The Labour Party has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against succumbing to plans by parties to truncate the 2023 elections.

ANAMBRAPEOPLE reports that the Chief Spokesman for Peter Obi and Ahmad Datti presidential campaign council of the Labour Party, Yunusa Tanko, said the plan to truncate the 2023 elections is by those that know they do not have chances of winning in a free and fair contest.

Tanko said the constant attacks on INEC offices are aimed at the losing parties to truncate the election plan of INEC to give room for their rigging plans.

Recall that the electoral umpire, INEC, had on Monday raised alarm that the attacks on its staff and offices have the tendency of disrupting the 2023 election.

Reacting to the statement from INEC, Yunusa said, “We know that there are centrifugal forces who are against the state, especially those who know they cannot win elections. They are trying to make the country ungovernable so that it will be impossible for us to have free and fair elections.”

The Labour Party, Obi/Datti campaign spokesman, however, appealed to INEC not to succumb to the plans, threats and attacks by agents of opposition parties who stand no chance of winning the next election in a free and fair contest.

“Our strong warning to INEC is that it must not succumb to all these threats and attacks. It is actually targeted towards weakening their resolve to organise a free, fair and credible election in 2023.”

Yunusa added that the security agencies must double up their surveillance to arrest the arsonists.

“Also, it is high time that our security operatives explained to Nigerians how this incessant arson and destruction of INEC offices continue unabated. We expect that given previous attacks, all INEC offices should have been fortified in order to provide an enabling environment for election officers and the materials.

“It is important that our security officers should double up efforts in ensuring that INEC is given the opportunity to conduct the election while those behind the attacks are apprehended and dealt with in accordance with the laws of the land,” he said.

Labour Party further appealed to Nigerians not to yield to fears from those who do not want them to come out to elect their leaders in next month election.

“To Nigerians, we appeal to them not to yield to fears by those who do not want them to come out and vote for the leaders of their choice. If this trend continues, we will have a state of anarchy and a free and fair election may not be possible.

“We will hold the security agencies responsible for their failure to secure and protect the Nigerian state,” Yunusa Tanko

(Anambra people)

Details of how terror bandits released a group of people they abducted after they were identified as Obidients – supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, have emerged.

Obi’s running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, disclosed this yesterday, while addressing Labour Party presidential campaign rally held at the All Saints Cathedral, Onitsha, Anambra State.

“The very day we’re inaugurated, we’ll stopped killing and start healing. Recently, bandits released their abductees simply because they identified themselves as Obidients,” Datti told the mammoth crowd that attended the rally.

Though, he did not disclose when the incident happened and the identity of the beneficiaries.

Datti told the crowd that he decided to work with Obi because of his belief in justice, equality and fairness.

He asked Nigerians to hold them responsible if they fail to deliver in their promises, insisting that the February 25 election was good as won.

Datti said, “The joy and fun I’m having here has made me forget the cost of foodstuffs in the market, and forget they’re stealing our money.

“APC is being deceived by your money in their pockets, and PDP who forgets easily is being deceived by the small money in their pockets they want to spend. This election is good as won.

“Peter Obi is a shining star who will move the country from consumption to production. With Obi and I under the Obidient movement, noting will stop us from rescuing Nigeria.”

The problem with our current political class is greedy and abnormal appetite for consumption and perhaps building an unsustainable consumption pattern.

I still blame our political leaders . Good Governance would have brought genuine people on the same political page to pursue ideological politics.

The northern and south western political leaders are using the advantages of civil war that ended in 1970 to exploit and enslave the victims of that war and sadly the entire Nigerian masses ended up being the victims. The political ,business and religious elites have amassed so much wealth for the generations of their children and grand children, hence the widening income inequalities that have threatened the corporate existence of Nigeria.

Everything is wrong with Nigeria system.The system is designed and structured to keep the working class in perpetual slavery and that is why the four refineries in Nigeria are not working. Dangote Refinery is funded by Government mercenaries and the operations will soon start with monopolistic power . This is unfortunate  !

GGM is supporting Peter Obi not because he is a saint but because he is better than other career politicians.Peter Obi messages have connected and resonated with millions of Nigerians that about 40 million voters who were never interested in the Nigeria electoral process are now excited and motivated to vote for Peter Obi and that will be the game changer we expect. Peter Obi may not be the expected solution but he is a stimulus to political revolution in Nigeria.

Obidient Movement has given so many people access to the political struggle . The awareness has been created and people eyes have been opened to know that political power belongs to the people . Good Governance Ministry is here to organize the people to pursue ideological politics even in absence of Obidient Movement. The Nigerian politicians could disappoint the people but GGM will always be there for the ordinary people.

We are on the part of history.

Ndubuisi Anaenugwu,GGM Admin

If the insecurity is not monitored and dealt with decisively, it could ultimately culminate in the cancellation and/or postponement of elections in sufficient constituencies to hinder the declaration of elections results and precipitate constitutional crisis. This must not be allowed to happen and shall not be allowed to happen”

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that if insecurity is not monitored and dealt with decisively, the 2023 general election might be serious canceled or postponed.

The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu gave the warning at the Validation of Election Security Training Resources in Abuja on Monday.

Represented by the chairman, Board of Electoral Institute (BEI), Prof. Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, Yakubu advised that security personnel must be fully equipped to deal with any challenge.

