LP Candidates and RSIEC Clash Reject N5m Security Bond Clash Over Election Results Some Labour Party candidates from the recent local government elections in Rivers State have rejected a N5m security bond that the Local Government Election Tribunal imposed. Eko Hot Blog reports that the candidates not only called the N5m bond a prerequisite for … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerian policemen and other security personnel are currently stationed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja in anticipation of the judgement on the Kano State Governorship Election Petition. The heightened security presence is likely a response to the previous reaction of Kano residents to the Tribunal’s decision on the same … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state says he would appeal the majority judgment of the Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia that annulled his declaration as the winner of March 18 election. EDITOR’S PICKS Police Investigate Alleged Poisoning Of Tinubu’s Minister Reactions As Lady Pushed Out Of Vehicle Dies In … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that The Chief Justices of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has said the nation’s judiciary is at the moment not in pleasant situation due to continued rise in cases pending before various courts. Justice Ariwoola said it is undisputed fact that Nigeria continuously ranks among the most litigious countries in the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National/ State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, of the APC, challenging the victory of Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe of NNPP for Rimin Gado/Dawakin Tofa/ Tofa/ Federal House of Representatives Election held on March. 25, 2023. Recall … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that anxiety looms as President Bola Tinubu and 25 state governors anticipate the outcomes of the tribunals handling petitions for presidential, gubernatorial, National Assembly, and state assembly elections. The panels are expected to deliver their judgments this month. Out of the 28 states where the governorship elections were held, the results … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State has closed its case in the petition challenging the declaration of Mr Alex Otti as winner of the March 18, 2023, governorship election in the State. At the continued hearing on Friday, August 18, 2023, Mr Samuel Oduntan, who identified himself as … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that some of the allegations made by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, against President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal are of a criminal nature. Obi and Atiku have … Read more
Senator Dino Melaye, the PDP candidate in Kogi State, testifies as a key witness in the petition against President Bola Tinubu’s election. Melaye alleges fraudulent computation of results and refusal to sign the final result. He claims that the presidential election results were manipulated and differ from those on the IReV portal. EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
Afenifere wants election petition resolved before May 29 inauguration. It supports Peter Obi’s victory and a president from the South East for fairness. Afenifere opposes FG’s plan to commit N100bn to census under Buhari administration, demands timely resolution of all petitions regarding the presidential election. Afenifere calls for judiciary intervention in resolving presidential election petitions … Read more
INEC has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss all the petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election. All the opposition parties challenging Tinubu’s victory joined INEC as a co-defendant. INEC defended Tinubu’s win, stating that he “scored highest valid votes cast at the … Read more
Tonye Cole, the APC governorship candidate in Rivers State, has decried the arrest of three of his lawyers and five support staff by operatives. The lawyers were arrested while preparing a petition to challenge the March 18 Governorship election. The arrest came 48-hours after Cole led the party executive to protest INEC’s refusal to release … Read more