Omoile was on Monday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two-count amended charge of conspiracy and money laundering.
The Democratic Peoples Congress, DPC, Olusegun Peters argued that any attempt to de-register a political party because it did not win a National or State Assembly election would amount to throwing away a baby with the bath water.
The Senate has amended the country’s electoral act creating a possibility for the introduction of electronic voting by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it has so far recorded about 86 new political parties seeking for registration ahead of the 2019 general election.
The trial of 23 staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who were accused of collecting a total of N360 million in bribes during the Rivers State re-run election began today at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
“Our democracy is maturing and the Commission believes that there should be certainty with regard to the timetable for elections," said Solomon Soyebi, INEC national commissioner South West
