Parties get 30 days to submit list of candidates -INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it will not extend the deadline for the conduct of primaries.

The electoral body said the deadline remains “firm and fixed” for Friday, June 3.

It said political parties have “one month from today” to conclude their primaries.

In a statement signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman, INEC said all 18 political parties have served the required notices indicating the dates for their conventions, congresses, and primaries for the purpose of nominating candidates for various elective offices.

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”It will be recalled that on 26th February 2022, the Commission released the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election. It provides for parties to conduct their primaries for the nomination of candidates from 4th April to 3rd June 2022.

The statement further reads: “In compliance with section 82(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, all 18 political parties have served the required notices indicating the dates for their conventions, congresses, and primaries for the purpose of nominating candidates for various elective offices as specified in the Constitution and the Electoral Act. Some of the parties have already commenced the process for which the Commission has deployed staff to monitor the exercise as required by law.

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”Given the importance of the exercise to the emergence of candidates for the various elective positions for the 2023 General Election, it is imperative to remind political parties that they have one month from today to conclude their primaries. The deadline remains Friday 3rd June 2022.

”While urging the parties to ensure rancour-free and transparent exercise, the Commission reiterates that the deadline is firm and fixed.

”Nominations for Presidential and National Assembly elections shall be submitted through the INEC web portal from 10th to 17th June 2022 while Governorship and State Houses of Assembly nominations shall be submitted between 1st and 15th July 2022.

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”Political parties are further reminded that they must submit to the Commission the list of candidates who must have emerged from valid.

”The Commission will continue to work with political parties to ensure fidelity to the Constitution, the Electoral Act, and the timelines for all the activities contained in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election”.

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A bank staff, Okike Obaji, has told a Lagos High Court that the sum of N50,000 was transferred from the account of the late Usifo Ataga to that of Chidinma Adaora between the 1st of June to the 24th.

He also said the bank became aware of the news of the death of its customer, Usifo Ataga, on June 17, 2021, via social media.

Obaji, an accounts officer with Guarantee Trust Bank, GTBank, testified on Thursday in the alleged murder case of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV.

Chidinma Ojukwu and one Adedapo Quadri were arraigned in October last year by the Lagos State Government alongside a third defendant, Chidinma’s sister, Chioma Egbuchu on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy, murder, forgery, stealing and being possession of stolen property.

They had all pleaded not guilty.

At the resumption of the trial, the witness, Okike Obaji, who works with the Victoria Island branch of the bank, produced the statement of account of the deceased between April 1, to August 31, 2021.

It’s the second time the bank official is appearing in court. In his first appearance, he was subpoenaed to present some bank documents of the late Mr Ataga. But in this second visit, he was summoned as a witness.

Explaining how the account statement was obtained, he said, “This statement was produced by the bank, Adeola Odeku branch to be precise, using the bank computer which is the process of producing such statements for all its customers”.

While confirming that the statement was not altered in any way as it was directly generated from the customer account and printed, the bank official said that the account statement ended on June 30, 2021, as “there were no other transactions on the requested account”.

He said after the bank became aware of the news of the death of its customer via social media, the bank subsequently blocked the account.

“For the security of the customer’s asset, the bank placed a no debit restriction on the account to ensure that further debit on the account does not occur. Column marked remarks (on the statement) revealed the details of specific transactions,” he said.

While giving an account of the transactions, the witness said that on June 16, the sum of N50,000 was transferred from the deceased to one Mogbo Nkechi, who is the owner of the service apartment where Ataga was killed.

Again, on the same day, the deceased bank account recorded two different debit entries of N101,200.

“The first went to Paycon Nigeria limited and the 2nd went to Capricorn digital, and these two transactions were card originated (ATM),” Obaji added.

Under cross-examination by Onwuka Egwu, a lawyer to the first defendant, Ojukwu, the witness said that the bank didn’t get any formal notice about the death of their customer.

He also testified that the line manager, Oludotun Akinde, was alerted about the transactions.

“From the 1st of June to 24th, how many transactions are in the name of Chidinma Adaora?” the lawyer asked.

“The transactions to Chidinma Adaora total N50k. 13th of June – N10,000, 14th of June N25,000, and another N15,000.”

He said the deceased also received multiple credit transfers of N20,000 and it was done using the USSD payment method on a mobile device.

After this testimony, Justice Yetunde Adesanya adjourned to May 9th to take the testimony of another bank witness from Access Bank.

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Former Governor of Anambra State and Presidential aspirant in 2023, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi on Thursday ruled out negotiating for the Vice President slot under whatever circumstances.

Obi made his stance known through his Campaign Organisation, ‘Peter Obi Support Network (POSN)’, describing reports in some dailies as ‘arrant nonsense.

In a statement by the group which was signed by its National Co-ordinator, Mr Comrade Sani in Abuja, he insisted that Obi’s ambition was non-negotiable.

The statement cautioned the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party against playing to the gallery on the unity of Nigeria, saying Obi’s ambition was not only about winning the election but about uniting the nation.

The group forewarned that any attempt to force a northern candidate down the throat of party members would spell doom for the party and its future, adding that PDP was still an opposition party that needed fairness and equity for it to win the 2023 general election.

The averred: “our attention has been drawn to a media report that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, one of the presidential aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opted for the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi as his running mate ahead of the 2023 Presidential race.

“We consider the report – which we understand was published in a national newspaper as ‘arrant nonsense!”

“Peter Obi’s presidential ambition is not negotiable as he has repeatedly assured us and other Nigerians that have consulted him on his ambition that he is in the presidential race to win.

”The group considered as ‘fake news, reports making the rounds that “Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was considering Mr Obi as his running mate.”

“Finally, we hereby demand that the PDP leadership must speak out immediately on the issue of zoning rather than playing hide-and-seek with the matter.

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