{"id":134545,"date":"2024-10-17T09:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T08:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/cnpp-threatens-to-boycott-kogi-council-polls-passes-no-confidence-vote-on-siec"},"modified":"2024-10-17T10:05:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T09:05:59","slug":"cnpp-threatens-to-boycott-kogi-council-polls-passes-no-confidence-vote-on-siec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cnpp-threatens-to-boycott-kogi-council-polls-passes-no-confidence-vote-on-siec","title":{"rendered":"CNPP threatens to boycott Kogi council polls, passes no confidence vote on SIEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, (CNPP) has threatened to boycott the forthcoming local government election slated for October 19, 2024 in Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>The Kogi State Chairman of CNPP, Comrade Mohammed Kabir Abdullahi disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi, who passed a vote of no confidence on the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, (KOSIEC) insisted that the electoral body had failed to carry relevant stakeholders along prior to the council polls.<\/p>\n<p>The CNPP Chairman averred that the preparation for the forthcoming election lacked transparency in the whole process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is totally unacceptable for KOSIEC to be organizing training ahead of the Local Government election without any political party in attendance. Up till this moment, we are yet to know the modality for the council election,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are making us conclude that before you participate in an election in Kogi State, you must belong to their cabal or secret cult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKOSIEC is supposed to be a neutral body, unfortunately, what we are seeing today, the reverse is the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a rape of democracy if the electoral body dances to the tune of the APC just to allow their foot soldiers in power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor how long are we going to continue like this? Nigeria is not a banana Republic and Kogi State cannot be running a parallel country inside a sovereign nation like ours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a curse to our present and future generation if as stakeholders today, we fold our arms and allow some power drunk individuals deny innocent Kogites purposeful representation at the grassroot. Nigeria is undergoing political reforms which must be sustained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is against this backdrop, we are informing the world that CNPP might back out of this council polls in Kogi State because we have lost confidence in the electoral body,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, (CNPP) has threatened to boycott the forthcoming local government election slated for October 19, 2024 in Kogi State. The Kogi State Chairman of CNPP, Comrade Mohammed Kabir Abdullahi disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday. 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