Just In: Anambra Gubernatorial Candidate (NNPP) Kidnapped in Awka!

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The gubernatorial candidate of the the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Chief Leonard Uchendu, has been kidnapped.  The kidnap was announced by his party who also said that the kidnapped politician had been asked by the state government to resign his presidency of the the President-General of Uwuawule Town in Awka South Local Government, Anambra State on the grounds that he has been using the town's vigilante association to harass political enemies.

Confession: "My Election Was Rigged", says PDP candidate

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Mr. Afolabi Olawole (pictured above) is the councilorship candidate of the PDP in Shawo South West ward in the controversial Offa Local Government of Kwara State. The gentleman has come out to openly reject his announced victory at the just concluded council election.

He was declared winner of the election by Independent Electoral Commission of Kwara State (KWASIEC) in Saturday’s rerun election.

But Mr Olawole has confessed that he lost to Mr Adefioye Kayode, candidate of the APC:

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Offa rerun election: PDP candidate rejects victory

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Councillorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Shawo South West ward in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Afolabi Olawole, has rejected the victory attributed to him following the recent rerun election held in the local government last Saturday.

He was declared the winner of the ward election by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission in Saturday’s rerun election.

He stunned his party, the PDP, and the public, when he declared that he did not win in the election.
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Photo Of man arrested for killing openly gay mayoral candidate, Marco McMillian

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22 year old Larry Reed (right) has been arrested and charged for the murder of openly gay mayoral candidate, Marco McMillian (left). Marco's body was found near a Mississippi River Levee on Wednesday February 27th.

Reed was driving McMillian's vehicle when it crashed head-on into another car the same day the popular 34 year old Mississippi politician went missing. Police are investigating the murder but do not believe it was politically motivated. They are trying to find out the connection between Reed and McMillian and also establish if he was targeted because of his sexual orientation which is what most people think... (may have been robbery!)

Buhari will concede to any APC presidential candidate – Okechukwu

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In this interview with OZIOMA UBABUKOH, a former governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change in Enugu State, Osita Okechukwu, speaks about the All Progressives Congress, its plans to oust the Peoples Democratic Party,  Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential ambition, among other issues

Is the sole aim of the All Progressives Congress just to grab power?

The sole aim of the APC is the provision of welfare and security, which Nigerians have been denied in the last 13 years by the PDP, a political party with the philosophy, ‘Food is Ready’ and motto: ‘Share the Money.’

Many Nigerians are of the opinion that there is no ideological difference between any of the political parties, therefore, the APC is a gang-up with the aim to grab power.

ACN, governorship candidate decline to congratulate Mimiko

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Against expectations, the Action Congress of Nigeria and its candidate in the Ondo State October 20, 2012 governorship election, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), on Sunday declined to congratulate the winner, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.
Mimiko, who is the incumbent governor, ran on the platform of the Labour Party, and won by 260,199 while the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Olusola Oke, came second followed by Akeredolu with 143,512 votes.

Biden, Ryan squabble in vice-presidential debate

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United States Vice-President Joe Biden and Republican vice-presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), late Thursday squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and other issues in a contentious, interruption-filled debate.
“That is a bunch of malarkey,” the vice-president retorted after a particularly tough Ryan attack on the administration’s foreign policy, the Associated Press reports.
“Not a single thing he said is accurate,” Democrat Biden declared after Ryan said U.S Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, had been denied sufficient security by administration officials.
Stevens died in a terrorist attack on the U.S Consulate in Benghazi on September 11.

Akeredolu challenges INEC over voter registration

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Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu
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Governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has challenged the Independent Electoral Commission to explain how it came about the number of voters in its register.

In a statement by his campaign organisation on Friday, the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association said the 1,654,205 registered voters declared by the electoral body were questionable.

He said, “As of the last registration in April 2010, Akoko North East had a total of 65,000 registered voters. The statement by the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Akin Orebiyi, at the stakeholders meeting in Akure, that some voters whose photographs could not be found in the register in the last elections would be allowed to vote in the Oct. 20 election is worrisome.

“Orebiyi said 88 polling booths would be created to supplement the 135 existing ones in Akoko North-East, which he claimed will be used by these voters whose photograph did not appear in the voter register.

“We wish tell INEC now that the ACN will not allow voters whose photograph did not appear in the register to vote, as this is against the Constitution and the Electoral Act. The creation of these sister polling booths is not necessary.”

According to Akeredolu, the plan by INEC could be capitalised on by the Labour Party to rig elections in the state.

He questioned why the step was necessary since Orebiyi confirmed that the electoral body only had 50 request of voter cards transfer in the state.

“ACN will not allow the use of the illegal voter register. We, like other political parties in the state, have the original list of registered voters. Anything outside of that will not be accepted by us,” he said.

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