Former Arise News Anchor, Dr. Chiogo Constance Ikokwu has been appointed Campaign Spokesperson for the Obi/Kwankwaso National Campaign Council. Her appointment is contained in the list of appointments released by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC)

Ikokwu brings over two decades of experience in journalism across print, radio and television, alongside expertise in political communication, media strategy and international affairs. Her career includes Washington, DC Bureau Chief and Deputy Editor at THISDAY Newspapers, political analyst and anchor at Arise News, and academic work in journalism and communications. She holds a PhD in Journalism and Communications, with research focused on the intersection of media and politics. Ikokwu was also Strategic Communications Adviser to former Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah.

She recently participated in the NDC’s nomination process for the House of Representatives seat for Idemili North and South Federal Constituency, Anambra State, and continues to pursue her commitment to public service.

In her new role, Ikokwu will serve as a Spokesperson for the National Campaign Council, helping to communicate Obi/Kwankwaso positions, articulate campaign messages and engage the media on issues relating to the party’s programmes and priorities. Her appointment comes as the party prepares to strengthen its public communications and engagement with Nigerians ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has unveiled the list of national campaign council members for the party ahead of the 2027 elections.

The list was released by the NDC National Publicity Director, Osa Director, in a post on his 𝕏 account on Sunday.

The list features the NDC National Leader, Seriake Dickson, as the Chairman of the National Campaign Caucus, while the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was listed as co-chairman.

The NDC National Chairman, Senator Cleopas Zuwoghe, was listed as Vice Chairman for the campaign caucus, while the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, was listed as co-vice chairman for the caucus.

The list also includes a National Campaign Advisory Council headed by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.

Mallam Ibrahim Abdulkarim was unveiled as the Director-General, while the list also includes state coordinators.

The party said the campaign council would coordinate its campaigns across all elective positions, including the presidency, National Assembly, governorship and State Houses of Assembly.

“The National Campaign Council will provide strategic leadership, coordinate campaign activities across the country, and drive the mobilisation of Nigerians behind the party’s vision of a new, just, and prosperous Nigeria,” the statement read in part.

As earlier reported by Naija News, the leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that its 3rd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will hold on Monday, 26th October, 2026.

This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by the National Publicity Secretary of the NDC, Osa Director.

According to the opposition party, the event will be held at JD event centre, Kashim Ibrahim Way, opposite A-class park, Maitama, Abuja. Time is 10am prompt.

According to Director, a major highlight of the meeting will be the release and presentation of the party’s Statement of Account by the National Treasurer.

He said the NDC will also use the opportunity of the NEC meeting to unveil its National Campaign Council (NCC).

Senator Ireti Kingibe

Senator Ireti Kingibe has warned Nigerians about a possible increase in their tax burden after the 2027 general election, claiming that a policy requiring citizens to pay 25 per cent of their earnings in tax has already been passed by the National Assembly.

Kingibe made the allegation in a recent video while addressing her supporters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

She expressed concern that many Nigerians were unaware of the policy and suggested that its implementation could be delayed until after the next general election.

According to the senator, the timing of the proposed implementation could have serious implications for Nigerians already struggling with the high cost of living, rising prices of goods and services, and declining purchasing power.

“They passed the policy, but fear won’t let them implement it until after the elections,” she said.

The senator further claimed that the tax measure had passed through the National Assembly and would take effect after the election.

She warned that citizens could face financial pressure if the policy was implemented as she described it.

“Nigerians are not aware that a tax law has been passed, which requires everyone to pay 25% of their earnings as tax. The National Assembly has already passed this law, and it will swing into action after the election,” Kingibe said.

Her comment have raised questions about the country’s tax reforms, the actual provisions of the law she referenced, and the possible impact of future tax changes on workers, business owners and other income earners.

income and the rising cost of living remain important issues for Nigerians ahead of the 2027 general election.

Her warning is likely to draw further attention to how the new laws are being explained to the public and whether taxpayers understand the changes affecting them.

Nonetheless, the senator’s allegation that the implementation of the policy is being delayed until after the election also raises questions about the basis for that claim, given that the new tax framework commenced in January 2026.

