Politics

13 Parties Abandon Election Boycott Plan

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3 years ago

February 19, 2023

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About two weeks after their threat to boycott the presidential election if the Central Bank of Nigeria further extends the deadline of its policies on the Naira, 13 parties on Saturday made a volte-face and jettisoned the idea.

The members of the organisation were drawn from governorship, senatorial and House of Representatives as well as House of Assembly candidates.

The Spokesperson of the Forum of Chairmen of Nigerian Political Parties and Candidates of the 2023 General Election and chairman of Action Alliance, Kenneth Udeze, had at a press briefing, said both the February 10 deadline for the currency swap and February 25 date for the presidential election remained sacrosanct.

“We hereby announce our resolution that at least 13 of the 18 political parties in Nigeria will not be interested in the 2023 general election and indeed we shall withdraw all our participation from the electoral process if these currency policies are suspended or cancelled or if the deadline is further shifted”, Udeze said.

But when asked on Saturday to give an update, the Spokesperson of FCNPPC, said the parties have drooped the threat.

Udeze said, “Some parties threw their weights behind Atiku Abubakar (presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party), of which my party is one of them.

“We’re just coming out from the final rally of the PDP because among all the presidential candidates, it’s only Atiku that approached us to form a Government of National Unity. He wants everyone to be united so that we can wrestle power from the All Progressives Congress and form a Government of National Unity.

“Instead of withdrawing completely from the race, where we’ll not make a headway, we decided to use our platforms to support a candidate who has a headway.

“Everyone matters, and by the time these four parties come together, with the support of the agents, it’ll go a long way. We waited for someone like Peter Obi (presidential candidate of the Labour Party) to make a request of forming a Government of National Unity. But he never did that, despite the fact that we sent a lot of body language by way of inviting them for discussion, but it didn’t happen.

“In politics, you can’t beg someone to come to work with them. So, the person who knows the benefits of inviting other parties to form a government is who we’re working with because, in politics, you have to always defend your interest and that of the party. So, we met as a party and agreed by looking at the chances. From day one, we said it can be anybody except the APC, and that is it.

“The best thing is for us to encourage our supporters to support him, and we need to bring something to the table so that when he wins we won’t be left out. The whole thing still boils down to what the parties demanded, because at the end of the day, despite the fact that our injunction we got from the high court in Abuja was later taken over by another ruling from the Supreme Court, yet if you look at the decision of the President, at the end of the day, it still boils down to what we’re demanding. At least, it still goes a long way to stop vote-buying.”
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Why We’re Impeaching Fubara — Rivers Assembly

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8 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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The Rivers State House of Assembly has given reasons for the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

The Majority Leader of the Assembly, Major Jack, said the decision to impeach the governor and his deputy was based on their alleged persistent violation of the peace agreement brokered by President Bola Tinubu.

Jack made the allegation during plenary on Thursday while presenting the report detailing acts of misconduct against the governor.

According to him, Governor Fubara and his deputy had repeatedly disregarded the resolutions reached during reconciliation efforts aimed at restoring stability in the state.

He accused the two leaders of running the affairs of government without commitment to transparency and good governance.

“The governor and his deputy have continued to act in a manner that undermines democratic principles and accountability,” Jack said.

He further alleged that the peace deals facilitated by President Tinubu were breached on several occasions, including agreements reached during reconciliation meetings held in December 2023 and another in 2025.

Jack insisted that the continued failure of the governor and his deputy to honour the terms of the peace accord necessitated the impeachment process currently before the Assembly.

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‘We’ll Do Everything To Stop It’ – APC Rejects Fubara’s Impeachment

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9 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State chapter, has vehemently rejected the move by the State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy.

The Assembly had earlier on Thursday commenced an impeachment process against Fubara over alleged misconduct.

The impeachment notice is expected to be issued to the governor and his deputy in the next seven days.

Reacting, the Rivers APC, in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju, rejected the move.

“Our position as at today on this matter is that we solemnly reject the resort to an impeachment process against our governor and his deputy.

“It will be totally untenable for our party to keep quiet when an obvious hangover from strifes that occurred within the PDP are allowed to resurface in our great party,” Darlington said.

He added that the ruling party “will do everything possible to ensure that the Government of Rivers State, which is an APC government, is not destabilized”

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Rivers Crisis: Bad People Won’t Prevail Over Us – Wike

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9 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says God will not allow “bad people” prevail in Rivers State.

Wike made the statement on Thursday during his ‘thank-you-visit’ to the Bonny Island area of Rivers State.

“I appreciate you because you have shown me love and shown that you are people that can be trusted.

“I have told people that I don’t believe in generalizing, if for example somebody in Bonny disappoints you, you said Bonny people are bad, that’s very wrong.

“There are different kinds of people.There are places you have armed robbers, you have good people who stay there. So you can’t say because someone is bad so everyone there is bad. That’s not it.

“The good people are more in number than the few people who want to rub us black, but God, in His infinite mercy, will not allow evil to prevail over light,” he said.

Wike’s statement is coming after the Rivers State House of Assembly began impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.