarch-
galadima-was-killed-refusing-
give-stool-after-visiting-el
https://
www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/
kidnapped-kaduna-traditional-
ruler-killed-by-kidnappers/
https://www.google.com/amp/
s/
theperiscopeglobal.com/2021/05/20/
tribute-to-dr-ishaku-damina-
the-distinctive-lamp-
extinguished-the-sacrificial-
lamb-slain/
https://guardian.ng/news/
gunmen-kidnap-south-kaduna-
monarch-yohanna-kukah/
https://ynaija.com/opinion-hrh-
dr-ishaku-sabo-damina-bgwan-
kurmi-persecuted-el-rufai/
https://
saharareporters.com/2020/11/07/
frustration-southern-kaduna-
indigenous-traditional-
structures-seeming-step-
complementing
https://www.google.com/amp/
s/
www.channelstv.com/2021/06/20/
kaduna-security-bandits-kill-
village-head-in-sanga-lga/amp/
8. The children of talakawas
cannot go to school because of
the over 200% increase in school
fees while in Southern Kaduna,
you shut down tertiary
institutions at your whims.
https://
theinterview.ng/2021/04/27/
kaduna-govt-increases-tertiary-
institutions-fees/amp/
https://
dailypost.ng/2017/06/14/
closure-institutions-southern-
kad.
https://newsdiaryonline.com/
deputy-gov-kasu-tuition-fees-
increase-painful-but-necessary/
https://guardian.ng/news/
schools-to-remain-closed-in-
southern-kaduna-until-security-
improves-says-government/
https://www.icirnigeria.org/
insecurity-kaduna-govt-orders-
closure-of-13-schools/?amp=1
9. The Nigeria Labour Congress
tried to resolve the crises
between you and Kaduna State
workers but you turned the
NLC’s intervention into a
wrestling spree.
https://placng.org/Legist/
kaduna-boils-as-govt-labour-
battle/
https://dailytrust.com/kaduna-
shutdown-fg-intervenes-as-el-
rufai-labour-stick-to-their-guns/
10. Even the journalists and
activists who endeavored to
report the rape of law and
justice carried out by your
government, were arbitrarily
thrown by you into prisons.
https://
www.theoasisreporters.com/
electronic-media-personality-
segun-onibiyo-arrested-by-
police-in-kaduna-for-hate-
speech/
https://
saharareporters.com/2019/05/08/
breaking-police-arrest-kajuru-
journalist-stephen-kefas-re-
posting-article-facebook
https://www.thisdaylive.com/
index.php/2019/01/02/
between-el-rufai-and-journalist-
segun-onibiyo-2/amp/
https://
www.csw.rg.uk/2022/02/04/
press/5572/article.htm.
The verdict of Nigeria’s Senate
is that you are not a fit and
proper person to occupy public
office.
https://
www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/952809/
amp/; https://dailytrust.com/
why-el-rufai-should-not-hold-
public-office-dantiye/
At this point, My dear Governor,
it should immediately be clear to
you, that you are already
known for who you are rather
than the overnight self-
acclaimed activist for the
masses you seek to make
yourself out to be.
Let Democracy Thrive and Get
Thee Off the Way.
Gloria Mabeiam Ballason
17/2/2023
Ballason is the Chief Executive
Officer of House of Justice and
Principal Partner MIVE LEGALS
https://
lawandsocietymagazine.com/
currency-redesign-open-letter-
to-governor-nasir-el-rufai-by-
gloria-mabiam-ballason-esq/
Open Letter To Governor Nasir
El-Rufai By Oluyemi Fasipe
The vituperative broadcast of
Governor Nasir El-Rufai to the
people of Kaduna State on
Thursday should ordinarily give
cause for concern to every
patriotic Nigerian.
The broadcast aside from being
confrontational with the policy
stance of the Nigerian federal
government; is also at complete
variance with the orders given
by President Muhammadu
Buhari.
The broadcast of Governor El-
Rufai came some hours after
the early morning ‘state of the
nation address by President
Buhari on Thursday.
The president made himself
unambiguously clear that he
was not unmindful of the suit
before the supreme court but
still went ahead to pronounce
the revalidation of old N200
notes while he equally declared
that the other two higher
denominations have ceased to
be legal tender.
The instruction of the president
and Commander-In-Chief of the
Nigerian Armed Forces on the
naira policy is clear enough &
the counter instruction by
Governor Nasir El-Rufai is clearly
an incitement to violence. The
counter order of Governor El-
Rufai is equally an offence that
should attract the attention of
the law enforcement agencies
notwithstanding the
constitutional immunity enjoyed
by the Kaduna State Governor.
One is not totally unaware of
the reality that President Buhari
has a record of not obeying
court rulings before now. This
happened in the cases of
Colonel Dasuki Sambo (Rtd),
