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Bayelsa Election: Group Calls For Swift Prosecution Of Electoral Offenders

  The Kimpact Development Initiative has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Nigeria Police Force to swiftly prosecute electoral offenders in the just concluded governorship election in Bayelsa State. KDI said this while presenting its Nigeria Election Violence Report for the Bayelsa State governorship election held on November 16. The group urged government to set up a special court to ensure the prosecution of electoral offenders. KDI asked for “swift prosecution of electoral offenders and recommends that the Federal Government considers setting up an Electoral Offence Commission or special electoral court to prosecute and punish electoral offenders as INEC presently is being overwhelmed with other aspects of election administration and management”. It also lamented the late commencement of election in Bayelsa, noting that the time lag in the starting time of voting will always affect the timely completion of the collation process. KDI urged the

Ganduje Rejects Court Ruling, Vows To Continue Dealing With Sacked Monarchs

  Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has rejected the ruling of a Kano High Court, which sacked four emirs he recently appointed. Justice Usman Na’Abba had in a ruling on Thursday dissolved the four new first-class emirates, stating that the law creating them did not follow due process. SaharaReporters had exclusively reported how Ganduje planned and executed a three-step plan to oust Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, and disintegrate the Kano emirate, which had been around for centuries over a personal feud. Ganduje in a statement by the Commissioner for Information in the state, Mallam Muhammad Garba, said the state was studying the ruling of the court on the creation of four new emirates with a view to taking immediate appropriate action. He posited that the government will not fold its arms and concede such constitutional power in the interest of the well-being of the people and general development of the state. The statement said, “Despite the ruling, the govern