On November 24, 2023, an X user (formerly Twitter) tweeted that the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, had been sacked by the Court of Appeal. He added that the Appeal Court ordered a rerun in 99 polling units of the state. He said, “Just in: Appeal Court sacked Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state,...
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FACT CHECK: Has Justice Ugo of the Presidential Election Petition Court Resigned?
On July 19, 2023, a blog post by the Igbo Times Magazine went viral. The news was titled “Justice Ugo Resigns, Citing Demands to ‘Kneecap’ Democracy, Says ‘’Siding with Tinubu’ Would Mean ‘The Death of Nigeria’s Democracy” The blog post claimed that the Judge, who doubles as a member of the 2023 presidential election petition...
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FACT SHIELD: All you need to know about off-cycle elections in Nigeria
Following the release of the timetable for off-cycle elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties and their political actors in Nigeria kicked off plans and activities for the elections. The off-cycle elections will take place in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states. Subsequently, political parties held primary elections and presented their gubernatorial candidates...