Ibraheem El-Zakizaki and Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu. One would have
expected Governor El-Rufai to
have spoken truth to power at
least in one out of the many
instances of disobedience of
court rulings by President
Buhari.
It is however worthy of
acknowledgement that the
lingering scarcity of new naira
notes has undoubtedly inflicted
untold hardship and pain on
innocent Nigerians including my
very self. But we must however
come to the quick realization
that cutting off a head plagued
by headaches can never be a
good solution.
Agreed that Governor El-Rufai
and some other state governors
have taken the federal
government to the Supreme
court over the legal tender
status of old N500 and N1000
notes.
Nonetheless, we are all
witnesses to the order of the
supreme court that all parties in
the suit should maintain status
quo ante bellum pending the
determination of the
substantive suit. But the
position of the supreme court
should never have been enough
reason for Governor El-Rufai to
have usurped the constitutional
power and authority of
President Buhari.
The self-seeking broadcast of
Governor El-Rufai has
unfortunately elevated him to
the position of president
alongside President Muhammadu
Buhari. It is most disturbing that
personal interests and political
desperation have sadly
blindfolded El-Rufai to the point
of outright disregard for the
person and orders of a sitting
president.
Beyond the facade of a plea for
calm and peace in Governor El-
Rufai’s broadcast, the true
intent of the Kaduna Governor
is to incite Nigerians to violence.
He even disappointedly alluded
to a grand plot of a scheme to
frustrate the forthcoming
elections with the hope of
foisting an interim government
to be headed by a retired Army
General on Nigerians.
These are grave allegations and
law enforcement agencies are
expected to swiftly interrogate
Governor El-Rufai. The Kaduna
State Governor needs to tell the
DSS what he knows that the
rest of us probably did not
know.
He must also desist from
teaching the Central Bankers
how to carry out their duties.
He apparently did not know the
back-end operations of the CBN
and should stop dishing out
confusing figures that are
capable of inciting the masses
to violent protests.In addition,
grave allegations of El-Rufai
should also call for urgent
attention and reactions by the
federal government.
Notwithstanding the immunity
of Governor El-Rufai, he can still
be investigated and have
security searchlights beamed
around him in the meantime. It
will also not be out of place for
the president to declare a state
of emergency in the whole of
Kaduna State in a bid to ease El-
Rufai from office and also stop
him from unnecessarily hitting
up the polity.
How on earth can a governor
that sacked more than 60,000
workers from the workforce of
Kaduna State ever lay claim to
champion the cause of the poor?
One would have expected El-
Rufai and his co-travellers to
have taken the federal
government to court before
now over hyperinflation,
insecurity, scarcity and a hike in
the price of petrol if they are
truly fighting for the masses.
It is a settled aphorism that two
wrongs can never make a right.
Whatever may have been the
reservations of Governor El-
Rufai, he ought to have
exercised restraint until the
Supreme court would make a
pronouncement on February 22,
2023. In view of this, the
usurpation of the powers of
President Buhari by Governor
Nasir El-Rufai is totally
condemnable.
Meanwhile, on the way out of
the current naira scarcity, the
solution is multi-dimensional. To
start with, Nigerians must give
peace a chance and allow the
Money Deposit Banks to return
to full service and also put a
halt to the destruction and
burning of banking facilities.
Truth is that commercial banks
are needed to circulate the new
and old naira notes and any
attempt to destroy banking
facilities can only worsen the
problem.
On the order hand, the Nigerian
Central Bank must as a matter
of urgency pump new naira
notes into the system and also
ensure that the revalidated
N200 notes are aggressively
made to flood all banks in the
country. More so, officials of the
CBN must intensify their
monitoring duties to put likely
saboteurs on their toes. Above
all, all erring bank branches must
be heavily sanctioned to serve
as deference to others.
Oluyemi Fasipe (@YemieFash) is
a Youths Representative based
in Ondo
https://www.google.com/amp/
s/
www.vanguardngr.com/2023/02/
open-letter-to-governor-nasir-
el-rufai/amp/

