{"id":2947,"date":"2022-04-21T11:28:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T11:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2022-04-21T11:28:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T11:28:02","slug":"coalition-of-political-parties-warns-against-imposition-of-candidates-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/coalition-of-political-parties-warns-against-imposition-of-candidates-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition of Political Parties Warns against Imposition of Candidates in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Coalition of Political Parties, CPP has warned political parties in Kogi State against imposition of candidates for the 2023 general elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Spokesperson of CPP, Mercy Analo, stated this at a press conference in Lokoja, the state capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The group warned of the implications of such act, especially as the imposed candidates may be incompetent and\/or unpopular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">She said they decided to hold the briefing to address political parties and the stakeholders in the management of the process for 2023 general elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">CPP, therefore, called on all political parties to play the game by the rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Her words: \u201cAll political parties should allow the process, without cutting corners, to avoid litigations after the primary election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAny political party that fails to follow the proper procedure by bottom up approach will face the challenges of winning election in their polling units, because the electorate must speak through their PVCs during the election.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Coalition of Political Parties, CPP has warned political parties in Kogi State against imposition of candidates for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[604,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-2947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-cpp","8":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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