2023: Nigerians divided over capacity of judiciary to deliver justice
According to the data available, over 1,000 election petitions were filed by different aggrieved candidates and political parties that participated in the 2023 general election.
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According to the data available, over 1,000 election petitions were filed by different aggrieved candidates and political parties that participated in the 2023 general election.
It is not uncommon for election results to be disputed if there is a perception that the process was unfair. In such cases, the electoral laws provide for aggrieved parties to seek redress through the electoral tribunals and the courts.
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An examination of one of Tinubu’s recent speeches reveals the triple trouble on top of his subconscious mind – food insecurity, martial insecurity, and interethnic insecurities.
The petitioner said the second respondent, Bola Tinubu, must be disqualified on the grounds of his trial at the US court on drug dealing, which led to his forfeiture of $460,000.
“On election day, several acts of thuggery and intimidation halted polling in various locations, especially across the south but also in states in the center and northern areas,” the EU EOM monitors said.
Dataphyte’s analysis of the presidential election results showed that the candidate of the LP won in 10 LGAs in the state, while APC also grabbed 10.
The governor defeated his closest challenger and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Oladipupo Adebutu, who scored 262, 383 votes.
He is a former commissioner for lands in Akwa Ibom and will succeed Emmanuel on May 29, 2023.
Buni got 317,113 votes to beat his closest rival, Sheriff Abdullahi of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 104,259, according to state returning officer, Prof Umar Pate.
The organisation deployed its Election Portal, Dataphyte Election Portal (DEP) to report live election incidents and results from the country’s 174 local governments.
There were reported cases of opposition intimidation in Lagos, with several voters prevented from getting to their polling units. Ethnic profiling was also commonplace, and many polling units were invaded and attacked, with voters chased away.
The top-to-bottom voting approach involves voting for all the LP candidates vying for various positions.