Re: How to Advertise FREE On ECHOnigeria Forum by hdaveyork(m) : 5:59 pm On Feb 19

Very good

‘Pharaoh We Are Heading Home’ Abia Residents Sing Songs Of Liberation by hdaveyork(m) : 11:39 am On Mar 21

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=fcO5I4Se9Ck


Abia residents sing songs of
liberation as they gather at the
state collation centre this
morning, ahead of INEC
pronouncement of LP Alex Otti as
the winner of the state
governorship election. They sing
"Pharaoh, we are heading home!
We will no longer follow Pharaoh"
It was reported yesterday, that
INEC staff were held hostage at
Obingwa Local Government by
Gov. Ikpeazu of PDP to rewrite
the results already compiled by
INEC officials which shows Alex
Otti leading with a wide margin.
Residents flooded the collation
centre since yesterday in an
attempt to avoid any foul move
that'd lead to an upturn of LP
Alex Otti's victory.
After 24years of bad governance
under PDP, Abia state is finally
set to be free. grinhttps://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=fcO5I4Se9Ck


Abia residents sing songs of
liberation as they gather at the
state collation centre this
morning, ahead of INEC
pronouncement of LP Alex Otti as
the winner of the state
governorship election. They sing
"Pharaoh, we are heading home!
We will no longer follow Pharaoh"
It was reported yesterday, that
INEC staff were held hostage at
Obingwa Local Government by
Gov. Ikpeazu of PDP to rewrite
the results already compiled by
INEC officials which shows Alex
Otti leading with a wide margin.
Residents flooded the collation
centre since yesterday in an
attempt to avoid any foul move
that'd lead to an upturn of LP
Alex Otti's victory.
After 24years of bad governance
under PDP, Abia state is finally
set to be free.https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=fcO5I4Se9Ck


Abia residents sing songs of
liberation as they gather at the
state collation centre this
morning, ahead of INEC
pronouncement of LP Alex Otti as
the winner of the state
governorship election. They sing
"Pharaoh, we are heading home!
We will no longer follow Pharaoh"
It was reported yesterday, that
INEC staff were held hostage at
Obingwa Local Government by
Gov. Ikpeazu of PDP to rewrite
the results already compiled by
INEC officials which shows Alex
Otti leading with a wide margin.
Residents flooded the collation
centre since yesterday in an
attempt to avoid any foul move
that'd lead to an upturn of LP
Alex Otti's victory.
After 24years of bad governance
under PDP, Abia state is finally
set to be free.

“Election Budget Should Have Been Used To Fix Hospitals And Schools” – Singer Simi Blasts INEC by hdaveyork(m) : 11:49 am On Mar 21

Simi, has lashed
Singer Simisola Ogunleye-
Kosoko aka
out at the Independent
National Electoral Commission,
saying the N350 billion wasted
on election logistics should
have been used to fix schools
and hospitals.
She made this known via her
Twitter handle while calling out
INEC on Monday, March 20.
She tweeted:-
“300 billion naira
budget for this joke of
an election.
@inecnigeria you might
have as well given
them back the money
to fix some hospitals
and schools and just
used finger to point at
the people you wanted
to select.”
She added:-
“The blatant rigging
and nobody in power
addressed it. Lol. Giant
problem of Africa.
“Anybody that saw the
disenfranchisement
and didn’t condemn it
better keep their
prayers for Nigeria.
She doesn’t need
prayers from people
like you.”

LET’S TALK!! What Has The 2023 Elections Taught You? by hdaveyork(m) : 11:52 am On Mar 21

A lot of Nigerians must have
learnt different lessons from
the just concluded 2023
general elections.
From the electoral body to
securities and thugs, a lot of
things happened and I believed
we all learnt one or two things
from all the incidents.
So without much write-ups,
let’s get straight to the topic
and know your answers.
Tell us;
What Has The 2023 Elections
Taught You?
Drop your comments.

``` ```Enugu: IPAC Tells INEC To Announce Collated Results ``` by hdaveyork(m) : 7:34 am On Mar 22

Enugu: IPAC Tells INEC To
Announce Collated Results
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March 18 guber election: Enugu
political parties ask INEC to
announce already collated results
from 17 LGAs without further
delay
Political parties in Enugu State
under the auspices of
Inter-
Party Advisory Council (IPAC)
have called on the National
Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission
(INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to
direct the Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC) in Enugu
State, Dr. Chukwuemeka J.
Chukwu and the State Returning
Officer, Prof. Maduebibisi O. Iwe
to as a matter of urgency
announce the already collated
results of governorship election
from the 17 local government
areas and declare the winner of
the election without further
delay.
IPAC which made the call during a
press conference in Enugu, on
Tuesday, stated that “any action
short of this will be outside the
law and could bring anarchy to
an already fragile situation,”
stressing that “INEC has no
power under our laws to review
collated results.”
Leaders of the political parties at
the press conference were Hon.
Chief Edwin Ikechukwu Alor of
Accord Party and State Chairman
of IPAC; Hon. Innocent Ezeoha of
the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) and Deputy Chairman of
IPAC; Dr. Afam Ani of APP; Barr.
Ken Ikeh of APM; Elvis Ugwoke of
ZLP who is the Secretary General
of IPAC; and Hon. Nnaemeka Oko
of AAC.
Others were Hon. Stella
Chukwuma of ADC; Hon. Dr. Mrs.
Chinyere Madike of ADP; Hon.
Louis Chiedozie Ugwu of NRM and
Hon. Sir Magnus Ezea of SDP.
The parties maintained that “the
results of the 17 Local
Government Areas (LGAs),
including those of Nkanu East
and Nsukka LGAs, were all
collated by the State Returning
Officer on March 19, 2023”
stating that “by the provisions
of the Electoral Act 2022, the
only other duty remaining for the
State Returning Officer, who is
acting on INEC’s behalf is to add
up the figures, announce them,
and declare the winner in line
with Section 65 and 66 of the
Electoral Act 2022.”
Describing the delay in the
announcement of the final result
of the March 18, 2023
governorship election in Enugu
State, which was won by the
candidate of the PDP, Dr. Peter
Ndubuisi Mbah, as “needless
confusion and restiveness” IPAC
said: It is our strong view that
the INEC State Returning Officer
has discharged his statutory
responsibility by collating the
results of all the 17 local
government areas, including
those of Nkanu East and Nsukka
Local Government Areas. The
remaining responsibility for the
State Returning Officer is to
announce results and declare the
winner. INEC cannot be a judge in
its own case, if any.”
The political parties stressed
that
“the law in Section 130(1) of
the Electoral Act is also mindful
to make provisions for the
adjudication of any complaint
against a return made by the
Returning Officer.
“Section 130(1) provides: No
election and return at an election
under this Act shall be
questioned in any manner other
than by a petition complaining of
an undue election or undue
return presented to the
competent tribunal or court in
accordance with the provisions
of the Constitution or of this Act,
and in which the person elected
or returned is joined as a party.
“The collation centre is not an
Election Tribunal or the law court
where redress is sought. The
State Collation Center is to
accept results as they come,
collate and announce them, and
ultimately declare the winner.
“Consequently, it is our strong
view that the INEC State
Returning Officer has discharged
his statutory responsibility by
collating the results of all the 17
local government areas, including
those of Nkanu East and Nsukka
Local Government Areas. The
remaining responsibility for the
State Returning Officer is to
announce results and declare the
winner. INEC cannot be a judge in
its own case, if any.
“We call INEC’s attention to the
case of the Presidential and
National Assembly elections
where the Chairman, Prof
Mahmood Yakubu stood his
ground, completed the collation
process and announced the
result despite all protests.
“Equally, the elections in Ebonyi
State, Rivers State and Lagos
State, which were fraught with
violence, ballot box snatching,
over-voting and all sorts of
complaints were declared despite
these shortcomings.
“So, we see no good reason why
the announcement of the final
results and declaration of the
winner in the Enugu governorship
election, which is adjudged
comparatively free, fair and
credible should be placed on hold
because of the desperation of a
few individuals and at the
expense of the masses who
freely exercised their franchise
and made a statement through
the ballot.
“We are, therefore, urging the
National Chairman of INEC, Prof.
Mahmood Yakubu to direct the
