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BREAKING: INEC Officials delay collation over dollar gift from politician

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Some ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Borno State have vowed not to release electoral materials for collation until they get their own share of dollars given by an unnamed politician. Trouble started when they got to the collation center in Biu Local Government Area on Saturday night, but did not […]
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Some ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Borno State have vowed not to release electoral materials for collation until they get their own share of dollars given by an unnamed politician.

Trouble started when they got to the collation center in Biu Local Government Area on Saturday night, but did not find their Ward Collation Officer who received the money on their behalf.

An argument ensued when they could not find him at the collation center and his line was unreachable.

They claimed that the collation officer collected the money on their behalf and promised to give them after the election.

“They’re looking for him and trying his number it’s not connecting. They said they won’t release the INEC materials till their share is given to them. A group of them have gone home with the materials,” said a witness.

Borno is one of the states where governorship election held on Saturday.

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Tinubu Not Fair To El-Rufai, Yahaya Bello, Says Ogun PDP chieftain

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and one of the governorship aspirants during 2023 elections in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, on Monday, cautioned President Bola Tinubu from toeing path of an ingrate.

Otunba Showunmi said that President Tinubu can not afford to be a betrayal of the trust the north has in the south as far as managing the political landscape of nigeria is concerned.

Showunmi condemned Tinubu’s total neglect of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello, the former governors of Kaduna and Kogi States, respectively, despite working tirelessly to ensure that the former governor of Lagos emerged last February as the new President of nigeria.

The PDP chieftain disclosed this in a statement titled “This Madness Must Stop” and made available to journalists on Monday.

Showunmi accused Tinubu of allowing the former Kogi governor to suffer unnecessary humiliation at the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission despite his invaluable contribution to actualising Tinubu’s presidency, while other former governors of the Peoples Democratic Party are allowed to stroll all over the town.

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Why I Couldn’t Risk Backing My Ex-Deputy, Shaibu To Succeed Me — Gov Obaseki

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that Governor Godwin Obaseki has explained why he could not risk backing his former deputy, Philip Shaibu to succeed him as the governor of Edo State.

The Edo governor said the political permutations in the South-South state did not favour Shaibu to take over from him.

Obaseki stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics on Monday.

Recall that Shaibu and Obaseki were at the crossfire over the former’s Edo State governorship ambition.

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Edo Guber: Faction Of PDP Demands Removal Of Deputy Gov Omobayo

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that Barely five months to the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, the Legacy Group faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state has demanded the reversal of the appointment of Godwin Omobayo, as the new deputy governor of the state.

According to DAILY POST, the Legacy Group faction, led by Dan Orbih, the party’s National Vice Chairman, South South Zone, made the demand on Monday at the Edo Central PDP Leaders and Stakeholders Meeting held in Irrua, the administrative headquarters of Esan Central Local Government Area.

Speaking on the resolutions of the stakeholders meeting, Orbih said the reversal of the appointment of Godwin Omobayo as the new deputy governor of the state would be one of the conditions that would make the group work for the party during the election.

Orbih, also added that the group is threatening to work against the party at the election, if their grievances were not addressed.

He opined that the new deputy governor of the state was a Labour Party member and not PDP at the time of his appointment.

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