Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, KINGSLEY MOGHALU has emerged the presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party, YPP.

MOGHALU, who was a former UN officer, emerged through delegate’s election at the party’s first National Convention and Presidential Primaries held over the weekend in Abuja.

MOGHALU scored 243 votes out of 253 accredited delegates, after his only opponent, DONALD IGWEGBU later stepped down for him.

While announcing his decision to step down, DONALD IGWEGBU said he took the decision not because he was not qualified to contest in 2019 but because MOGHALU shared the same vision with him.

He called on party members and his supporters to support MOGHALU, while urging other politicians to emulate his spirit of sportsmanship.

In his acceptance speech, KINGSLEY MOGHALU said Nigeria needed a leader of international repute, not politicians that had failed the country.

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission has visited some places of worship to sensitize the people of Osun State who have not collected their permanent voter cards to do so and to tell them about the evils of vote-buying.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, OLUSEGUN AGBAJE, led other officials of the commission to the Winners’ Chapel and NASFAT in Osogbo to address congregants on the readiness of the electoral umpire to conduct a credible poll on September 22.

While addressing the congregation at Winners’ Chapel, AGBAJE urged the people of the state to shun any form of inducement saying anyone arrested for electoral offence during the exercise would be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others.

Reacting on the move by INEC to stop vote buying, a member of the Social Democratic Party, YEMI AKINBODE believes the body is not proactive.