By Obike Ukoh

Intemperate, boastful and undemocratic outbursts have become the trade mark of the current democratic dispensation.

Though unguarded utterances were normal practice of politicians in Nigeria, it had been deepened especially by those whose party are in power, either at state of federal levels.

They talk as if they possess the powers of the almighty.

What now appears to be the constant outbursts of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Mr Nyeson Wike about President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, is constantly in the national media space.

Engr David Umahi, the Minister of Works, has joined in this media gravitation to seek attention as frontline loyalist of President Tinubu’s re-election.

But his area of concentration is the South-East, where he is a “lion,’’ and Ebonyi, where he was a governor for eight years.

Unlike universal democratic practice, the former Ebonyi governor wants the people to follow him by “ fire by force.’’

Umahi, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in 2015 defected to the APC in 2020.

For the 2027 governorship election in Ebony, candidates have emerged from the various political parties.

The incumbent governor, Ogbonna Nwifuru is seeking re-election on the platform of the APC, while Chief Ifeanyi Odii, is the governorship candidate of the PDP, among others.

Odii was the governorship candidate of the PDP for the 2023 governorship election in Ebonyi.

However, though Umahi has left the PDP, he is too concerned about the PDP and its governorship candidate, the same way he is concerned about Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In all, Umahi does not want the two to succeed in their electoral ambition.

On the status of the PDP in Ebonyi State, Umahi declared that the part will not regain political control, saying he was responsible for ending the party’s dominance in the state. Interestingly, he did not say he was responsible for the “birth’’ of the party in the state.

Umahi spoke recently, during the inspection of the Cross River-Ebonyi-Benue-Abuja Trans-Saharan Highway.

He also emphasized that he had no involvement in the governorship ambition of the PDP candidate, Ifeanyi Odii, and would not support any political move capable of undermining Governor Francis Nwifuru’s re-election bid.

“ I killed PDP when I left PDP. Whether they are alive again, I don’t know. And if they are alive, we have to `unalive’ them because PDP did not treat the people of South-East well,” Umahi said.

The former Ebony governor, who defected from the PDP to the APC in 2020, added: “We supported the PDP. “We voted for presidents in the PDP. When it was our time for them to honour us with presidential ticket, they did not honour us. We have hope in APC,’’ Umahi said.

However, Umahi who said that PDP died immediately he left the party, had turned around to say that he will prevail on the party’s candidate Odii to withdraw from the 2027 governorship race, and allow Nwiifuru complete his second tenure.

Umahi made the disclosure at his hometown Uburu, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, during a stakeholders engagement with people of Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo local government areas.

I will be the person to prevail on Odii, whom he described as “his cousin” to realise that it was not yet the turn of Ebonyj South senatorial district to produce the governor.

“I will be the one to talk to him because when I say it is not the turn of the South- East zone to be president, I still say it is not the turn of Ebonyj South district to be governor.

“The zoning arrangement is turn by turn, and that is why you cannot see me quarreling over the issue on the social media.

“I know at the right time, I will talk to Odii over the issue, and this is the right time,” the former Ebonyi governor emphasized.

He noted that the state’s governorship charter of equity was dear to him as he promoted it as a governor.

However, analysts and commentators faulted Umahi on his resolve to prevail on Odii not to run against Nwifuru to enable him complete his tenure, and his comment on Ebonyi Charter of Equity.

They noted that Umahi announced to the world that PDP is dead in Ebonyi, that the party died when he left it.

They queried, “How can the former governor of Ebonyi and an incumbent minister, and by extension a member of the Federal Executive Council(FEC), be afraid of a dead party.’’

They also want an explanation on why the emphasis should be on the PDP, and seeking an easy passage for Nwifuru, instead of hinging his re-election on performance.

They also faulted his position on the Charter of Equity, and his advocacy for “turn by turn.’’

However, as a result of how the Charter of Equity issue was handled, protagonists of qualitative leadership instead of zoning have emerged.

