ABUJA- Ahead of Saturday, December 5 Bayelsa State Governorship Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday raised alarm that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has concluded arrangements to rig the poll through the use of cloned Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs and fake security agents.

The chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Rivers State chapter, Felix Obuah, says he is disappointed about the continued show of disrespect for the law and breach of public peace by members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, led by Dakuku Peterside, Magnus Abe, Andrew Uchendu and other leaders of the party in the state.

INEC was wrong by asking APC to substitute late Abubakar Audu with a new candidate. INEC will also be wrong to have asked for a transfer of the late Audu’s votes to Falake or a new candidate who did not participate in the election. In an election, the electoral umpire cannot change the goal-post in the middle of the game like INEC has done. It is ethically, morally & legally wrong to do so. The actions of INEC are null & void and cannot not stand the judicial test of time.

Now, the consequence of President Muhammad Buhari’s seeming lack of appreciation of due electoral process, or his decided indifference to the imperatives of engaging the full complements of the composition of a board for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, or both, is the controversial outcome of the Kogi State governorship election held penultimate Saturda

Honourable Julius Pondi represents Burutu Federal Constituency of Delta State in the House of Representatives. In this interview, he says Nigeria has celebrated 55 years of nationhood but has really nothing to show for it and that the much talked about fight against corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will not achieve much result.

The Court of Appeal, Makurdi Division has voided the election of the immediate past Senate President, Senator David Mark.

The community to community meet the people tour embarked upon by the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, the first by any sitting governor in the predominantly riverine state has exposed him to the needs of the rural dwellers, who constitute the bulk of the voting population and the need for government to invest in the development of the communities.

PDP appeals Tribunal judgment on Assembly poll in Edo

National leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were last night locked in a meeting with some of the party’s governors in Abuja, weighing options to disqualify the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the December 5, supplementary elections in Kogi State.

President Muhammadu Buhari among other eminent Nigerians attended the burial ceremony of late Chief HID Awolowo in Ikenne Ogun State on Wednesday…See photos.