The plan by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to bounce back as the dominant party in the country appears to be suffering more setbacks following the outcome of the five off-cycle governorship elections conducted under President Bola Tinubu.
reports that since Tinubu assumed office as Nigeria's president on May 29, 2023, five off-cycle elections have been conducted in Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo, Edo, and Ondo States. The All Progressives Congress, APC, won four states, while the PDP , the hitherto largest political party in Africa, claimed just one. The continuous defeat suffered by the PDP during the elections has raised concerns and cast doubt over the party's possibility of returning to power in 2027.
itself and the judiciary that would give them justice. 'Our democracy is in a state of capture, so until we unite as an opposition, forget the PDP because the party is comatose.
and the judiciary.' NASS should abolish off-cycle election - Activist, Idam Meanwhile, an activist lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam has charged the National Assembly to make laws that would abolish off-cycle elections and ensure a uniform poll in Nigeria. Idam described the off-cycle elections as a threat to Nigeria's democracy, adding that corrupt politicians were benefiting from it. He told
and the judiciary. Just go in there, do anything and nobody talks. 'The protocols of state capture have been mastered by the APC and that's why you see a replication. These are not elections but captured events. You hold the judiciary and integrity The former Special Adviser on Public Affairs to Peter Obi has charged Tinubu to strengthen the electoral integrity in the country to create room for a free and fair election.
and the judiciary contrary to the stipulations of the electoral act. He said: 'The electoral act as amended is beautiful and had instructions for a Biometric identification of voters before they could cast their votes which made the large number of votes from the North disappear in the last election, that was why Peter Obi won very well.
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