{"id":44028,"date":"2024-08-19T10:11:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T10:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=44028"},"modified":"2024-08-19T10:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T10:11:36","slug":"chidoka-urges-election-petitions-be-settled-before-swearing-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/08\/19\/chidoka-urges-election-petitions-be-settled-before-swearing-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Chidoka Urges Election Petitions Be Settled Before Swearing-In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has called for all election petitions to be resolved before the inauguration of elected officials. Speaking on <em>Sunday Politics<\/em> on Channels Television, the Peoples Democratic Party leader emphasized that this move would strengthen Nigeria&#8217;s electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>Chidoka also advocated for the appointment of election auditors to scrutinize ballot paper scans and verify election results. He stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should review the findings and ensure that any discrepancies are addressed swiftly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must ensure no one exploits the vulnerabilities of the electoral process,&#8221; Chidoka remarked. &#8220;Every paper ballot should be scanned, and INEC should utilize its powers to verify results within a week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he urged the establishment of Election Offenses Tribunals, as recommended in the Justice Uwais report, to further enhance the integrity of Nigeria\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has called for all election petitions to be resolved before the inauguration of elected officials. Speaking on Sunday Politics on Channels Television, the Peoples Democratic Party leader emphasized that this move would strengthen Nigeria&#8217;s electoral system. Chidoka also advocated for the appointment of election auditors to scrutinize ballot paper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44028"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44052,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44028\/revisions\/44052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}