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2023: CSO Seeks for Adequate Security, Active Youths Participation in Politics
Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Ahead of 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the Executive Director, Connected Development, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Mr Hamzat Lawal, on Sunday called on government at all levels to work towards putting in place adequate security for smooth and successful conduct of the polls. adsbygoogle || []).push({});
Lawal also stressed the need for active participation of youths across the country in Politics saying that as future leaders, they should be gradually groomed in the art of politicking.
Lawal, an independent observer made this call at the sideline of Kogi Central Senatorial primary election of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Okene at the weekend.
According to him, without adequate security, the INEC’s sensitive materials will not be safe, and Nigerians will not come out to cast their ballot thereby leading to voter apathy.
”There is need to ensure adequate security as much as primaries elections are ongoing in Nigeria, but my major concern is the general elections in 2023.
”Today, I am happy that we have adequate security on ground and some of the agents and aspirants are well coordinated.
”We have INEC officials as well as various security agencies to ensure there is peace and the election is free and fair,” he said.
Lawal also urged Nigerian youths to ensure active participation in politics by being a card carrying member of a political party, and be part of the process and structure.
An anti-corruption activist and founder, Follow The Money, stressed that youths participation in political process was key to embracing inclusion, inter-generational equity and dialogue.
He urged the politicians and legislators to put their personal interest aside, and deliver on good governance and services to the people based on their ideals and manifestos.
Lawal, an anti-corruption activist and co-founder, Follow the Money, said the fact that money politics was still playing precedent in Nigeria, signified that the Anti- Corruption Agencies were not doing enough.
“If they do, people with money bags will be scared to use money to entice voters.
”If we must get it right, we must embrace our value system which has eroded,” he said.
Lawal disclosed that the CSO had deployed observers who were documenting the entire process of the parties’ primary elections, adding that the report would be out soon.
He emphasised that Science and Technology should play a big role in the next election to reduce voters apathy and ensure peaceful, free and fair election where politicians would not muzzle the process and the people.
Mr Abubakar Ohere, the former Kogi State Commissioner for Works, won the Kogi Central Senatorial APC primary election with 260 votes.
Ohere defeated two other aspirants, Mr Ramatu Attah and Alh. Dalhatu Sheriff, who polled 13 and 11 votes respectively.
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PRP Abandoning Founding Principle, as Presidential Primary Outcome Defies Mathematics
By AbdulRahman Obaje
The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP Presidential Primary is marred by irregularities as insiders and stakeholders said the Party is abandoning its own founding principle, engineering election process to suit particular candidate.
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According to a well-informed party insider the outcome of the Presidential primary election does not reflect the actual account of what happened, saying that the outcome was engineered and the inflation was not unintentional disorder but a deliberate plan orchestrated to deliver the nomination to a preferred candidate in service of a prearranged ticket.
Those same insiders point to reported plans for Mr. Duke to run alongside Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, younger brother of the National Chairman, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed.
“We do not state these motives as proven fact. We state them as serious allegations raised by people positioned to know, allegations that the party’s leadership now has an obligation to answer rather than ignore.” The statement added,
The People Redemption Party conducted its presidential primary on May 25th, 2026 under guidelines it issued just one day before the election. The explicit guidelines said only members whose names appeared on the official membership register submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission as of 4 May 2026 were eligible to vote. That register was the governing document. It was the single source of truth agreed by all parties before a single ballot was cast.
Result declared as against that register, defies the fundamental tenet of mathematics.
For example, in Gombe State, a register of 348 members produced 1,431 votes, a 311 percent difference, with more than 1,000 ballots. In Bauchi State, a register of 593 members produced 760 votes, 167 more ballots than there were people permitted to cast vote. In Kwara State, 55 registered members somehow produced 82 votes, an excess of nearly 50 percent. These are only a few examples from the results released.
According to eye-witness, collation at the party’s National Headquarters was itself halted amid widespread irregularities, raising even deeper concerns about the integrity of the overall process.
Across these states, 996 registered members produced 2,273 votes. That is 1,277 ballots that correspond to no eligible voter on the party’s own INEC-approved list. More than half of the total declared vote did not lawfully exist.
According to the statement released by one of the Aspirant, Dr. Ufere, “The phantom votes were not random. They broke overwhelmingly, in state after state, in favour of a single aspirant, Mr. Donald Duke, a man who joined the People Redemption Party only in the days immediately before the primary, having defected from another platform on the eve of the exercise. The pattern is consistent and lopsided enough to demand an explanation the party has so far refused to give.
“The questions deepen when one considers the candidate himself. Mr. Duke did not campaign for a single day of this contest. By available accounts, he was outside the country while the election was being conducted. He joined the People Redemption Party in secrecy after the relevant deadlines had already been breached. He openly offered to refund rival aspirants the costs they had incurred if they would step aside and allow him to emerge as a consensus candidate.
Also, according to a statement by the Yakubu Muhammed Kingsley YMK Nigeria Presidential Campaign Team, signed by the Director, Media and Communication, Prince Abdulrahman Obaje; “if internal democracy can be sacrificed so easily within PRP, then what moral right does the party have to promise Nigerian’s change, justice, fairness, and good governance?
The statement further revealed that the reason why they joined PRP is because of the believed that the party has over-grown money politics, political manipulation, imposition, electoral irregularities, and elite control of democratic processes.
