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Election Tribunal Nullifies APGA Reps Member Election
The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi and headed by Justice A.A Adeleye on Wednesday 28th August 2019 nullified the election of Mr David Ogewu of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and declared Mr Samson Okwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the Obi/Oju Federal Constituency election. com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js">
The Tribunal Chairman, Justice A.A Adeleye, therefore, directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to Ogewu and give it to Okwu.
Adeleye gave the order while delivering judgement in the petition filed by Okwu against the election of Ogewu, where he declared that the petitioner won the election with a margin of 994 votes from the two Local Government Areas (LGAs).
Adeleye faulted the decision of INEC which declared Ogewu the winner without including results for Obi LGA in the final collation, pointing out that the margin of win, which the APGA candidate secured over the petitioner in Oju, was inconsequential.
The tribnal noted that the total number of registered voters from Obi which is 59, 411 far exceeded Ogewu’s earlier margin of lead.
He pointed out that the declaration of Ogewu as the winner of the Federal Constituency seat based on only the result for Oju, where he scored 12,794 votes against Okwu’s 6,797 was invalid.
He said that Ogewu did not secure majority of the lawful votes cast from the two LGAs that made up the federal constituency.
Adeleye noted that the tribunal has the jurisdiction to do the necessary arithmetic to include Obi result which Okwu of PDP scored 7, 543 votes against Ogewu’s 754.
He also deducted 252 votes scored by the APGA candidate in Oju LGA on the ground that they were allotted to him in error.
Following the final computation of result for the two LGAs by the tribunal, the two time House of Representatives Member, Okwu led the initial winner, Ogewu after securing a total of 14, 300 votes higher than his opponent, who polled 13,306.
He,therefore, declared Okwu as the winner, saying the petitioner’s witnesses convinced the court with cogent evidences of non compliance with the electoral act to warrant the court decision in their favour.
The tribunal said that the respondent’s witnesses failed to prove the allegation of violence in Obi Local Government Area during the election. (NAN)
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Structural Formattion: NLM charges National Director Mobilization and Contact to investigate lists
By AbdulRahman Obaje
Nigeria Liberty Movement has reiterated its commitment to sanitizing its system of ghost and inactive members especially in the leadership hierarchy.
This form the crux of the meeting between the National Chairman, Ambassador Thompson Mishak and the National Director, Mobilization and Contact, Honourable Alhaji Suleiman Yunusa and his mobilization team.
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Amb. Mishak reiterating his commitment to a workable system and the progress of NLM charges Honourable Yunusa to ensure that the system is investigated to uncover ghost or inactive members in the submitted structural formation list.
During the strategic mobilization and state structural formation investigation meeting, Amb. Mishak expresses concerns that though some states have actually submitted verifiable structure, but same cannot be said about other states.
He said “I have passed some states that are critically lagging behind to the National Director, Mobilization and Contact, Alhaji Yunusa and it is my priority and his responsibility to see that proper structural formation is obtained from those states”.
He further said, “There is need to continually audit and verify our structure to ensure that the system is rid of inactive or sleeping members especially in the leadership hierarchy and down to the family mobilisers”.
In a related meeting with his mobilization team, the National Director, Mobilization and Contact, Honourable Suleiman Yunusa had also cautions NLM members and the general public to desist from paying money to individuals in the name of NLM.
He said that NLM does not collect money from anybody and any person that pay money to another in the name of NLM does so at his/her own desire and risk.
He concluded that NLM stands for liberty and if anybody is being charged or extorted in the name of NLM, then the motive behind NLM is being defeated.
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National Association of Dispatch Riders declares supports for NLM
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The National Association of Dispatch Riders in Nigeria has declared supports and commitment to Nigeria’s Liberty Movement.
the Vice President of the national association of dispatch riders.
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Ogbonaya while speaking said, “I have declared my support for NLM and promised to inform other components of the association to que in”
The capacity leader, Alhaj Yunusa: while Passing the message of liberty to the Rider group charges the Association to be committed to NLM as NLM has come to liberate each and everyone.
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Supporting NLM, Group says empowering women is empowering the nation
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The chairlady of a social cultural group in Niger State, Igala Ladies, Mrs. Ayishetu Ibrahim said empowering women is empowering the nation.
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Ibrahim reiterated this while addressing the Honourable Capacity Leader Alhaji Suleiman Yunusa, National Director, Mobilization and Contact, Nigeria’s Liberty Movement, NLM and his entourage during a familiarisation visit to Niger State, Saturday, January 18th, 2025.
She said, “We are not new to politics and many political parties have come to tell us all sorts of thing which at the end, we don’t benefit from.”
“We believe that with the mantra of freedom and empowerment and the aims and objectives of NLM as preached to us today, something meaningful and tangible will come out of it.”
” This is because when you empower women you are empowering the nation as the women will go out in supporting men.”
“The women folk is a great support to men.”, Ibrahim continued.
In the highpoint of the visitation, Honourable Yunusa presents NLM facecap to the women leader which was accepted as a sign of solidarity.
Ibrahim further pledges support and solidarity for NLM.
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