Politics
Kwara REC Gives PDP 48 Hours To Apologise Or Risk Court Action For Alleged Defamation
Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Kwara State, Malam Garba Attairu Madami, has demanded an official apology within 48hours from the state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for alleged defamation of character.
Briefing newsmen in Ilorin on Monday, Garba, said he will seek redress in court if the party refuses to do a public apology in the print and electronic media within 48 hours starting from today, Monday.
” I am giving Kwara PDP forty-eight hours for a public apology in print and electronic media of which after expiration, I will take a legal action for defamation of character and assassination of my integrity built over 40 years and has been one of my life proven here in Kwara since assumption of office, July 25th,2018.”
Reacting to allegations levelled by the spokesman of the PDP, Prince Tunji Moronfoye, in which the Resident Electoral Commissioner was alleged to have collected N300m from the ruling APC government of Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, to manipulate the 2023 general elections in the state, Garba, described it as “unfounded, baseless and a pack of lies, therefore, ”I demand proof of the allegations and evidence.”
He also described another allegation where he was quoted to have said at a management meeting of the commission that ”I totally hate Saraki and will do anything in my power to stop him in Kwara State” as totally false, lies with intent to defame his integrity and name.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner further denied the accusation of importing IVED machines from Niger State to Kwara for the registration of voters.
He explained that at the last meeting of resident electoral commissioners on June 9th,2022, with INEC Commissioners, to review the continuous voters’ registration, CVR, and Permanent Voters Card, PVC collection and challenges, he joined most of the RECs who complained about inadequate IVED machines and the surge of the crowd in the last-minute rush to register.
”I requested three IVED machines for large Local Government Areas based on Kwara registration data available to me, Ilorin West, Asa, and Baruten. Other RECs collected between 4-15 IVED machines,” he added.
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On the call for his redeployment from the state by the PDP, Garba said that remains the prerogative of the INEC led by the chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu.
He assured the people of Kwara State that INEC under his watch will conduct free, fair, credible, transparent and peaceful elections come 2023, as ”I am for everyone in Kwara and not for any individual.”
The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Prince Tunji Moronfoye, on Thursday, alleged among others that at a clandestine meeting between the resident electoral commissioner and the Kwara State governor, N300m changed hands in connection with the impending 2023 general elections.
Moronfoye, also alleged that at a management meeting of the commission, Garba was quoted to have said ” I totally hate Saraki and will do anything in my power to stop him in Kwara state and that he went to Niger State to bring IVED machines to Kwara for registration of voters in the state.”
Politics
Rivers: Wike Will Be Under Fubara If He Joins APC – Bala Ibrahim
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Director of Information, Bala Ibrahim, has disclosed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike will be under Governor Sim Fubara if he defects to the party.
Ibrahim, however, said Wike will be given a seat in the APC if he decides to join.
In an interview on Trust TV on Wednesday, Ibrahim said: “He will be given a seat, there will be a place for him.
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“It’s a choice for him to be under Fubara, if you follow, you will be followed but if you don’t follow, nobody is going to follow you.
“When he was the governor he was followed, now that he is not the governor he must follow. You can’t carry the position of leadership after vacating the seat.
“He can’t get what he wants all the time, there are times that if you go against the laid down regulations, you can’t get what you want.”
Politics
2027: Details Of PDP Leaders, Jonathan’s Meeting Emerge
Details have emerged regarding the recent closed-door meeting between the Tanimu Turaki-led national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), under its newly elected National Working Committee (NWC), and former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Speaking to newsmen after the meeting, Turaki said that the visit was to introduce the new party leadership to Jonathan following their election at the National Convention held in Ibadan in November 2025.
Turaki described the former president’s response as “reassuring and very encouraging,” noting that Jonathan expressed a deep sense of obligation to the party.
“We have solicited, as usual, for his support, for his guidance, for his advice, as always.
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“We have his assurance that he’s still a card-carrying member of the PDP; he’s still active, and will even be more active these days in the activities and affairs of the PDP.
“He has assured us that PDP has done everything for him that can be done to an individual, and that he still feels that he remains obligated to PDP.
“His remarks and statements are not only reassuring, but indeed they are very encouraging as we begin to prepare for elections; off-season elections in Ekiti and Osun this year and 2027 general elections,” Turaki said.
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Turaki maintained that in spite of current internal crisis, the PDP remains the “most veritable platform” for winning elections in Nigeria.
“We still remain the leading opposition party in this country, and this new leadership of PDP is taking this party back to the people, who are the owners.
“In doing so there’s going to be level playing ground that’s going to be inclusivity. There will be no longer impunity and we are not going to allow people to take what does not belong to them,” he said.
Politics
Fubara: Mistakes Of 2023 Will Not Be Repeated In 2027 – Wike Vows
Amid renewed conflict between him and Rivers State governor Sim Fubara, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that mistakes made in the 2023 elections will not be repeated in 2027.
Wike made the vow while speaking during a visit to Akuku-Toru and Degema Local Government Areas on Tuesday.
He emphasized the importance of acknowledging past errors and taking corrective action.
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He stated, “As for Rivers state, let me make it clear what’s important in life is that you make a mistake and come out to tell people, ‘I made a mistake, and therefore I want to correct the mistakes we made.
“The mistake we made in 2023 will not be repeated. Where we voted in the state is not where we will vote again in 2027.”
Tho comes after the minister declared “total support” for President Bola Tinubu, even as tensions brew between him and leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
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