Today's Headlines: Labour Party rejects Presidential Election Petition Court Judgement, Nasarawa APC gets new chairman
Labour Party rejects Presidential Election Petition Court Judgement
The Labor Party has rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court upholding the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the February 25, 2023 election.
Source: Vanguard
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, made the party’s position known in Abuja, shortly after the court announced its decision. Ifoh said, “The Labour Party watched with dismay and trepidation the dismissal of petitions by the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani today and we reject the outcome of the judgment in its entirety because justice was not served and it did not reflect the law and the desire of the people.
“Nigerians were witnesses to the electoral robbery that took place on February 25, 2023, which was globally condemned but the Tribunal in its wisdom refused to accept the obvious. “What is at stake is democracy and we will not relent until the people will prevail.
Nasarawa APC gets new chairman
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress in Nasarawa State have appointed and ratified the immediate past secretary of the party, Aliyu Bello, as the chairman.
Source: Punch papers
The decision of the party leaders followed the appointment of the immediate-past APC Chairman, John Mamman, as a Commissioner and member of the State Executive Council. Bello madisclosedhile speaking with journalists at the party’s secretariat in Lafia on Tuesday.
He added, “This development of course also necessitated my having to vacate my seat as the state party secretary, which I occupied for years and am now taken over by an experienced retired civil servant and also a politician of great worth, in the person of Mr Yairus G. Dagusa. “I appreciate the leader of the party in the state, His Excellency Abdullahi Sule, the members of the State Executive Council, and the entire members of the APC for the confidence reposed in me.
Tinubu’s US drug-dealing forfeiture not criminal indictment – Tribunal
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has ruled that President Bola Tinubu cannot be disqualified on the basis of his forfeiture of drug money in the United States.
Source: Vanguard
The verdict was declared by Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Petition Election Tribunal on the petition on Wednesday. According to the PEPT, Tinubu was previously cleared by the Nigeria Police Force of any criminal issues in the US, which came through an inquiry the police had made to US law enforcement.
The court disclosed that Tinubu has been able to enter and exit the US, and that suggests he has no criminal case. In his ruling, Tsammani said the judgement of the US District in Northern Illinois which ordered the forfeiture of Tinubu’s $460,000 in a drugs-related case was in civil proceedings in which Tinubu was not a party.
Strike halts activities in Rivers, Osun, Edo, Kano, Kaduna, Cross River
THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday made good its threat to hold a two-day warning strike from Tuesday, recording mixed compliance across the country.
Source: Vanguard
While the strike grounded the government’s activities in states such as Rivers, Edo, Cross River, Benue, Kaduna, and Kano, among others. It recorded partial compliance in Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, Ekiti, Kwara, and Kebbi. Some of the highlights of the strike included the total shutdown of the ports, Osogbo Transmission Company, and some power distribution companies, DisCos, raising fears of imminent blackout.
Speaking on the strike, the President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, expressed delight over the level of compliance on day one of the two-day warning strike, saying the first day of the strike fully achieved NLC’s objectives. He said: “We are very happy with the level of compliance. I can tell you that day one of the warnings struck our objectives.
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