This group are of the view that nobody should come up with the argument regarding the Charter of Equity. They argue that the Charter of Equity which was aimed at regulating power rotation became impossible to adopt between the people of Abakaliki and Afikpo blocs.

At the last ditched effort to save the situation in January and February, 1996, the last two meetings held at the residence of Chief Anthony Ekoh in Abakaliki and that of Chief Chris Nwankwo at Enugu, failed to agree on the matter. Hence the document was not signed.

In principle, it was agreed that if the state capital is located in Abakaliki, then the first governor should come from the Afikpo bloc.

After the state was created on October 1, 1996, with the capital at Abakaliki, the same Abakaliki bloc, went ahead to produce the governor.

Not only that, the same Abakaliki bloc pushed forward one more time to produce another governor.

Abakaliki bloc has so far ruled the state for almost 20 years, while Afikpo bloc has only ruled for eight years.

This was against the Charter of Equity, as the charter recognized only two blocs.

The position of this group is that the issue of charter should not be emphasized, but focus should be on performance.

On his own part, the PDP candidate Odii has argued that he does not believe in the rotational culture of politics because it engenders mediocrity and docility.

He has promised Ebonyians that he will do things differently.

Umahi appears to agree with performance, as criteria for leadership.

When he addressed the stakeholders from Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo in his Uburu country home residence, he emphasized the importance of performance.

“We performed marvelously during my tenure as the governor and the state was proud of the governorship from the Ebonyi South.

“Gone are the days Ebonyi people were called names, if you want to insult us now, we keep you quiet with projects.’’

Can this be said about the incumbent governor? If yes, the Minister of Works, should make it a selling point and not looking for one to prevail not to contest.

The electorate should be allowed to pick from the pool of candidates.

Obike Ukoh, former Deputy Editor-In-Chief, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

ADC Ikeja LGA on Saturday, joined party leaders and supporters in Ikorodu for the official campaign flag-off of Lagos East senatorial candidate Senator Olanrewaju Moshood, popularly known as Bob Tarner.

The event drew party leaders, women leaders and supporters, with women dressed in white lace and orange gele.

The turnout signalled strong support for the ADC campaign in Lagos East.

The Ikeja LGA delegation attended the event to show solidarity with Bob Tarner and the ADC’s wider political project involving Atiku and Amaechi.

Members of the Ikeja delegation included Alhaji Sakiru Shobola, Chief Mrs. Yetunde Morohundiya, Barr. Folusho Leigh, Alhaja Bolanle Jafojo, Comrade Frank Onyeka and Fisayo Fakayode (FISFAK).

The delegation praised the event’s organisation, the presence of women leaders and Tarner’s vision for representation in Lagos East.

In response, the team said ADC Ikeja LGA remains fully mobilised for the 2027 elections. It also pledged to work with the Lagos State Woman Leader and all 20 LGA women leaders to support ADC across Lagos State.

The delegation urged Lagos residents, especially women and youths, to join the ADC and support its campaign to “rescue Nigeria.”
The statement was signed by Fisayo Fakayode (FISFAK), Publicity Secretary, ADC Ikeja LGA, for the Executive Chairman, on Sunday

A coalition of women leaders and community mobilisers, the Obi-Kwankwaso National Women’s Support Group, has begun a nationwide mobilisation drive ahead of the 2027 general election. It said its structures were now in place across the states.

The group is backing the presidential ticket of Mr Peter Obi and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso on the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). It disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday.

It said the campaign formally commenced on October 1, following the inauguration of its national leadership.

Convener and National Coordinator of the group, Anwuli Ogbechi, said women from every zone and background had come together to support the two leaders.

“They offer a vision of Nigeria that works for all: one that lifts up our families, empowers our communities, and builds a country where no one is left behind,” she said.

“Our state structures are fully in place and ready to deliver. Under the NDC banner, united across North and South, we move forward as one, to reach every home, to mobilise every community, and to secure the future our nation deserves.”

The group said it was founded by women inspired by the need for a better Nigeria. It listed its guiding ideals as democratic governance, inclusive leadership, social justice, national unity and responsible public service.