“We all appreciate the fact that election security is vital to democratic consolidation through provision of enabling environment for the conduct of free, fair, credible and inclusive elections and thus strengthening the electoral process.

“Consequently, in preparations for the 2023 general elections, the commission is not leaving anything to chance in ensuring that intensive and extensive security is provided for election personnel, materials, and processes.

“This is particularly significant to the commission given the current security challenges in various parts of the country and the fact that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members constitute the core of the polling unit election officials.

“Moreover, if the insecurity is not monitored and dealt with decisively, it could ultimately culminate in the cancellation and/or postponement of elections in sufficient constituencies to hinder the declaration of elections results and precipitate constitutional crisis. This must not be allowed to happen and shall not be allowed to happen,” the INEC chairman said.

According to him, there is a new Electoral Legal Framework that will guide the 2023 election as a result of the enactment of the Electoral Act 2022 which prompted the review of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for Conduct of Elections 2022.

“In particular, Sections 47(2), 60(1, 2 & 5), 62(1), 64(4a & 4b) and 64(5) of the Electoral Act 2022, which confers INEC with the power to use any technological device to transmit or transfer election results electronically are instructive in this regard.”

He added that the Commission introduced new innovative technologies and procedures and made commitments to the Nigeria people that (a) Continuous Verification, Accreditation and Voting will be conducted at the Polling Units using the Bimodal Verification and Accreditation System (BVAS) and (b) Real-Time Polling Unit-level results will be uploaded on to the INEC Results Viewing (IReV) Portal using the same BVAS.

He said these commitments require innovative security strategies and deployments for protection of voters, election personnel, materials, equipment, the electoral processes as well as the general public and infrastructure.

“These innovative systems and processes minimize human errors and delays in results collation and improve the accuracy, transparency, and credibility of the results collation process thereby ensuring credibility of the process They were tested during the Ekiti and Osun Governorship elections, held on June 18, 2022 and July 16, 2022, respectively.”

The INEC boss added that reports on the conduct of security operatives during the elections conducted by the commission specifically stand-alone governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states had shown progressive and commendable improvement in their disposition to electoral training and professionalism on election duties.

In his goodwill message, the country director, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Seray Jah, said that the training of security personnel to be deployed for the poll is the antidote to peaceful elections.

“Managing security threats in the electioneering process is a tall order for INEC, which has the responsibility, together with Nigerian security agencies, of preventing, mitigating, and resolving electoral violence.

“To effectively do this, security personnel deployed during the elections would need adequate training on their roles and responsibilities during the election.

“The validation workshop with key stakeholders in elections security presents an opportunity to ratify the quality resources developed to train the security personnel as they prepare to deploy for the 2023 general elections,” Jay said.

Speaking earlier, Director General of the Electoral Institute, Dr. Sa’ad Umar Idris said that the validation exercise is in line with INEC’s practice to review training manuals and resources in line with the 2022 Guidelines and Regulations for the Conduct of Elections and the ICCES report on Election Security.

He also listed The Electoral Security Personnel (ESP) Training Manual, The Electoral Security Personnel (ESP) Training Facilitators Guide, The Electoral Security (ESP) Handbook, and The Basic Security in Election Duty (BaSED) Handbook, as the documents to be validated at the workshop.

To ensure that political power is returned to the people, Obidient Movement being driven by the people of Nigeria has launched an application that will make the ordinary people take control of their political destiny. The Application covers the entire country down to polling units.

With the Application,Peter Obi can easily win the election with his popularity on the social media as the application makes it easier to identify those who are really Obidient across Nigeria from polling unit level ,making it difficult for anybody to rig 2023 general election.

BVI Channel 1 online working with Good Governance Ministry encourages all the Obidient Fans to go to playstore and download – Townhall App by click on the link below https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naheretownhall.nahere

and do the necessary registration. Be part of your polling station interaction .We must retire all the corrupt and evil political class and take back our political environment.

BVI Channel 1 Online Admin

The Independent National Electoral Commission has raised the alarm over the rising security situation across the country and its impact on the 2023 general elections.

The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke at the validation of election security training resources held in Abuja on Monday noted that the forthcoming election faces serious threat of cancellation should the insecurity across the country fail to improve.

Yakubu, represented by the Chairman, Board of Electoral Institute, Abdullahi Zuru, explained that “if the insecurity is not monitored and dealt with decisively, it could ultimately culminate in the cancellation and/or postponement of elections in sufficient constituencies to hinder declaration of election results and precipitate constitutional crisis.”

The commission, however, assured Nigerians that it would not leave anything to chance in ensuring that intensive and extensive security are provided for election personnel, materials and processes.

Mahmood said, “We all appreciate the fact that election security is vital to democratic consolidation through provision of enabling environment for the conduct of free, fair, credible and inclusive elections and thus strengthening the electoral process.

Consequently, in preparations for the 2023 general elections, the commission is not leaving anything to chance in ensuring that intensive and extensive security are provided for election personnel, materials and processes.

“This is particularly significant to the commission given the current insecurity challenges in various parts of the country and the fact that the National Youth Service Corps members constitute the core of the polling unit election officials.

This must not be allowed to happen and shall not be allowed to happen.

“Therefore, security personnel in particular and all election officials, in general, must be security conscious and alert to unusual activities in their environment and must be fully equipped to deal with any challenge at all times.”

(Punch)