
2023: You Can’t Replace Your Running Mate – INEC Tells Tinubu, Peter Obi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, ruled out the concept of a “placeholder” or dummy vice presidential candidate as done by political parties, adding that it has no place in the constitution of Nigeria. INEC had set June 17 as the deadline for the nomination of vice-presidential candidates following the conclusion of the presidential primaries. However, as some political parties continued to search for the rightful VP candidate, and to beat the deadline set by INEC for submission of names, some candidates, including Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, submitted…