According to the statement, its work will go beyond electoral mobilisation. It will include leadership mentoring and political education for young women. It will also seek to draw professionals, entrepreneurs and women in the diaspora into political participation.

The group also listed medical and educational outreach among its programmes, alongside inclusion initiatives for persons with disabilities.

It said the next phase of the campaign would feature town hall meetings, community forums and nationwide outreach.

Other members of the national leadership are Hajia Mairo Musa Abubakar, National Vice Coordinator, North; Pastor Basiratu Musa Ibijoke, National Deputy Coordinator, South; and Lolo Victoria Mgbor Odogwu, National General Secretary. Tina Ohwo is Organising Secretary, while Hajia Fadimatu Atiku Danrimi is National Treasurer.

Also on the team are Chika Ibe, National Financial Secretary; Igbinlade Oluwagboyinmi Oluwatunmise, National Legal Adviser; and Chinyere O. Ejike, National Publicity Secretary.

The others are Blessing Okoli, Publicity Secretary; Esther Ajayi-Adetayo, Welfare Officer; and Ifeoma Uchechukwu, FCT and National Director, Interfaith and Intertribal Affairs.

The zonal coordinators are Hajia Kaltume Babayo, Zainab Turaki, Dr Sophia Orji, Yetunde Elizabeth Awoyemi and Mrs Vivian Obiajulu Uyanne.

A nationwide telephone opinion poll conducted across Nigeria’s 36 states using voter data obtained from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) voter register, presents a clear picture of the voting preferences captured by the exercise: Atiku Abubakar leads with 43.67 per cent, Peter Obi follows with 30.23 per cent, while Bola Ahmed Tinubu records 27.10 per cent.

The state-level distribution reinforces the national figures. The poll projects Atiku to lead in 17 states, Obi in 10 states, and Tinubu in 9 states.

NATIONAL POLL RESULT

ATIKU ABUBAKAR — 43.67% | 17 STATES
PETER OBI — 30.23% | 10 STATES
BOLA AHMED TINUBU — 27.10% | 9 STATES

Atiku records a 13.44-percentage-point lead over Obi and a 16.57-point lead over Tinubu. Obi records a 3.13-point difference over Tinubu.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

The poll reports a broad geographical spread of support for Atiku. He is projected to lead in 15 Northern states, together with Rivers and Osun, giving him the largest state footprint among the three leading contenders in this exercise.

Peter Obi is projected to lead in 10 states, comprising all five South-Eastern states — Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo — together with Edo, Bayelsa, Delta, Plateau and Nasarawa.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu is projected to lead in 9 states: Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Akwa Ibom and Cross River.

The distribution represents the voting preferences captured by the survey and should not be interpreted as a prediction or certified result of the 2027 presidential election.

WHAT RESPONDENTS IDENTIFIED

Beyond voting intention, the poll records several factors cited by respondents in explaining their preferences.

Many respondents expressed the view that Atiku offers policy prescriptions they consider appropriate for addressing Nigeria’s economic and cost-of-living challenges, particularly concerns associated with the removal of petroleum subsidies and foreign-exchange reforms under the Tinubu administration.

Respondents also cited national security, inclusion and national unity among issues influencing their preferences for Atiku.

The poll highlighted some of the more educated respondents’ perception that Atiku’s team and the ADC Coalition appears more convincing better prepared for the responsibilities of governance, with particular interest in tackling corruption, strengthening regional cooperation and pursuing what respondents regard as a more effective foreign-policy strategy that is completely lacking under the Tinubu administration.

These are respondents’ perceptions recorded by the exercise, rather than independent assessments of the candidates or their prospective policies.

ABOUT THE POLL ORGANISER

The telephone opinion poll was conducted by the Citizens Democratic Coalition Situation Room, a non-partisan group of journalists, democracy advocates and professionals interested in the advancement of democracy, accountable governance and credible elections in Nigeria.

The group’s stated interest is to contribute to informed civic discourse, encourage democratic participation and provide citizens with information on issues affecting Nigeria’s democratic development.

