“The days of playing Father Christmas with the votes of Rivers State are over,” the governor who appears ready to play a “spoiler” declares Governor of oil-rich Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has given latest warning to presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to come over to meet him or suffer defeat in the 2023 election. Platforms Africa reports that Wike who spoke for the umpteenth time on the riveting crisis within the party, since he lost the bid for the ticket to represent the party at…
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INEC Gives Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others 8 days to Present Running Mates
Muslim-Muslim ticket likely as Presidential candidates In last-minute rush for running mates Political parties are required to upload the details of their candidates for each constituency to the INEC Candidate Nomination Portal The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given all presidential candidates of the 18 registered political parties eight days to pick and submit the list of their vice-presidential candidates. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). This means that the presidential candidates of the Peoples…
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