Polls: We're Not in Alliance with Any Political Party, Labour Party Declares Rivers chapter defies order, endorses PDP NWC dissolves state’s executive Emameh Gabriel in Abuja Ahead of the March 11 governorship
and House of Assembly elections, National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has said the party
would not negotiate or go into alliance with any other political party. Abure said LP was only interested
in winning elections for candidates contesting under its platform. But in what seemed like a direct
affront to the position of the national leadership of the party, the Rivers State chapter of LP yesterday
declared support for the candidate Continued on page 48
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Chatham House: Nigeria’s Presidential Election Not Conducted in Line with INEC’s Guidelines Says electoral body learnt no lesson Fitch downgrades Nigeria’s short-term social stability, on Tinubu’s ‘weak' mandate Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London, has
stated that from its analysis of the February 25 presidential election, it would appear that the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) failed to learn new lessons. The organisation stressed that the electoral umpire failed to adhere to its own guidelines, which it enunciated
before the poll, especially the one bordering on the uploading of results in real-time. The London-based institute made
the assertions just as Fitch Solutions lowered Nigeria’s Social Stability score in its proprietary Short-Term Political Risk Index (STPRI) to 17.5
out of 100, down from the 25.0 previously projected, following Continued on page 50
Appeal Court Rules Today on INEC’s Request toVary Order Permitting PDP, LP to Inspect Poll Materials Tinubu seeks order to inspect election materials PDP raises the alarm over alleged plan to erase, destroy evidence of rigging Opposition parties insist reconfiguration of BVAS will tamper with evidence Chuks Okocha and Alex Enumah in Abuja The Court of Appeal in Abuja, yesterday, adjourned till today for ruling in an application by
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking to vary the court’s order for inspection of materials used for the conduct of the Continued on page 48
APC Constitutes 13-man Legal Team to BOOSTING COMMERCE IN EDE... Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi; Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and Osun State Deputy Governor, Kola Defend Presidential Election Petition... Page 50 L-R: Adewusi, at the opening ceremony of Ojaja Shopping Mall Complex in Ede, Osun State ... yesterday