THE POLL’S CENTRAL FINDING

The central finding of the exercise is straightforward: Atiku Abubakar emerges as the leading candidate among respondents captured by the poll, Peter Obi occupies second position, while Bola Ahmed Tinubu comes third.

At 43.67 per cent, Atiku records the highest national preference in the exercise and is projected to lead in 17 states. Obi records 30.23 per cent and 10 states, while Tinubu records 27.10 per cent and 9 states.

The combination of Atiku’s reported national percentage and projected state-level leads gives him the largest showing among the three candidates in this particular opinion-poll exercise.

IMPORTANT NOTE

The results constitute the reported findings of a telephone opinion poll conducted across Nigeria’s 36 states. They provide a snapshot of the voting preferences captured from respondents at the time of the exercise.

They should therefore be understood as poll findings, not electoral results or a definitive forecast of the outcome of the 2027 presidential election. Actual election results will depend on voters’ decisions, turnout, the conduct of the election and the votes validly cast and counted in accordance with Nigeria’s electoral laws.

POLL RESULT

ATIKU ABUBAKAR — 43.67% | 17 STATES

PETER OBI — 30.23% | 10 STATES

BOLA AHMED TINUBU — 27.10% | 9 STATES

Atiku leads the poll. Obi is second. Tinubu is third.

Peter Obi has challenged the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and other institutions he attended to make his academic records public amid a legal dispute over the documents.

Obi made the call in a video obtained on Tuesday, urging UNN to release his admission documents, results from first year to graduation and other records in his file.

The former Anambra State governor extended the request to institutions where he attended programmes, including Lagos Business School, London School of Economics, Columbia Business School, Kellogg School of Management, Harvard Business School, Oxford and Cambridge.

Obi said public office seekers should accept thorough checks of their backgrounds. He urged the institutions to make his records available for public scrutiny.

“I was informed that somebody wants to know about my certificate here at University of Nigeria Nsukka. He wants to know how I got admission.

“I’m actually going to tweet to say, please, I’m begging University of Nigeria Nsukka to make available every document that is in my file, or how I was admitted in the university, all my results from year one to final year.”

Obi said public figures must accept scrutiny and show the values expected of leaders.

“If you will seek a public life, you should subject yourself to public scrutiny because you’re a leader. You must exemplify the values that make the society work, especially for the younger ones,” he said.

The NDC candidate challenged anyone with information about his records in Nigeria or abroad to release it publicly.

“If I have an FBI file which I’m not aware of, or files in another country, this is time for them to bring it to the public,” he added.

When asked if other presidential candidates should also make their records public, Obi answered in the affirmative.

He said scrutiny would allow candidates to explain any wrongdoing in their past and show that they had changed.

“Yes, because we want to know if there’s any place that I’ve done wrong, I’ll be the one to come and explain to people: I did this wrong yesterday, but I’ve changed.

“I committed this offence, but I’ve changed. Or if I’ve gone to jail and served my time, please forgive me,” Obi said.

Arabambi sues UNN over records
However, Obi spoke days after suspended Labour Party member, Abayomi Arabambi, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja over UNN’s alleged refusal to release the presidential candidate’s academic records.

The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2144/2026, was filed on September 9 by Arabambi’s lawyer, Anderson Asemota.

The Vice-Chancellor of UNN and the university were listed as the first and second respondents.

Arabambi wants the court to compel UNN to provide certified copies of documents linked to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy allegedly awarded to Gregory Peter Onwubuasi Obi in 1984.

Arabambi requested on July 16 a Certified True Copy of Certificate Number D000198, which he said was issued in respect of Obi.

He also requested academic records and other official documents supporting the alleged degree and certificate.

The applicant said he made the request under the Freedom of Information Act 2011 and that the respondents received it on August 6.

However, he alleged that UNN failed to provide the documents within the period set by law. He also alleged that the university did not issue a written refusal stating the specific provision of the Act used to deny access.

Arabambi sent a reminder on August 31, which the respondents reportedly received on September 1.

He is seeking 19 reliefs, including an order of mandamus compelling the respondents to respond to his Freedom of Information request in line with the law.

