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Vote-buying, intimidation, violence during off-cycle elections disturbing ―Abdulsalami committee says

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National Peace Committee (NPC) led by former Nigerian Head of State,  Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Thursday, decried cases of violence, intimidation, and vote-buying, among other practices during last Saturday’s off-cycle governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states. In a statement on Thursday, the peace committee said: “We are not unaware of the glitches recorded […]

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Nigerian judges now afraid to do their duties due to intimidation by executive arm, security agencies -NBA president

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President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA),  Paul Usoro SAN, has declared that judges are afraid of performing their duties as expected due to fear and intimidation from the executive arm of government. Usoro lamented over the “intimidation of judges by members of the executive arm and security operatives”, stressing that judges now “operate under an […]

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