Resident Electoral Commissioner
(REC) in Enugu State and the
State Returning Officer to as a
matter of urgency do the
needful by announcing the result
of governorship election without
delay and declare the winner
with immediate effect. Any
action short of this will be
outside the law and could bring
anarchy to an already fragile
situation.
IPAC further maintained that
Enugu State governorship
election results from the 17 local
government areas of the state
were duly collated by INEC State
Returning Officer on Sunday,
March 19, 2023, reiterating that
the statement from INEC
National Headquarters
suspending collation of results in
one LGA in Abia State and two
LGAs in Enugu State is not
applicable to Enugu case because
there is no result that has not
been collated in the state prior
to the suspension by INEC.
Recall that the Enugu State PDP
through its Campaign Council had
disagreed with the INEC on its
decision to suspend the
announcement of the final
results and declaration of Dr.
Peter Mbah as the winner of the
Enugu State governorship
contest, stressing that the
election management body was
overreaching itself, as it could
not, by law, suspend the
declaration of an already collated
result.
The PDP equally also said INEC
was wrong to present the Abia
and Enugu cases as the same,
pointing out that “Putting the
Abia and Enugu situations in one
basket clearly shows that the
national headquarters of INEC is
mixing things up or has not been
properly briefed. There is
absolutely nothing like
outstanding local governments
as far as the collation process in
Enugu State is concerned.
“Unlike the situation in Abia
State, the results of the entire
17 LGAs of Enugu State, including
those of Nkanu East and Nsukka
LGAs, have been fully collated by
the Returning Officer, Prof
Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, on Sunday
the 19th of March. What remains
for the INEC is to sum up the
returns by the Local Government
Returning Officers and declare
our candidate, Dr. Mbah the
governor-elect.
“That is why we are saying that
INEC is overreaching itself; they
have no powers at this stage to
suspend the pronouncement or
declaration of the winner of the
election, which is our candidate.
“Section 64( of the Electoral
Act 2022 provides that where
collation has been completed as
in the present case of Enugu
State, the duty of the collation
officer, who collated the result is
to announce the result and make
a declaration. Therefore, having
collated the results from Nsukka
LGA and Nkanu East LGA, the
statutory duty and legal
responsibility of the State
Returning Officer is simply to
announce and declare the
results, as INEC cannot, by law,
suspend the declaration of result
already collated,” the PDP said.
On issues relating to
accreditation and votes cast in a
polling unit and the fate of such
votes where they exceed the
number of accredited voters in
such units, the PDP said such are
guided by Section 51(2) of the
Act.
“The position of the law is that a
Returning Officer has no power
to cancel any results at the
stage of collation. The only
option open to any person
dissatisfied with the process is
to resort to Section 130(1) of the
Electoral Act, which vests the
power to receive and adjudicate
petitions complaining of an
undue election or undue return in
an election in the tribunal or
court.
“As a matter of fact, we are
dissatisfied with the result from
Nsukka Local Government Area.
We are dissatisfied with the
results from Udenu, Isi-Uzo,
Ezeagu, and more. But is not for
us to take the laws into our
hands or indulge in self-help.
That is why we are ready to go
and interrogate those results at
the appropriate quarters
because we can no longer
complain as the collation has
been completed.
“INEC cannot choose the ones
you will collate to release the
result and the ones you will
collate and withhold the result”,
the PDP emphasised.
“We believe that the Returning
Officer for Nkanu East Local
Government Area has duly
complied with the provision of
Sections 64(4)(a)&(b) and
Section 64(a)&(d) of the
Electoral Act 2022.
”We consequently restate our
position that the only option left
to INEC acting through the State
Returning Officer for the Enugu
State Governorship Election
under Section 64(
of the
Electoral Act 2022 is to announce
the results and make a
declaration of the winner of the
election.
“We therefore call on INEC to
immediately announce the
summation of the 17 local
governments it has already
collated and declare Dr. Peter
Ndubisi Mbah the winner of the
March election”, the PDP
reiterated.
The PDP also expressed worries
that the INEC was already
overheating the Enugu polity by
the needless delay in the
pronouncement of the winner of
the governorship election.
“We will continue to caution that
INEC should not take the
patience of the electorate and
people of Enugu for granted. We
know what it took us today to
rein in their voluminous anger as
it relates to the delay in the
declaration of Dr. Peter Ndubuisi
Mbah as governor-elect and we
are calling on the INEC to cease
forthwith this foot-dragging and
declare our candidate the duly
elected candidate in the last
election” the PDP stressed.
The party also condemned what
it described as desperate and
hypocritical approach of the
Labour Party to the elections.
“In the instance, our Enugu East
senatorial candidate lost his
election to return to the Senate
to the Labour Party. It was the
same process that produced the
result that gave Labour Party
the victory that also produced
the winner of the governorship
election in the Nkanu East in the
same senatorial zone. But while
the Labour Party has accepted
the result for the Senate, they
are contesting the governorship
that the same process produced.
This is hypocrisy”, the party
concluded.
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Wike vs Dino Melaye: You are just Gov, not deputy Jesus – Adeyanju by hdaveyork(m) : 5:42 am On Apr 13

Wike vs Dino Melaye: You are just Gov, not deputy Jesus – Adeyanju to
Rivers helmsman
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Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, said Wike should take things easy
because he’s just a governor and not “deputy Jesus.”
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been cautioned against his latest
tirades with some high-ranking personalities in the country.

Adeyanju was reacting to the latest face-off between Wike and a former
Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye.

The Rivers governor had thrown the first punch when he said Melaye lacked
the capacity to govern Kogi State.

Melaye had fired back at Wike saying the Rivers Governor’s comments were
borne out of anger over his, (Melaye’s) refusal to support his Vice
presidential ambition.

Reacting to the face-off, Adeyanju tweeted:

“Imagine Wike trying to belittle
Femi Falana, SAN because he became governor.

The next governor of Rivers
should take things easy.

“The incoming governors should generally take things easy. It’s ordinary
governor, not deputy Jesus position.

“Dino is too hard on Wike, lol. Wike no matter what is still the best-performing governor in the 2015-2023 era despite all his nonsense talks and
jumping all over the place.”


https://dailypost.ng/2023/04/12/wike-vs-dino-melaye-you-are-just-gov-not-deputy-jesus-adeyanju-to-rivers-helmsman/

Win An Iphone by hdaveyork(m) : 5:53 am On Apr 13

U.S., UK media, think-tanks wrongfully believed Obi won presidential election: FG by hdaveyork(m) : 1:26 am On Apr 14

Party scored one-third of votes in only 15 of the 36
“When we told many of those we met that the Labour
states, they were shocked.”
Some international media organisations and
think-tanks have admitted that they were
misinformed about the Labour Party candidate
Peter Obi’s chances of winning the 2023
presidential election.

“Unfortunately, with all these facts on the ground,
they (foreign organisations) earlier believed that
Obi won the election.

This was because of the
wrong mindset they had before the polls based on
the hyped activities of his followers on social
media,” Mr Mohammed. “They also developed the
wrong mindset based on skewed and very
unrepresentative opinion polls, especially by
Bloomberg, which was uncritically reported by other
international media.”
Information minister Lai Mohammed disclosed this in
London when he concluded his engagements and
meetings with media houses and policy institutes.

The minister was in Washington and London to
defend the legitimacy of the just concluded general
elections and correct the imbalance in the skewed
narrative which had pervaded the air on the polls.

Addressing journalists at the Royal Institute of
International Affairs, Chatham House, London,
where he concluded his engagements, the minister
said his mission abroad was very successful.

“We have been able to correct the imbalance in the
reporting and we are leaving today with a better
feeling. Most of the people we met agreed with us
that they had been misinformed and they over-
relied on social media hype,” he said.

Mr Mohammed revealed that not until he educated
the foreign outlets, many were unaware of the
requirements to win a presidential election in
Nigeria.

“When we told many of those we met that the
Labour Party scored one-third of votes in only 15 of
the 36 states, they were shocked. We also told
them there is no pathway to victory for either the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Labour Party
because they did not meet the requirements to be
declared winner,” stated the information minister.

Mr Mohammed said he also explained the edge APC
and its candidate, Bola Tinubu, had over the two
other major contenders, Mr Obi and Atiku Abubakar
of the PDP.

“We explained to them that it is not enough for you
to win 12 states, but what you scored in other
states is also very important.

For instance, in
addition to winning 12 states, the APC came second
in 19 other states with very high scores,” said Mr
Mohammed.

The information minister said he informed the
media outlets and think tanks that it was
impossible for any party without national spread
and grassroots base to win a presidential election,
stating that the Labour Party scored only 315,000
votes in the North-East and 350,000 votes in the
North-West.

He added, “However, I am leaving the USA and the
UK satisfied because the wrong perceptions had
been corrected and were changing.”


https://gazettengr.com/u-s-uk-media-think-tanks-wrongfully-believed-obi-won-presidential-election-fg/

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