He wants the court to compel UNN to provide a Certified True Copy of Certificate Number D000198, if the certificate exists in its custody, possession or control.

Other requested documents include academic records, graduation and degree-award records, certificate-register entries, Senate or academic approval records and other official documents relating to the alleged degree.
External links
Politics Nigeria report on the UNN court case⁠

By Peter Obi

There are moments when words fail because no words can fully express the pain of losing innocent lives to violence. I have just received distressing reports of the latest attack in Ayilamo, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, where innocent citizens and security personnel have reportedly been killed. My heart goes out to the families who have once again been forced to bury their loved ones, and to the entire people of Logo. I share in your pain.

Only days ago, I travelled to Benue to stand with families devastated by violence in Yelwata. Even in that moment of grief, when all that should have mattered was humanity, my attempt to reach the affected community was disrupted. Yet that experience has only strengthened my conviction that we must never become indifferent to the suffering of our people.

Whether the victim is a farmer, a child, a police officer, a soldier, a Christian, a Muslim, or a person of any ethnic group, every Nigerian life has equal value. We must stop counting our dead and start protecting our living.

I call on the Federal Government and all security agencies to urgently act, bring the perpetrators to justice, and, most importantly, prevent these recurring attacks. Nigeria cannot continue on this path.

My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. May God comfort them, receive the souls of the departed, and give our nation the wisdom and courage to confront this evil decisively.

A nation that cannot protect the lives of its citizens has a duty to ask itself some very difficult questions. We must do better. We must secure Nigeria.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

Presidential candidate Seyi Makinde has condemned the reported blockade of Peter Obi’s convoy by angry youths during his visit to Benue State.

Obi, the former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), visited Benue on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.

He was in the state for his 2027 presidential campaign and planned to visit Yelwata to meet families affected by the June 2025 attacks.

Peter Obi’s convoy blocked on Makurdi-Gboko highway

The situation reportedly changed shortly after Obi left the airport.

His convoy encountered a roadblock on the two-lane Makurdi-Gboko federal highway, where angry youths had taken over the road.

The blockade reportedly stopped traffic in both directions.

The road remained closed to other users, while police officers were said to have done little to disperse the youths.

The incident has now triggered a political response from Makinde, who described the development as “deeply disturbing”.

Makinde accuses APC of opposition crackdown

In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Digital Communication, Anthony Ehilebo, Makinde strongly condemned the incident.

He alleged that suspected state-sponsored thugs obstructed Obi’s convoy while he was travelling to Yelwata.

Makinde described the action as “totally unacceptable”. He also accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of trying to intimidate opposition leaders ahead of the 2027 elections.

According to him, the incident came just 24 hours after Obi joined other opposition figures at the inauguration of the Makinde/Daura Presidential Campaign Office.

That event took place on Monday, September 7, 2026.

Makinde further alleged that the APC was resorting to intimidation and harassment because of growing opposition activity.

The claims are political allegations contained in Makinde’s statement. The supplied report does not include a response from the APC to them.

Makinde challenges Benue government’s position

The APM presidential candidate also took issue with the Benue State Government’s reported position on Obi’s visit.

Makinde referenced Section 41(1) of the 1999 Constitution, which guarantees freedom of movement within Nigeria.

He also cited Section 40, which protects the right to peaceful assembly and association.

The statement rejected the argument that Obi needed prior permission from the state government before visiting Benue.

Makinde said Nigerians have a constitutional right to enter and move freely within any state while carrying out legitimate activities.

He argued that this right should apply regardless of whether the person is a presidential candidate.

Makinde demands police investigation

Makinde said roadblocks and the use of thugs against opposition candidates should have no place in a constitutional democracy.

He therefore called on the Nigerian Police Force to investigate the incident.

The campaign also demanded that those responsible should be identified and brought to justice.

Makinde said his campaign remained committed to a peaceful electoral process.

However, he insisted that the reported incident would not stop the opposition from participating in the political process.

For now, the central dispute remains over what happened on the Makurdi-Gboko highway and who was responsible for the blockade of Peter Obi’s convoy during his Benue visit.

External Sources

• 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria