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2023 Presidential Primary Babatope Fires Warning To PDP

2023 Presidential Primary: Babatope Sends Warning To PDP

May 20, 2022 4:53 am

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope has warned the opposition party to allow fairness, equity, and credibility to prevail at its upcoming presidential primary or else risk losing the elections again in 2023.

Babatope issued the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York on Friday.

‘Our great party, the PDP, must get it right at the presidential primary. We must ensure that the process is fair and credible so that we can have the best man as a candidate,’ Babatope said.

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Poll shift legal but destroys INEC’s credibility- Lawyers

February 16, 2019 4:34 pm

Lawyers on Saturday affirmed the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reschedule elections but noted the Commission damaged its credibility with how it shifted presidential and national assembly polls.

Chief Niyi Akintola SAN observed the Electoral Act permitted the Commission to make polls adjustments in the national interest.

Section 26(1) of the Electoral 2010 (As Amended), says: “Where a date has been appointed for the holding of an election, and there is reason to believe that a serious breach of the peace is likely to occur if the election is proceeded with on that date, or it …