{"id":12356,"date":"2022-06-25T08:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T08:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12356"},"modified":"2022-06-25T08:11:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T08:11:55","slug":"a-new-twist-as-inec-dashes-hope-of-lawan-akpabio-umahi-excludes-their-names-from-senatorial-candidates-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12356","title":{"rendered":"A New Twist As INEC Dashes Hope Of Lawan, Akpabio, Umahi , Excludes Their Names From Senatorial Candidates\u2019 List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A New Twist As INEC Dashes Hope Of Lawan, Akpabio, Umahi , Excludes Their Names From Senatorial Candidates\u2019 List<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dashed the hope of Senate President Ahmad Lawan, former Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Godswill Akpabio, and Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, to contest in the 2023 senatorial election as it excluded their names from the list of candidates for the poll.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Commission on Friday, released the list and particulars of candidates running for various elective offices ahead of September 2022 when the final list of all validly nominated candidates for the 2023 general election would be published.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">INEC said Lawan, Akpabio and Umahi\u2019s names were excluded because they did not emerge\u00a0 from valid party primaries<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The INEC Commissioner for Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed this when he appeared on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today on Friday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Okoye explained that if a political party submits the name of a candidate that did not emerge from valid party primaries, \u201cthe commission is not obligated to publish the name of such a candidate\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>He said, \u201cWhat the Commission has published, as of today, complies with Section 29(3) of the electoral act which says that the moment political parties comply with the provision of Section 29 (1) of the electoral act in terms of the submission of its validly nominated candidates, that the Commission shall publish the personal particulars of such candidates in the constituencies where the candidates intend to contest election.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>\u201cIn other words, for instance for a senatorial candidate, if a senatorial district covers four local governments, we will publish the personal particulars of such a candidate in the four local governments.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSo that is exactly what we have done. And we published the personal particulars of candidates that emerged from valid party primaries. And that\u2019s what the law says we should do.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSo, if the name of any candidate was not published, or if the personal particulars of any candidate was not published today, the implication is that such a candidate did not emerge from valid party primaries.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Both Lawan, who is the current Senator representing Yobe North Senatorial District, Akpabio and Umahi were aspirants in the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lawan had been battling Bashir Machina who is APC\u2019s Yobe North senatorial candidate to relinquish the ticket to enable him seek reelection to the Senate in 2023.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Twist As INEC Dashes Hope Of Lawan, Akpabio, Umahi , Excludes Their Names From Senatorial Candidates\u2019 List The 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