A confirmation of the governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, who claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were working together to stifle opposition in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi state.
THE OBSERVERS TIMES can authoritatively report that the INEC has disqualified the candidate of Social Democratic Party SDP Barrister Natasha Akpoti over his deputy failing to meet the minimum age requirements specified for seeking elective offices in the 1999 Constitution (as amended) for candidates seeking elective offices.
The insider source alleged that those close to the state government has threatened the candidate of the SDP that he will be treated like Usman Jibrin CFR, Professor Seidu Onailo, Mohammed Audu and others who were previously disqualified by their own party, though lawyer argue that INEC has no power to disqualify candidate but court of law, argued that the candidate of the SDP reserves right to change the candidate before 12 am this night.
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