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PDP Accuses Nasarawa Police of Disrupting Campaign Flag-off
The Nasarawa State Police Command was accused by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of interfering with its campaign flag-off in the state yesterday.
The party has set Monday, November 28, in the state’s Toto Local Government Area as the start of its presidential, governorship, and national/state assemblies’ zonal campaigns.
At a press conference held yesterday at Mararaba in the state’s Karu Local Government Area, Mr. Labaran Maku, the director general of the state PDP Campaign Council, accused the police of working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to sabotage the campaign flag-off scheduled for tomorrow.
At the press conference, Maku said that the police strictly followed an order from Abdullahi Aliyu Tashas, the chairman of the Toto Local Government Area, to halt the PDP campaign in his council area.
He stated that the PDP was extremely upset with what had occurred and argued that democracy demands complete impartiality from the security services.
He clarified that on November 18, 2022, the police had been informed by the main opposition party.
Maku said “Now they are telling us we cannot go to campaign on Monday.
“We understand the role security agencies played in enforcing the law is to ensure there is peace. It is strange that 48 hours, or so, to go to our campaign rally, we suddenly received a letter from the Commissioner of Police that the Toto Local Government chairman has just informed him that he is not aware and had not permitted us to hold a rally in Toto.
“It was established that this party was the first to notify the Police of our schedules. The electoral law understanding is that elected members of the executive are partisan in the electoral process and also campaigning for their parties.
“So it did not make it incumbent on political parties to seek the permission of state governors and local government chairmen because they would not allow opposition parties to campaign in their states? They are also contesting in the same election and they cannot be the ones to permit us,” Maku explained.
According to Maku, security agencies are only notified to provide security rather than issuing a permit.
The Director General of the PDP Campaign Council for Nasarawa State, however, remarked that it was odd that they had not been invited to join the APC.
“Ideally, if the APC had a conflict with us, the police authority will invite the APC and the PDP and resolve. No such meeting has been called between us and the APC. So it is clear to us that this is an attempt to disrupt the campaign in Nasarawa State.
“This campaign is for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, governorship candidate, National and Houses of Assembly candidates. So, it is one campaign. We notified the police on November 18, 2022, by their letter. Today (yesterday) is November 25, 2022, and they are telling us we cannot go to campaign on Monday.” Maku explained.
But Ramhan Nansel, the state’s PPRO, quickly responded to the claim that the police had told the PDP to abandon plans for its campaign flag-off ceremony in Toto Local Government Area, which was set for November 28.pdp
The state police commissioner, CP Mohammed-Baba, only suggested the PDP move its rally to the following day to avoid clashes between supporters and to allow the police to provide security for the two events, according to Nansel, who also claimed that the PDP and the APC had clashing dates and locations.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the outcome of the Ondo State governorship election, accusing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of electoral malpractice, including vote-buying and result manipulation.
This was disclosed during a meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum on Saturday in Jos, Plateau State.
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The forum, chaired by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, criticized the conduct of the election, which saw APC’s Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa secure a landslide victory for another four-year term in Alagbaka, Akure.
“We are still reviewing documents from the Ondo election, where the APC openly bought votes and manipulated results,” Mohammed said.
He urged the judiciary to “save Nigerian democracy” and called on the National Assembly to strengthen electoral laws to prevent what he described as “institutional sabotage of the people’s will.”
The PDP governors also condemned the September governorship election in Edo State, describing it as a “rape of democracy.”
The forum accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of colluding with the APC to declare its candidate the winner despite claims that the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, had secured the majority of lawful votes.
“INEC blatantly manipulated the results in favor of the APC candidate. This undermines the credibility of our electoral process,” Mohammed said.
Beyond electoral grievances, the governors urged the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) to convene a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting by February 2025.
They emphasized the need for broader consultations with stakeholders to resolve the party’s internal leadership crisis and strengthen its position as the main opposition party.
The forum reiterated its commitment to democratic values and vowed to push for electoral reforms that would restore public confidence in Nigeria’s electoral process.
The Ondo governorship election has sparked a renewed call for transparency in the country’s electoral system, with the PDP vowing to challenge what it views as a subversion of democracy.
Following his observations that ‘the momentum was strong’ Matt Gaetz whom 47th POTUS elect, Donald Trump nominated for Attorney General has withdrawn.
Biztellers reports that this follows his meeting with Senate and the feedback, which included two women, represented by their attorneys, who accused him of having paid for sex.
Consequently, Gaetz placed on record his full commitment to seeing “that Donald J. Trump is the most successful President in history.”
His withdrawal according his statement on micro-blogging site, X, was based on his conviction that “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle”.
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In is view, “Trump’s DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1”.
Gaetz wrote, “I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback – and the incredible support of so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition. There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I’ll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General. Trump’s DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1.
“I remain fully committed to see that Donald J. Trump is the most successful President in history. I will forever be honored that President Trump nominated me to lead the Department of Justice and I’m certain he will Save America.”
His backers have promptly encouraged to take his seat in the House of Representatives, having been elected to the house under the flag of the Republicans to represent Florida.
The Executive Governors from Nigeria’s South West have unanimously nominated Senator Ademola Adeleke as the chairman of the zone on the National Economic Council (NEC).
Adeleke is the Executive Governor of Osun State, southwest, Nigeria.
This, according to the Spokesperson to Governor Adeleke, Olawale Rasheed, transpired on Thursday, at a meeting of the NEC.
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He noted that the meeting reviewed the state of Nigeria’s electricity sector and resolved to engage subnational structures to address current challenges in the sector.
“The meeting particularly sought to build on the devolution of the electricity sector and its movement into the concurrent legislative list which empowers state governments to regulate the sector in their respective areas,” he stated.
Consequently, the NEC, therefore set up an ad hoc committee to review actions in the sector by state governments and explore ways to ramp up activities through coordination, Rasheed highlighted.
The full list of members of NEC’s Ad-hoc Committee on National Electrification:
- Governor of Cross Rivers State, Bassey Out – Chairman, South-South
- Governor of Katsina State, Mallam Dikko Umaru Radda – Chairman, North-West
- Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya – Chairman, North-East
- Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke – Chairman, South-West
- Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma – Chairman, South-East
- Governor of Plateau State, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang – Chairman, North-Central
- Hon. Minister of Finance, Wale Edun
- Hon. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu
- Special Adviser, NEC and Climate Change, Rukaiya El-Rufai
- Special Adviser, Power Minister, Hon. Bolaji Tunji
- MD/CEO Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu
- MD/CEO Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Jennifer Adighije
- Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazak
- NEC Secretariat
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