Tag: Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

Attacks: Security Teams Deployed To All INEC Offices Nationwide

Abibat Babalola

ABUJA – The Inter-agency Consultative Committee On Election Security (ICCES) has deployed Joint Security and Safety Teams to all Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) assets and facilities nationwide forthwith to forestall attacks. The teams, according to the Commission, will include, among others, the Police, Army, DSS, Civil Defence, and the Federal Fire Service. The Commission also assured that security agencies will upscale intelligence gathering, sharing, and utilisation of same to stem further sabotage. This was contained in a resolutions of an emergency meeting of ICCES signed by the national commissioner…

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2023: We’ve 600 Pending Cases In Court –INEC

Abibat Babalola

ABUJA – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, raised the alarm that the over 600 pending court cases arising from conduct of party primaries were delaying preparation and procurement of sensitive materials for the conduct of 2023 general elections. It specifically expressed disappointment against a political party which served it about 70 court processes in a day seeking to compel the commission to accept the nomination or substitution of its candidates long after the deadline. The electoral body said most of the pending cases bordered on the conduct of…

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N10m or Jail Terms: INEC, EFCC Bicker On Electoral Offences Commission Bill

Abibat Babalola

Why our position on the bill is the best, INEC’s Professor Yakubu. No, the EFCC’s view should be considered, Abdulrasheed Bawa. On the bill, here are what to know about the chairmen and their mien   Chairmen of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and his Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have expressed divergent views on a bill seeking to establish the electoral offences commission. While INEC emphasized the need for the establishment of the proposed commission, the EFCC kicked against it. READ ALSO: Atiku Camp Unsettled As Tinubu, Wike,…

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Attacks on Nigeria’s election Umpire, INEC’s facilities hit 41 in 24 months

Dawood Rabiu

  Here is the full account of how INEC suffered an average of about 2 attacks per month in last two years + implications for next transition in Africa’s biggest democracy     The Nigeria’s election umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had suffered 41 deliberate attacks on its facilities across the country within the last two years. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s emergency meeting with security agencies under the auspices of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).   READ ALSO: Another INEC headquarters on…

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