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Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo, has approved the appointment of 1,192 additional aides. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Folashade Ayoade. “The aides include Yakubu Abdulhakeem who is to serve as the Executive Secretary, Kogi State Office for Disability, 165 Senior Special Assistants,
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced plans to conduct a mock accreditation of voters ahead of the Ondo State governorship election, scheduled for November 16, 2024. The exercise, set for Wednesday, November 6, 2024, will test the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and the real-time result upload to the INEC Result Viewing
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced plans to conduct a mock accreditation of voters ahead of the Ondo State governorship election, scheduled for November 16, 2024. The exercise, set for Wednesday, November 6, 2024, will test the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and the real-time result upload to the INEC Result Viewing
A Max Air aircraft carrying 53 passengers with the registration number: 5N-MBD suffered a tyre burst late Tuesday night at the Mallam Aminu International Airport, Kano. A passenger told PUNCH Online that the aircraft had suffered the tyre burst on landing at 22:57pm. The aircraft had earlier departed the Murtala Muhammed Muhammed Airport in Lagos
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A Max Air aircraft carrying 53 passengers with the registration number: 5N-MBD suffered a tyre burst late Tuesday night at the Mallam Aminu International Airport, Kano. A passenger told PUNCH Online that the aircraft had suffered the tyre burst on landing at 22:57pm. The aircraft had earlier departed the Murtala Muhammed Muhammed Airport in Lagos
The Executive Director, TAP Initiative, Martins Obono, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of being actively involved in rigging the 2024 Edo State governorship election. It could be recalled that Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeated the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Asue Ighodalo, in the keenly contested election. However, appearing
Edo guber: INEC failed Nigerians, must be held accountable – Rights group
The Executive Director, TAP Initiative, Martins Obono, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of being actively involved in rigging the 2024 Edo State governorship election.
It could be recalled that Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeated the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Asue Ighodalo, in the keenly contested election.
However, appearing on Arise Television’s Morning Show, Obono presented what he claimed to be “damning, incontrovertible evidence” of INEC’s role in an alleged conspiracy that could shake Nigeria’s electoral foundation.
While presenting documents, he said: “When we compared the CTCs from INEC with iREV’s records, we uncovered something staggering.
“It appears INEC produced a shadow set of result sheets to substitute the real ones.
“They bear identical serial numbers, yet the iREV results are signed by party agents, while the CTCs are mysteriously unsigned.”
Obono then revealed that TAP Initiative had enlisted a world-renowned forensic handwriting expert, whose expertise is sought by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, to scrutinise the CTCs.
“The expert confirmed that several CTCs were filled out by a single individual,” Obono stated.
“One person sat down and forged these results. We were stunned. Democracies are built on trust in our institutions. If INEC can betray that trust, what does it mean for our future?” He alleged.
Obono contended that the alleged manipulation “wasn’t just election fraud, it was institutionalised rigging, a level of deception never seen before in Nigeria.
“For years, we suspected rogue actors in political parties. But this time, it’s the very institution entrusted to protect our democracy, INEC, that is subverting it.
“Citizens need to believe in the system, or democracy fails. This isn’t about one election; it’s about the soul of our democracy.”
He called on the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to pursue a comprehensive investigation, stressing, “This cannot stand. If INEC’s actions go unpunished, it will form the playbook for all future elections.
“We fought too hard for this democracy to allow it to be dismantled by those who should protect it.”
According to Obono, the 2022 Electoral Act has strengthened oversight over political actors but has failed to apply the same accountability standards to INEC itself.
“Those involved in this scandal must face the law.
“Nigeria’s democracy depends on the integrity of its institutions, and if INEC has abandoned that, it’s our duty to hold them accountable,” he declared.
Edo guber: INEC failed Nigerians, must be held accountable – Rights group