By Christiana Ekpa
Adamawa State is to hold elections in July this year to choose chairmen and councilors for its 21 local government councils.
The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission, ADSIEC, which announced this on Tuesday, indicated that it has fixed Saturday July 13, 2024, for the polls.
Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Mohammed Umar told journalists in Yola that notices of the election into the offices of chairmen and councillors shall be published at the ADSIEC headquarters and local government offices.
The also said the timetable and schedule of activities and timelines for the exercise will be released within the next two weeks.
“The Commission’s mandate to organise, conduct and supervise elections is in the fulfillment of the Constitution following the expiration of the tenure of the former council chairmen and councillors,” the ADSIEC chairman explained.
Okupe stated this in an interview on Arise Television monitored in Abuja.
According to Okupe, Labour Party was just a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the Presidential election.
Recall that in January, Okupe resigned his membership of the Labour Party, making a case for ideological differences.
Okupe said his membership of the party ended the moment Obi lost the election.
“The LP for us — for Peter Obi and I — and those in the leadership of the movement… the party was a special purpose vehicle (SPV).
“I have never been a labour person, I have never operated on the left before but we needed a platform and this was the only platform readily available to us.
“We thought that if we won the election… there are no fast and hYou can always move to the centre.
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