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Labour Party Threatens To Occupy INEC Offices Nationwide For ‘Disobeying’ Tribunal’s Directive To Release BVAS Machines For Inspection

The Labour Party has issued a new threat to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The party threatened that it will call on its members to occupy offices of INEC nationwide for allegedly frustrating its petition against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.

The party’s Presidential Campaign Council chief spokesman, Tanko Yunusa, disclosed this in a statement.

According to Yunusa, INEC refused to allow its lawyers and agents inspect the Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS) machines alongside other electoral materials.

He added that the electoral body has decided which court orders to obey and which to disregard.

The spokesman wondered why INEC disobeyed the order of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal directing the electoral umpire to grant the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, access to the certified true copies of materials used in the conduct of the poll.

The statement read, “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with greatest impunity have refused, neglected and failed to obey the Order of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja made on the 03rd day of March 2023, directing it to grant the Labour Party and its presidential candidate H.E. Peter Gregory Obi leave to apply and receive from INEC, certified true copies of materials used in the presidential election held on 25th February 2023.

“It will be recalled that the aforesaid Order of the presidential election petition tribunal was duly served on INEC on the 3rd of March 2023 despite the fact that they were present and represented at the tribunal when the Order was made.

“Not minding the service of the said Order on INEC, and a reminder letter dated the 6th day of March 2023 and delivered same date at the INEC Headquarters Abuja, the electoral umpire has continued to ignore and or disobey the valid Order of such magnitude till NOW.

“It should be noted that in a democracy like ours, rule of law must triumph not only in our legal system but also in our body polity as a whole. Parties to a litigation like in the instant case must accept and obey every order of court in good faith and no party should be seen to employ self-help to disparage or disrespect an order of court which if not checked and curtailed could possibly undermine our democracy, rule of law and constitutionalism.

“The action of INEC under reference also constitutes for all intent and purposes, an act of judicial insubordination and willful refusal to comply to the order of court. As we speak INEC has chosen to obey the court order given to it to reconfigure the BVAS machine, which they doing right now and ignoring the order granted to us to inspect electoral materials.

“We therefore call on the general public to note the level of lawlessness and brazen disobedience to a lawful order of a court by an important statutory agency such as INEC, and which is a well calculated attempt to undermine and frustrate the presentation of the Petition by the Labour Party and its Presidential candidate before the tribunal in good time.

“We therefore want to state that we will not fail to call our supporters to march to INEC offices nationwide in a non-violent protest which is allowed by law. This is to curtail the flagrant disobedience to court orders by INEC.”

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Labour Party Denies Endorsing PDP, Drums Support For Its Governorship Candidate In Rivers

Labour Party has drummed support for its Governorship candidate in Rivers State, Comrade Beatrice Itubo ahead of Saturday’s election.
This is as it debunked reports that the party is now supporting the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the state.
Labour Party also dissolved the party’s executive council in the state.
Read the statement by Labour Party below as shared by spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo:
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF LABOUR PARTY, COMRADE JULIUS ABURE, DISSOLVES THE LABOUR PARTY STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF RIVERS STATE
 
Comrade Julius Abure has dissolved the Labour Party State Executive Council of Rivers State with immediate effect, for gross anti-party activities and … corruption in the management of Labour Party funds.
 
The National Chairman believes that it’s in the interest of Labour Party and the Obidient movement in Rivers State that those who were at the helm of affairs in Rivers State when our presidential mandate was openly stolen in Rivers State should step aside until full investigation is completed on what happened on that day.
The National Chairman has lost confidence in the ability of the compromised State Executive Council led by Mr Deinye Pepple to lead the campaign for the gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections come March 11th. 
 
He urges all Obidients in Rivers State to disregard every comment made by the disgraced State Chairman of the Labour Party, Deinye Pepple, on the election of March 11th and reiterates the full backing of the Labour Party on the candidacy of Comrade Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party as the next Governor of Rivers State.
 
He therefore enjoins all Obidients to come out massively on March 11th to vote for Comrade Beatrice Itubo of Labour Party. 
 
Thank you and God bless. 
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Election: I’m Not In Alliance With PDP – Peter Obi

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP) Peter Obi has clarified that the party is not in alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Obi made this known in reaction to the declaration of the presidential election results during the media briefing in Abuja on Thursday.
The former Anambra state governor said he would deploy all legal and peaceful means to challenge the results that brought Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the President-elect.
When asked if he was in alliance with PDP on any other party, the Labour party candidate said, “I’m not in alliance with PDP.”
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BREAKING: Cancel Elections Outright, Okowa And Datti Tell INEC

Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and Ifeanyi Okowa, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have sent out a message to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Datti and Okowa have asked INEC to cancel the general election.

Baba-Ahmed and Okowa are currently addressing a joint press conference at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.

