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The electoral umpire, in a statement by a National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun on Wednesday, said the leave follows the implementation of a policy mandating all directors with eight years or more of service to retire from the public sector.

An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

There are ominous signs from the 11th November Off-Cycle Elections and from Election Petition Tribunals that electoral democracy is under serious threat in the country today. The CDD Election Analysis Centre (CDD-EAC) report outlines key findings on the conduct of the elections in Bayelsa State, Imo State and Kogi States. There were extensive incidents related to the abuse of the powers of incumbency, high levels of vote buying by politicians, use of identity markers for political manipulation, orchestrated disinformation campaigns and failure of some institutions such as INEC, political parties and security agencies to perform their duties properly.