By Nwaorgu Faustinus The defection of erstwhile Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Engr. Tele Ikuru, from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been described as good riddance to bad rubbish by the Rivers APC. In a statement he issued on Sunday in Port Harcourt shortly after Ikuru announced his…
Day: March 23, 2015
Attack On Adeola Aka Yayi: Matters Arising
By: Kayode Odunaro No doubt political violence is a regular but avoidable part of our partisan politics as a result of inability of some politicians to abide by the basic tenets of democratic practice. The incidence of violence is heightened during electoral campaigns when some political candidates for various offices face each other in a…
You Cannot Deploy Soldiers To Polling Stations—Court Tells FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government to jettison its plans to post military officers to polling stations across the country for the March 28 and April 11, 2015 general elections. Justice Ibrahim Buba ruled that the use of military for the polls is “unconstitutional and undemocratic.” Some Nigerians, especially…