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The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has it cannot prosecute former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, on rigging claim until it receives a report from a security agency. Mantu had confessed during a programme on Channels TV, Hard Copy, that he helped rig past elections in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Responding to questions regarding Mantu’s claim and what ...

The Senator representing Kaduna Central District, Shehu Sani has said most former members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) now with the rulings party would be found guilty if the confession made by former deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, is investigated.

A former Presidential Aide, Doyin Okupe, has commended former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, for confessing to have rigged some elections for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mantu came out openly on a Channels TV programme, Hard Copy, to claim that he rigged elections for the PDP. Reacting in a post on his Facebook page, Okupe stressed that every election ...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has stated that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari would not prosecute former deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu. Mantu had confessed to have rigged previous election in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking to Punch, Falana said Mantu’s statement would be treated with leniency just like other issues. He said: “It should be ...

Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has called for the establishment of an electoral offences commission. He was reacting to a confessional statement by former deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, who admitted to rigging past elections in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking to journalists, Adegboruwa said: “We have always agitated for an electoral offences commission, which will be ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the advice by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to learn from former Senate President Senator Ibrahim Mantu’s claims on how he rigged elections for the party. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Sunday, said Mantu’s reported claims was personal to him and has nothing to do with the PDP, ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to follow the example of one its leaders and former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu. Politico reports that Mantu in a recent TV programme confessed the he took part in rigging elections for the PDP. The APC therefore called on the PDP to borrow this example and ...

A former deputy president of the Senate, Ibrahim Mantu, has revealed how he helped his party to win elections in the past.

The Northern Leaders and Stakeholders Assembly (NLSA) has inaugurated five standing committees to strategise on a peaceful conduct of the 2019 elections, restructuring and security in the North.

Some influential politicians and leaders in the North, have met, in Abuja, to choose a consensus presidential candidate from the area for the 2019 elections. Conscise News reported that they gathered under this platform, Northern Elders Shareholders. The elders said that although, President Muhammadu Buhari and the late President Umaru Yar’Adua were from the North, they were not picked by ...