“We believed that PRP was founded on the ideology of Justice, Equality, Accountability, Transparency, People-driven politics, And protection of the ordinary masses.
But today, many of our loyal members are asking painful questions: that
- HAS THE PARTY ABANDONED ITS ORIGINAL IDEOLOGY?
- HAS THE VOICE OF THE ORDINARY MEMBERS BEEN REPLACED BY THE POWER OF MONEY AND ARRANGEMENT?
- HAS PRINCIPLE BEEN SACRIFICED FOR POLITICAL CONVENIENCE?
If genuine concerns raised across the states regarding irregularities, transparency, and credibility are ignored, then confidence in the internal democratic process of the party may continue to weaken.
The Chairman, Media and Communication of the Presidential Campaign Team Alhaji Suleman Yunusa further said, “A political party cannot successfully fight national injustice while ignoring concerns about fairness within its own structure.
“This moment requires courage, transparency, accountability, and sincere leadership.
The statement charges the leadership of the party to immediately retrack its steps to protect its dignity and integrity.
The statement further said, “The current leadership of PRP still has an opportunity to prove that:
- The party belongs to the people,
- Rules still matter,
- Internal democracy still matters,
- and justice still matters.
“History will remember whether the party defended its founding principles — or abandoned them when it mattered most, because Justice strengthens institutions, Transparency builds trust and Internal democracy protects party credibility.”, the statement concluded.
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Fika Emirate Blessed YMK’s 2027 Presidency Presidential Ambition
By AbdulRahman Obaje
The Fika Emirate headed by His Royal Highness, (HRH) Alhaji (Dr) Muhammadu Ibn Abali Muhammad Idrissa gives his royal blessings to the Engr. (Dr) Yakubi Muhammad Kingsly Nigeria’s presidential ambition come 2027 presidential election.
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In a low key event at the Emir’s Abuja home during a courtesy visit by YMK to intimate him on his collection of Presidential Normination and expression of interest form, Friday, the emir assures YMK that he and his people will always support a course that is in the best interest of his people and the Fika Emirate.
The Aspirant, YMK while addressing the emir, his members of the council and the Fika Emirate reiterate his commitment to the development of the Nigeria community saying, “We are not here to discuss the problems Nigeria have, we are here to profer solutions because we already have the solutions to the problems we have in Nigeria”
“And those solutions we have tdesigned inform of programmes, policies, projects,, tasks a d deliverables to the community.” YMK continued assuring of his commitment to poverty Alleviation and the security of ordinary grassroot communities.
YMK further revealed that the Fika Emirate with the headquarter at Potiskum is dear to him and his presidential ambition.
Fika Emirate is the first traditional authority YMK visited after obtaining his Presidential Normination Form on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).
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2027 Presidential Election: YMK Emerges First Presidential Candidate, Contesting Against President Tinubu
By AbdulRahman Obaje
Engr Dr. Yakubu Muhammad Kingsly (YMK) Nigeria emerges first Presidential Candidate contesting against the incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the forthcoming 2027 Presidential Election.
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YMK Nigeria grabs a presidential nomination form, Thursday April 30th, 2026 on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in a ground-breaking event saying the gesture shows the seriousness of putting Nigeria future on great pedestal.
Dr. Aliyu Abdullahi Jibia, The Director General, Campaign Organisation, YMK Nigeria Movement while speaking with journalists at the event said picking the nomination form today shows the seriousness of the candidate as a man with the integrity and quality in fixing Nigeria.
Jibia said, “We have shown the world today that we are Peoples Redemption Party and we are going to contest on the platform of the party.
Jibia further said, “Engineer Kignsly is a clean slate, the first person to contest with overwhelming support from the different parts of the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, including Abuja.
“Why we picked PRP as a platform is because of the pedigree of the party. This is a party that has soft spot for the less priviledge in Nigeria, because of her ideology.
“He has a great plan for the ordinary people and has a massive plan for the country. He is a technocrat that has a good pedigree; and he is well connected having served in NNPC for over thirty-five (35) years.
“With that kind of person, we have all it takes to steer the ship of this country.” Jibia concluded.
YMK at the event further assures women of greater support and empowerment in his administration, saying that he will run an all-inclusive administration after assuming office.
The National Women Leader, Peoples Redemption Party, Dr. Maryam Ringim at the event while charging all the women to go all out for membership drive, had call on every women to turn out enmass supporting the party candidate in the forthcoming election.
Ringim said, “Women are the greatest mobilisers, having the power of convincing someone immediately, easily.
“So, please women I know you will do whatever you have to do to influence people for our party and I hope you’ll do so.
“Another thing is the membership registration. It is very important because the membership is what we are going to use to win the primary election. This is because, now every card carrying member is eligible to vote in the primaries.
“So, I want to encourage you, to encourage your people to troop in mass for the membership registration exercise, it is very important for the success of the candidate.
“So, I am thanking you all for all your efforts for remaining loyal as I know that you are doing very well.”, she concluded.
As at April 30th, 2026, Engr Dr. Yakubu Muhammad Kingsly (YMK) Nigeria, the presidential candidate of PRP is officially the first presidential candidate to pick a Presidential Nomination form from any party political party in Nigeria against the 2027 Presidential Election.
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