“By this announcement, any campaign activity henceforth does not have the permission of the party or its governorship candidate.

The Nigeria Police Force says it has deployed 25,565 personnel and over 250 vehicles for the conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in Imo.

Governor Hope Uzodimma has claimed that the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, is pursuing the agenda of the Labour Party and his personal interest in Imo State.

The President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and the Imo state Council of Elders on Thursday called on the electorate in Imo state to go out and vote and that they should ignore scaremongers who do not want the November 11, 2023 governorship election to hold in Imo.

The National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Engr Yabagi Sani, has urged voters in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa to resist actions that could undermine the democratic principles guiding the upcoming off-season elections on Saturday, November 11.

Hundreds of protesters, on Tuesday, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, besiege the police command, demanding the redeployment of the Commissioner of Police, Tolani Alausa.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing Worldwide on Thursday called on the electorate in Imo state to ignore the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, led by Simon Ekpa’s group and that they should come out en-mass and participate in this week Saturday’s Imo governorship election.

The police have vowed to arrest and prosecute perpetrators of election violence and their sponsors in Bayelsa.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has warned against acts of electoral corruption in the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi off-cycle elections.

The police have vowed arrest to and prosecute perpetrators of violence and their sponsors during and after Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced distribution of electoral materials to all 27 Local Government Areas of the Imo state ahead of the Saturday’s  governorship election. 

Barely 48 hours to the Off Cycle gubernatorial elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states, the Defence Headquarters has said the military is aware of plans by some persons working for some candidates to disguise in military wear to orchestrate havoc and disrupt elections in some areas.

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has explained that the prolonged power outage which has affected the whole of Imo State, occasioned by the industrial action by organized labour is beyond its control while empathizing with its customers in the state.

The Association of Igbo Town Unions (ASITU), has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to use the November 11, 2023, governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states to redeem its image among Nigeria and the international community and organize a free, fair and credible election.

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declined to grant a motion ex-parte brought by Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) to stop Athan Achonu as governorship candidate of Saturday’s election in Imo.