Ondo guber: Be Jega of our time – Groups tell INEC boss

Ahead of the Ondo and Rivers polls, the conveners of the Movement for the Actualisation of Egalitarian Society (MAES) and the Get Involved Campaign has called on the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remain resolute, focus and determined
to umpire Ondo State governorship elections as well as the National Assembly elections in Rivers State.
Speaking to newsmen during the weekend the convener, GETINVOLVED CAMPAIGN, comrade Idris Usman raised concerns, over what he described as “faulty conduct of some elections in recent times by INEC, under the leadership of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.”
Comrade Usman also urged Prof Yakubu to bolster up to the electoral standard left behind by his

2019: I never spoke about Atiku’s bid – Bindow

Governor Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa state has denied making any reference to “unconfirmed” presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
The governor’s position came against the backdrop of a media report quoting him to have said “it’s either Atiku or nobody for the 2019 Presidency.”
A statement by his Special Assistant, Media and Press Affairs, Martins Dickson, yesterday urged those who must have been offended by such misrepresentation “aimed at tarnishing his image” to shun the report as it did not emanate from him.
“The attention of Adamawa state Governor, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow, has been drawn to a story on Peoples Daily newspaper of Friday, November 11, 2016, titled: “2019 Presidency: It’s Either Atiku Or Nobody, Says Gov Bindow.”
The governor said “at no time during the flag-off ceremony of the Girei-Pariya-Wuro Bokki last Thursday