Ndoma-Egba petitions PDP over NASS primaries in Cross River

Sen. Ndoma-Egba

The Senate Leader, Chief Victor Ndoma-Egba, has petitioned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Assembly Electoral Appeal Panel, alleging “lapses and irregularities” at the Cross River Central Senatorial primaries.

The party’s primaries for the district held on Dec. 7 in Ikom, where Rep. John Owan-Enoh, member representing Etung/Obubra Federal Constituency, was declared winner by the PDP Electoral Panel.

But in a petition addressed to the appeal panel Chairman, Ndoma-Egba said the exercise was “fundamentally and fatally flawed as it fell short of the minimum integrity for an electoral process.

He also stated in the petition, dated Dec. 8, that “the exercise was in complete disregard of the PDP’s Guidelines for Primary Election 2014”.

He said that the list of delegates used for the primaries was not made public.

APC Presidential Primaries: List of alternative routes in Lagos environs

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Due to the All Progressive Congress (APC) national convention holding on Wednesday 10th Dec, 2014 at the Teslim Balogun stadium, vehicular movement around the venue will be affected and congestion expected especially along, Funso Williams /Western Avenue Surulere, Yaba, Alhaji Masha, and Costain areas.

According to a statement released by the Ministry of Transportation, Lagos state, transporters are expected to adhere strictly to the alternatives being provided.

Vehicles to Surulere

• Vehicles from Lagos Island to Surulere will be directed to exit at Costain to link Surulere via Eric Moore.

• Vehicles from Ikorodu rd, Mushin, Yyaba and the Mainland to Surulere will be directed at Ojuelegba to link Surulere via Itire- Lawanson road or at Iponri via bode Thomas.

BREAKING NEWS: APC Primaries: Ambode in landslide victory in Lagos as Tambuwal, Umana, Emerhor, others get also ticket

Amid hitches here and there, the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, held governorship primaries across the country to pick its governorship candidates in 31 states where governorship elections will hold next year.

In Lagos, at the end of the elections which was concluded this morning, a former Accountant General of the state, Akinwumi Ambode, a favoured candidate of APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu won convincingly as he polled 3,735 votes out of 5816 vote cast to defeat 11 other aspirants.

Ambode defeated 11 other aspirants including the incumbent Speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, a former Commissioner for Health, Dr. Leke Pitan, a former Attorney General of Lagos, Supo  Shasore whom many believed was favoured by Governor Babatunde Fashola, and a former Commissioner for Works, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and others.