…..Says Parties yet to agree on inspection modalities The Labour Party (LP) in Imo, on Tuesday, said it was not involved in the inspection of election materials conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo. INEC displayed the materials for inspection in its headquarters in Owerri on Tuesday. The materials were displayed in…
Aggrieved members of Labour Party in Imo State, on Monday, staged a protest at the state secretariat office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri, the state capital, over the alleged delay in the release of the Certified True Copy result of the just-concluded governorship election in the state. The LP Chairman in the…
The candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded Imo state Governorship election Athan Achonu has accused security operatives of colluding with the ruling All Progressives Congress to manipulate the result in the state Addressing newsmen in Ehime Mbano local government area of Imo state, the 64-year-old alleged his party supporters and voters were…
Government Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has won the 2023 Governorship election in Imo state. Uzodinma, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress won in all the 27 Local Government Areas of the state. Though 18 parties fielded candidates in the poll, this year’s governorship election in Imo State has been described by…
Following the conclusion of collation of result which puts APC candidate and incumbent governor Hope Uzodinma in an unassailable lead, Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party have called for the cancellation of the governorship election. The deputy governorship candidate of the LP, Tony Nwulu, said in a press conference on Saturday night that security…
A video is currently circulating on line of a policeman in uniform beaten up by youths in a community in Imo state for allegedly snatching a ballot box during voting An indigene of the community, Amakohia Ikeduru who witnessed the drama told Ekweanaedo News on condition of anonymity that the police officer is attached to…
Just hours to the commencement of the off- cycle election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, thee factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa has threatened to disrupt the exercise in the South East. In a post on his X handle, Ekpa said none of the Biafrans will participate in the election….
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday turned down the request of the Lamidi Apapa faction of Labour party to remove Athan Achonu, the candidate of Labour party in this weekend’s election in Imo state Lamidi Apapa’s faction had gone to court to stop Achonu from participating in Saturday’s Governorship election in Imo State….
A public policy think tank, group, the Neo Africana Centre, NAC, has expressed satisfaction with the decision of the Supreme Court to revisit the December 20, 2019 judgment on the Imo State governorship election of 2019. The unsettled issues around that election have led to disruptions and instability in the State political landscape, culminating in…
Ahead of the off-cycle governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state next weekend, a civil society organization (CSO), the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Center, (RULAAC) has questioned the prospects of a fair and credible election in Imo state The CSO also raised alarm over the recent attack on the President, Nigeria Labour…
