SDP gives INEC 24 hours to restore IPAC chairman Musa, withdraw Adamu's name

The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to restore the name of Danlami Mohammed Musa as its governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, describing the replacement of his name with Mohammed Abubakar Adamu in INEC's final list as "illegal and unlawful." In a petition dated October 21, 2026, addressed to the INEC Chairman at the commission's headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, the party threatened to drag INEC to court if it fails to comply. The petition, signed by SDP National Chairman, Shehu Musa Gabam, and Acting National Secretary, Uchechukwu Chukwuma, and acknowledged by INEC the same day, accused the commission ...