Thursday, July 3, 2025
  • Who’sWho Africa AWARDS
  • About Time Africa Magazine
  • Contact Us
Time Africa Magazine
  • Home
  • Magazine
  • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
  • News
  • World News
    • US
    • UAE
    • Europe
    • UK
    • Israel-Hamas
    • Russia-Ukraine
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Column
  • Interviews
  • Special Report
No Result
View All Result
Time Africa Magazine
  • Home
  • Magazine
  • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
  • News
  • World News
    • US
    • UAE
    • Europe
    • UK
    • Israel-Hamas
    • Russia-Ukraine
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Column
  • Interviews
  • Special Report
No Result
View All Result
Time Africa Magazine
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
  • News
  • Magazine
  • World News

Home » Politics » Labour Party calls for Postponement of polls in Lagos, Ondo, others over missing party logo on Ballot Papers

Labour Party calls for Postponement of polls in Lagos, Ondo, others over missing party logo on Ballot Papers

February 25, 2023
in Politics
0
540
SHARES
4.5k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Labour Party (LP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include its party logo on all the ballot papers across the country and where the logo has been omitted before Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections or postpone the elections until it corrects the error.

On Wednesday, the electoral commission took delivery of sensitive materials for the Presidential and National Assembly elections ahead of Saturday but it was discovered on Thursday that the Labour Party’s logo was omitted on Senatorial and House of Representatives ballot papers in Lagos and Ondo states.

Reacting to the exclusion of the party’s logo on the ballot papers, a Labour Party chieftain on Thursday said, “We expect that as the umpire, INEC will be transparent. Transparent to the extent that everything that it has done in preparation for this election should be made visible to the public so that the people know.

“The election materials that were prepared for Saturday elections were kept till the last minute, a few days to the elections and only this morning by mere chance we were able to discover that this unacceptable error was committed by INEC.

“Omitting the logo of the Labour Party, a major player in the Saturday elections from the ballot papers is not a small error. It is not something that anyone can just overlook. It is a deliberate attempt that INEC must own up to and they must quickly correct, otherwise, these elections can never be regarded as being transparent, free, fair and credible, because a lot of Nigerians, a lot of Lagosians will be disenfranchised from exercising their civic rights on Saturday.

ReadAlso

An Open Letter to Mr. Peter Obi

Labour Party Publishes Full Supreme Court Ruling to Quell Controversy Over Leadership Dispute

“This is why we call on INEC to quickly do the needful by either they do the correction and put the Labour Party logo on the ballot papers or shift the elections but the important thing is that all our Labour Party candidates must be duly represented.”

The Labour Party Chairperson in Lagos State, Dayo Ekong, had in a statement decried the exclusion of the party’s logo on the ballot papers and had called on the INEC to either correct the mistakes or reschedule the National Assembly elections.

ADVERTISEMENT

Calling on the attention of Nigerians and the international community to the development, Ekong said, “This malicious ‘error’ was found out in Lagos this morning during the routine inspection of election materials by my executive members.

“It was at inspection that it was discovered that the LP was not listed for the election for the Senate and House of Representatives. This is unacceptable and a wicked way of disenfranchising Lagos State electorates.

“It is unimaginable that the Lagos electorate will only vote for the Labour Party Presidential Candidate for the elections slated for Saturday, February 25, as INEC made no provision for the election of the Party’s Senate and House of Representatives Candidates. We cannot accept this as we do not believe that INEC made a mistake but rather a deliberate, malicious and intentional act to disenfranchise our supporters from exercising their civic rights, which is unacceptable.

“Further checks on the IN website revealed that the names of Lagos LP candidates were not uploaded even as the list and court orders for the same were duly submitted to INEC and acknowledged. We have severally pointed out the bias displayed by the State INEC REC towards our Party and his increasing attacks on our leaders.”

Similarly, the party has called for the postponement of Saturday’s general elections in Ondo State after it was also discovered that its logo was omitted from the ballot papers.

The ballot papers affected are for elections into Ondo Central Senatorial District and five House of Representative seats, namely Okitipupa/Irele, Ese-Odo/Ilaje, Akoko Southwest/Akoko Southeast, Ondo East/Ondo West and Akure North/Akure South.

“We expect INEC to do the needful. It was a deliberate act. I do not think any agency of government supersedes the judiciary that gave us judgment,” the party’s secretary in Ondo, Abiodun Agbaje said.

Tags: 2023 ElectionLabour Party
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

UN Security Council hears echoed demands to end war in Ukraine

Next Post

INEC announces election continues tomorrow

You MayAlso Like

Politics

Uganda’s president seeks a seventh term that would bring him closer to 5 decades in power

June 30, 2025
Politics

Wike, Fubara Agree On Peace Deal With Tinubu

June 27, 2025
Politics

Rojenny Congratulates Governor Soludo on Coveted ‘Olu Atu Egwu’ Title

June 22, 2025
Politics

Implement Electoral Reforms Now — Dr Okobah tells FG

June 18, 2025
Politics

South African president to brave second meeting with Trump following Oval Office mauling

June 16, 2025
Politics

Thousands protest in Ivory Coast after opposition leader barred from presidential race

June 16, 2025
Next Post

INEC announces election continues tomorrow

Vote-buying: EFCC arrests university lecturer with N306m, party agent with $450, lady with 17-page list of eligible voters their banks accounts, phone numbers

Discussion about this post

Finally, Tinubu Reconciles Wike, Fubara

Wike, Fubara Agree On Peace Deal With Tinubu

Goodluck Jonathan Unveils Shocking Truths Behind Nigeria’s Constitutional Crisis During Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s Prolonged Illness

Are Igbos Cursed Or The Architects Of Their Own Predicament?

A Deep Dive into Allegations of Fraud in Fidelity Bank

Funeral held for woman kept on life support until baby could be delivered

  • British government apologizes to Peter Obi, as hired impostors, master manipulators on rampage abroad

    1238 shares
    Share 495 Tweet 310
  • Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market

    1064 shares
    Share 426 Tweet 266
  • Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane

    966 shares
    Share 386 Tweet 242
  • ‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax

    901 shares
    Share 360 Tweet 225
  • Crisis echoes, fears grow in Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu State

    735 shares
    Share 294 Tweet 184
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest

British government apologizes to Peter Obi, as hired impostors, master manipulators on rampage abroad

April 13, 2023

Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market

December 27, 2022
Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane

Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane

September 22, 2023
‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax

‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax

March 21, 2023
Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu, wife of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra state

NIGERIA: No, wife of Biafran warlord, Bianca Ojukwu lied – Ebele Obiano:

0

SOUTH AFRICA: TO LEAVE OR NOT TO LEAVE?

0
kelechi iheanacho

TOP SCORER: IHEANACHA

0
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

WHAT CAN’TBE TAKEN AWAY FROM JONATHAN

0

DG Taskforce and Monitoring COMTOA Urges Sapele Keke Operators to Support Govt Safety Measures

July 3, 2025

Most Saint Lucian Formerly Enslaved People Were Nigerians

July 1, 2025

Chief Uchenna Okafor Hosts Commissioner, Reaffirms Clampdown on Illegal Keke, Okada Operators

July 1, 2025

World leaders confront gap between rich and poor at Financing for Development meeting

June 30, 2025

ABOUT US

Time Africa Magazine

TIME AFRICA MAGAZINE is an African Magazine with a culture of excellence; a magazine without peer. Nearly a third of its readers hold advanced degrees and include novelists, … READ MORE >>

SECTIONS

  • Aviation
  • Column
  • Crime
  • Europe
  • Featured
  • Gallery
  • Health
  • Interviews
  • Israel-Hamas
  • Lifestyle
  • Magazine
  • Middle-East
  • News
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • Russia-Ukraine
  • Science
  • Special Report
  • Sports
  • TV/Radio
  • UAE
  • UK
  • US
  • World News

Useful Links

  • AllAfrica
  • Channel Africa
  • El Khabar
  • The Guardian
  • Cairo Live
  • Le Republicain
  • Magazine: 9771144975608
  • Subscribe to TIME AFRICA biweekly news magazine

    Enjoy handpicked stories from around African continent,
    delivered anywhere in the world

    Subscribe

    • About Time Africa Magazine
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • WHO’SWHO AWARDS

    © 2025 Time Africa Magazine - All Right Reserved. Time Africa is a trademark of Times Associates, registered in the U.S, & Nigeria. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service.

    No Result
    View All Result
    • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
    • Politics
    • Column
    • Interviews
    • Gallery
    • Lifestyle
    • Special Report
    • Sports
    • TV/Radio
    • Aviation
    • Health
    • Science
    • World News

    © 2025 Time Africa Magazine - All Right Reserved. Time Africa is a trademark of Times Associates, registered in the U.S, & Nigeria. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service.

    This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.