{
  "id": 14004452,
  "title": "2027: Omission of opposition politicians shows your incompetency – MURIC tackles INEC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/2027-omission-of-opposition-politicians-shows-your-incompetency-muric",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T16:56:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/12/2027-omission-of-opposition-politicians-shows-your-incompetency-muric-tackles-inec/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has expressed dissatisfaction over the exclusion of certain opposition politicians from the list of governorship candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement, MURIC's Executive Director, Professor Isiaq Akintola, criticized the commission's actions, stating that the omissions demonstrated the commission's incompetence. The revelation came on Sunday when INEC announced the names of the candidates vying for governor in the 2027 elections. MURIC highlighted that some governorship candidates, including former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in Gombe and Ogun States, were omitted from the list. Professor Akintola described the situation as \"worrisome and unfortunate,\" alleging that it was an attempt by INEC to silence opposition politicians. He argued that INEC should rely on the performance of the incumbent administration to sway voters instead of adopting aggressive measures against opposition parties. MURIC cautioned that such tactics were unbecoming in a globally connected era.",
  "summary": "Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has expressed displeasure over the omission of some opposition politicians from the list of governorship candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. MURIC said the omission reflected what it described as the commission’s incompetence. The organisation made this known in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Professor Isiaq […]…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}