{"id":102669,"date":"2023-11-30T19:48:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T18:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec"},"modified":"2023-11-30T22:41:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:41:57","slug":"kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec","title":{"rendered":"Kogi Guber: SDP denies sponsoring protest against INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from a purported protest that took place at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Lokoja, Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>Director General, New Media<\/p>\n<p>MuriSam Campaign Council\/SDP Isaiah Davies Ijele in a statement on Thursday noted that those causing trouble are not supporters of SDP but loyalists of the ruling party in Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>Ijele stated that SDP is a peaceful political party whose ideology revolves around peace and seeking justice through all known democratic channels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why the SDP is seeking redress through the court. So far, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been cooperative except the delay caused by one Mrs. Faith Kotso; the Commission\u2019s legal head in lokoja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d She deliberately delayed our forensic experts in lokoja from accessing and conducting the physical examination of the electoral materials, frustrated all our initial efforts and the process was opened and hijacked by hoodlums loyal to outgoing the present administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it stands, Yahaya Bello is proving to be the biggest threat to our democracy. Kogi state under Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello is in a state of anarchy. Both the tribunal and the election materials are no longer safe in Lokoja. If not for the timely intervention of the Nigerian Army, the INEC facility would\u2019ve been attacked and all evidence would\u2019ve been destroyed,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from a purported protest that took place at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Lokoja, Kogi State. Director General, New Media MuriSam Campaign Council\/SDP Isaiah Davies Ijele in a statement on Thursday noted that those causing trouble are not supporters of SDP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":102668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[1570,2140,251,8700,254,1142],"class_list":["post-102669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-inec","tag-kogi-guber","tag-nigeria","tag-sdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kogi Guber: SDP denies sponsoring protest against INEC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from a purported protest that took place at the Independent Natio ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kogi Guber: SDP denies sponsoring protest against INEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from a purported protest that took place at the Independent Natio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-30T18:48:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-30T21:41:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701362721.479093.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kogi Guber: SDP denies sponsoring protest against INEC\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-30T18:48:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-30T21:41:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec\"},\"wordCount\":248,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701362721.479093.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"INEC\",\"Kogi Guber\",\"Nigeria\",\"SDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-guber-sdp-denies-sponsoring-protest-against-inec\",\"name\":\"Kogi Guber: SDP denies sponsoring protest against INEC - 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