General Elections: Palpable Tensions As Gunmen Launch More Attacks At LP, PDP Candidates, Shoot Convoys, Injure Scores
The continuous attacks might have inarguably negative effects on the turnout of voters in Saturday’s general polls.
The continuous attacks might have inarguably negative effects on the turnout of voters in Saturday’s general polls.
The arrest this morning is a sequel to the various instigating roles allegedly attributed to the politician.
The arrest comes as Mazi Ekpa intensifies efforts to frustrate the Nigerian presidential elections scheduled for February 25.
Afunanya said the operation was intelligence-driven, questioning how the weapons were found on the property.
The governor stated this at the state broadcast aired on electronic media outfits of the state Thursday morning, barely 48 hours before the election.
The killers were also said to have set him and his supporters who were with him inside his car ablaze.
This is happening less than 72 hours before the February 25th general elections in Nigeria, while the general public is wowed by the various unfolding ever-unanticipated events in the states across the country.
The move is said to be geared toward containing the various excesses of some aggrieved party members and also to serve as a deterrent to the potential others after the elections.
This is happening a few days before the February 25th, 2023 general elections
A closer look at the new primary election schedule published on Friday shows that, other than dates and venues, it is different from the previous ones used for the timetable deployed last year for other states’ primary.
Recall that some irate Nigerian youths have in the past days and weeks been launching their anger at some Commercial banks and fuel stations in some states across the country.
Similarly, the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, assured the party that his state would deliver for the APC in the February 25 presidential election.
According to Yakubu, nobody chose to vote in these polling units.
The canard which surfaced on Monday morning flooded all Social Media in the brink of an eye.
“According to the Commission, the list of registered voters in the 176,846 polling units nationwide will be on display at each polling unit before Election Day.”
The Hon. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu along with the members of the INEC and VCs are to finalize Plans for the forthcoming polls.
It was also gathered that the assailants, who parked an unmarked Sienna bus along the road, opened fire on the convoy of the governorship candidate and riddled his Toyota SUV with bullets.
IPOB further warned the public to be wary of any group claiming that they are IPOB issuing and enforcing reckless sit-at homes in the East.
The Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the position of the government known at a press conference in Abuja.
It was also gathered that this would be the final concession that would be granted by the electoral body.