PROTESTERS STORM INEC HEADQUARTERS OVER EXCLUSION OF LABOUR PARTY CANDIDATES IN BYE ELECTION

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PROTESTERS STORM INEC OVER EXCLUSION OF LABOUR PARTY CANDIDATES IN BYE ELECTION

Civil society organisations sympathetic to the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) have stormed the National Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to demand the inclusion of the party’s candidates in the forthcoming nationwide bye-elections.

Dozens of protesters carrying banners and placards with inscriptions such as: “INEC, who is using you against LP,” “Mahmood stop destroying democracy in Nigeria,”

“Tell INEC to obey court orders,” among others, gathered for the peaceful protest as early as 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday.

However, in a statement signed by Ken Asogwa, Senior Special Adviser on Media to the party’s Interim National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, it was stated that the Labour Party is not responsible for organizing the planned protest at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), labeling the organisers as “impostors” and “political impersonators.”

About Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.

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