Tag: CUPP
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CUPP, IPAC condemn calls for re-deployment of A’Ibom REC
The Coalition of Political Parties in Akwa Ibom has condemned calls by opposition parties for the redeployment of the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Mike Igini. The group under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and the conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), said this…
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Postponement: Fate of ex-Congolese president awaits you next Saturday, CUPP tells Buhari
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Saturday attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for blaming the Independent Natiaonal Electoral Commission (INEC) for positioning the elections. The coalition insisted that President Buhari was part of reasons for the unfortunate postponement. It described President Buhari as dishonourable and a desperate despot afraid of losing to the opposition.…
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Buhari’s desperation to win caused election postponement- CUPP declares
The Coalition of United Political Parties has stated that the desperation of President Muhammadu Buhari and his men to win the presidential election, at all cost, was responsible for the last minute postponement of the election. The coalition’s spokesperson, Imo Ugochinyere, made the claim in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Saturday…
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Onnoghen: CUPP declares nationwide protest on Friday
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has declared a nationwide protest for Friday to coincide with the day the prosecution of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, is expected to start at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The coalition’s spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, stated this in a statement on Wednesday. He…
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DSS planning to arrest me – CUPP spokesman
The first national spokesperson, Coalition of United Political Parties, Imo Ugochinyere, on Thursday raised the alarm over an alleged plan by men of the Department of State Services to arrest him. Ugochinyere raised the alarm at a press conference in Abuja. He said the plan was to arrest him and keep him away until after…
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Elections: CUPP accuses INEC of recruiting N-Power beneficiaries as adhoc staff
Opposition political parties on the platform of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Sunday raised the alarm on alleged plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission to compromise the forthcoming general elections. They accused the electoral body of recruiting beneficiaries of the present administration’s N-Power programme as ad hoc staff for the general…
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FG planning to arrest, replace CJN Onnoghen on Tuesday – CUPP
Opposition parties under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Friday said they have uncovered a plan by the Federal Government to arrest the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Tuesday. The spokesperson of CUPP, Imo Ugochinyere, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja. Ugochinyere said the arrest…
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2019: CUPP doubts Buhari’s fitness, asks him to take over campaign from Tinubu
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to outsource his campaign to the All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, if he is fit for the nation’s top job. The CUPP also accused the APC of plotting to rig the 2019 elections and plunge the nation into avoidable crisis. Addressing…
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Buhari only concerned about reelection, lacks ideas to defeat Boko Haram – CUPP
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Saturday said all that President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned about now is his reelection bid with little or no priority to the welfare and security of Nigerians especially those in the Boko Haram ravaged North East. CUPP in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere…
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Defection: Akpabio reacts to calls for Senate to declare his seat vacant
Sen. Godswill Akpabio (APC-Akwa Ibom) says any move to declare his seat vacant in the Senate will prove abortive. Akpabio made this known in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. He said though he had yet to hear about it, if his seat must be declared vacant, the seats of those, who defected…