More to follow…

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Labour Party accuses INEC officials manipulating and manufacturing results

The Labour Party has called out officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for allegedly manipulating and manufacturing results in states across the country particularly Lagos, Edo, Rivers and Imo.

LP national chairman, Julius Abure who decried the violence meted out on Labour Party supporters at a press briefing in Abuja, called for the cancellation of election results in states across the country which he claimed were “manufactured”.

Abure also asked President Muhammadu Buhari to keep his word of ensuring the 2023 elections are free fair and credible.

He further reiterated that the party will only accept true results obtained at the polling units and not those “manufactured and manipulated”.

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PDP spokesman, Dele Momodu applauds Labour Party’s turnout in Lagos

The PDP presidential election spokesman, Dele Momodu applauds the supporters of the Labour Party for their turnout in Lagos as Peter Obi takes lead.

Following the collation of results released in Lagos State, the LP presidential candidate led with 32,657 votes while results from three local governments in the state are still pending.

Addressing the result, Dele Momodu applauded the winning party for the remarkable polls despite not being a member of the party.

“Labour Party put up a spectacular display in Lagos and I must salute them even though we are not in the same Party” the PDP spokesman stated.

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2023 Elections: Corper caught switching LP votes for NNPP (Video)

During the 2023 presidential and national assembly elections across Nigeria, the National Youth Service Corps employed by INEC was apprehended in the act of manipulating votes.

As seen in a video, the copper was accused of switching the LP vote counts for the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP. The youths who addressed her in a civil manner asked if she was satisfied with the consequences that come with her actions.

In response, the NYSC corp member apologised to everyone affected while accepting to face consequences for breaching electoral law.

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INEC Officials Refusing To Upload Results In Lagos, Delta – Labour Party Cries Out

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been accused by Labour Party, LP, of refusing to upload results of the presidential polls collated in various polling units in Lagos and Delta states to the Central Server.

In a statement released on Saturday evening, February 25, the National Chairman of the party, Barrister Julius Abure, said INEC officials in connivance with the security agencies, are claiming that the BVAS have suddenly developed a fault and therefore cannot function.

He claimed that information from the party’s field men has it that in places like “Agege, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Surulere, and Ibeju Lekki,” amongst others where results show that Labour Party won convincingly, the INEC officials claim that the BVAS suddenly developed a fault when it concerns uploading results of the presidential election.

“Information reaching me has it that in Lagos, they have refused to upload the results for the presidential election, they have uploaded that of the Senate and House of Representatives but for the presidential, they have refused. And they are using the police to drive our agents and supporters out of the place. And they said that they have firm instruction from INEC headquarters not to upload.

For example, in Kosofe, they put the collation centre in a Local Government Area Headquarters. The place is sorrounded by APC and people are afraid of their life. They are not uploading, they said that they have been giving instruction to insist that the BVAS is faulty. And most of the places we won, but they have refused to upload.

As I speak, APC officials are in Yaba office of INEC negotiating with the officials. What I have said now is happening in Agege, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Surulere, we have this situation all over. In Ibeju Lekki, our local government chairman who attempted to stop them was arrested by the police.”

Abure said that similar situation is playing out across the collation centres in Delta state.

The Labour Party chairman, however, called on INEC to ensure that only genuine and verifiable results generated from the various polling units should be uploaded.

He also called on the police to resist the lure by the politicians to mar the gains of democracy by refusing to be used to deny Nigerians their choice of leaders.

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Only Corrupt People Are Against Peter Obi — LP National Vice Chairman, Reuben

The National Vice Chairman, South South of the Labour Party (LP), Favour Reuben has revealed why some politicians are against the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi.
According to him, only people who are against the progress of Nigeria are against Obi’s presidency.
Reuben was reacting to the recent move by the LP in the North Western part of the country, who collapsed their structure to support the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu.
He said the people against the candidacy of Obi are those who have the structure of criminality and corruption.
 
“As I’m talking to you, even the northerners are endorsing him, everybody is endorsing him.
 
“The only people that cannot endorse Peter Obi are people who are corrupt, people who have decided to destroy this country, people who have decided that suffering should be the way of this country. That’s the only people who cannot endorse Peter Obi,” he said.
The LP in the North Western part of the country, had on Sunday, collapsed their party structure to support Tinubu.
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In Lagos, Labour Party supporters were attacked.

Several Labour Party supporters were attacked by hoodlums on their way to Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) in Lagos for the party’s rally.

Labour Party supporters attacked, many severely injured in Lagos (Video)A video uploaded by Channels TV on Twitter has shown that supporters who had gone for the rally which Peter Obi had appeared at were attacked while making their way to TBS where the rally held.

It was earlier reported that tweeps had suspected an unusual activity on the Third Mainland Bridge where a faulty bus was allegedly planted to affect traffic and dissuade people from turning out for the event.

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Some victims had been attacked by machete welding ruffians, and they could be seen receiving medical treatment from health personnel on the scene.

Watch the video below: