In preparation for the Gubernatorial and State of Assembly
Elections billed for Saturday, the 9th day of March, 2019, the NBA
Election Working Group (EWG) has released a toll free line which it
has procured.
The line is made available to enable the general public to
contact the Group for on-the-spot reportage on happenings at
polling units.
See Notice:
NBA ELECTION WORKING GROUP: REPORTS FROM ALL LAWYERS ARE
WELCOME
Dear Noble Colleagues,
The NBA Election Working Group (EWG) is one of the Election
Observer Groups accredited by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to observe the 2019 Gubernatorial and
State House of Assembly Elections across the country.
The Election Observer Committees set up at the various
branches are to work with the NBA Election Working Group (NBA
National Election Observation Team) in observing, getting updates
and reporting on the Elections in the respective States.
As we prepare to observe the Gubernatorial and State House
of Assembly Elections billed for Saturday the 9th day of March,
2019, election in each State of the Federation and Federal Capital
Territory, the NBA-EWG has set up a Situation Room at the NBA
National Secretariat located at Muhammadu Buhari Way, Central
Business District, Abuja. The Situation Room shall be open
from 7:30am to 6pm on Saturday the 9th day
of March, 2019.
To ensure members of the public who may have reports
concerning the conduct of the election are able to do so at no cost
to them, the NBA has procured Toll Free line which the
general public can contact for on-the-spot reportage of the
happenings at polling units. Lawyers and all other members of the
public are urged to report what they see and not a third party’s
account of happening.
The NBA Toll free line is 08003331111.
Observations, reports, pictures, videos and updates may be sent to
the NBA Twitter handle – @NigBarAssoc with the hashtag
#NBAOBSERVERS, NBA Facebook page (Nigerian Bar Association) as well
as other NBA related Facebook pages (Lawyers In Nigeria etc) and
members may also link up with us on our dedicated Whatsapp line:
09073017996.
We would appreciate observations, reports, pictures, videos
and updates from all lawyers irrespective of whether or not you are
a member of the Observer Committees of the branches. The idea is to
make all lawyers who may go out to vote an “observer’ for purposes
of getting eyewitness accounts about the conduct of the elections
from as many Polling Units as possible. We count on the
professionalism, devotion to duties and nationalistic spirit of the
constituted teams and lawyers in the various States of the
federation.
We look forward to working with all our observers as well as
all lawyers in Nigeria in carrying out this national
assignment.
Afam Mazi Osigwe
Chairman NBA Election Working Group
court
Judiciary
Appeal Court confirms Abba as Kano PDP Guber
candidate
The Appeal Court sitting in Kaduna presided by Justice Daniel O.
Kalio has today Thursday, 7th March 2019 confirmed Engr Abba Kabir
Yusuf as the bonafide Kano state PDP Gubernatorial candidate in the
coming Saturday 9th General Elections.
While delivering judgement, the appeal Court granted all the
prayers put forward by the appelant.
The PDP sought a stay of execution on the previous judgement
passed by a Federal High Court in Kano on the validity of the
party’s October 2nd primaries.
The appeal Court also restrained INEC from removing the name of
Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf and other PDP candidates from the list
of 2019 contestants.
Responding shortly after the verdict, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf said
he is not surprised with the outcomes from the appeal Court.
“As I always metion, the case mainly concerns our party and an
agrieved member who is working with the ruling All Progressive
Party (APC) in the state to remedy the fast growing unpopularity of
Gov Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.”
Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf also call on his supporters and PDP
faithful to keep their hope alive and come out enmass to vote for
all People’s Democratic Party’s candidates.
Signed:
Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa
Spokesperson to the PDP Gubernatorial Candidate.