Agency Report
By Sani Idris
A group under the auspices of Northern Christian Youths of Nigeria, are projecting with enthusiastic support, the incumbent Governor of Platue State, Mr. Simon Lalong to be taken as the running mate of Bola Tinubu, the presidential flag bearer of the APC in the coming 2023 presidential election.
Mr. Caleb Goni, the Vice President of the Northern Christian youths of Nigeria, at a press conference in Kaduna, described Lalong as an experienced politician who carried everybody along in all his political endeavors.
He said that with Lalong as the running mate of Tinubu, the APC would undoubtedly retain power in the country.
"With Lalong as a Vice President, the APC will continue to run the affairs of this nation and still have a better represention of it self.
"Lalong is someone with a clean track record in politics, with him as a Vice President of Nigeria, the successes the APC have achieved will be a tip of the iceberg," Goni said.
He assured that Lalong, if given the Vice President of Nigeria, would support the women and youths in ensuring they are given opportunities to server in various capacities in governance.
Goni called on the entire Nigerian youths and the stakeholders in APC to support and pick Lalong as Tinubu's running mate.
Court stops INEC from ending voter registration on June 30th
SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022.
Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday, June 20, 2022, granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).
SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen.
SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC, asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration to allow eligible Nigerians to exercise their rights.”
In the suit, SERAP had asked the court for “an order restraining INEC, its agents, privies, assigns, or any other person(s) claiming through it from discontinuing the continuous voters’ registration exercise from the June 30 2022 or any other date pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
The suit is adjourned to June 29, 2022, for the hearing of the Motion on Notice for interlocutory injunction.
The suit followed the decision by INEC to extend the deadline for the conduct of primaries by political parties by 6 days, from June 3 to June 9.
In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1034/2022 filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos, and transferred to Abuja, SERAP is seeking the court to determine “whether the failure of INEC to extend the deadline for voter registration isn’t a violation of Nigerian Constitution, 1999 [as amended], the Electoral Act, and international standards.”
The organization is also asking the court for an order of mandamus to direct and compel INEC to extend voter registration by a minimum of three months and take effective measures to ensure that eligible Nigerians are able to register to exercise their right to vote in the 2023 general elections.
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