Taraba Electoral Commission Denies APC’s Claim On November 8 LG Polls

Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission (TSIEC) has denied the All Progressives Congress (APC) assertion that it deliberately excluded the enactment from the state’s November 8, 2025, section authorities election.

In a property connection issued to newsmen successful Jalingo and signed by the commission’s secretary, Barr Eyamu Yaro, it explained that the enactment chose not to enactment successful the predetermination aft “robust engagements with each registered governmental parties successful the state, including the APC connected each of its activities successful this regard.”

According to the commission, the enactment disagreed with the committee implicit the income of forms, insisted that the forms beryllium fixed retired for free, threatened tribunal action, and deliberately stayed distant from the remainder of the activities arsenic contained successful the amended timetable.

The statement, which reads successful part, said, “To the top astonishment of the commission, connected Friday the 26th of September, 2025, astatine astir 2 p.m., the authorities Secretary of the party, Mr Fidelis, barged into our bureau portion the screening of candidates was ongoing.

“He came with files said to incorporate the database of his party’s candidates successful the election.

“It was perplexing for each the members of the screening committee, due to the fact that it is connected grounds that neither the enactment nor immoderate of its candidates did acquisition immoderate signifier arsenic required by the Taraba State Appropriation Law 2025, which mandated the committee to rise a minimum of N50 cardinal from income of forms for the predetermination and remit the aforesaid into authorities coffers.

“The committee hereby notes that the APC is lone retired to origin immoderate mischief, due to the fact that it had since planned not to enactment successful the election, by deliberately choosing not to bargain the forms oregon allowing its members who wanted to contention to bash so.

“Having waited until the expiration day for income of forms, the APC’s assertion that it is being edged retired of the contention was mendacious and laughable, but seemingly mischievous.

It was reported successful immoderate National dailies, not LEADERSHIP, that the committee allegedly rejected the database of APC candidates for the scheduled November 8th, 2025, section authorities chairmanship and councillorship elections.

In the report, the enactment insinuated that the committee deliberately planned to forestall it from participating successful the elections by rejecting it.