Nigeria: Abia in a State of Confusion

After a court ruling that incumbent Okezie Ikpeazu should stand down as governor of Abia, the electoral commission issued a certificate of return to Sampson Ogah of the Peoples Democratic Party to be sworn in as governor.

  • Nigeria:   Abia - One State, Two Govs?

    Vanguard, 1 July 2016

    Constitutional chaos broke out in Abia State, yesterday, after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, issued a certificate of return to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,… Read more »

Okezie Ikpeazu.

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