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Category: EDO 2016

  • Kano re-run: Police restrict human, vehicular movement

    The Police Command in Kano State has restricted movement of motor vehicles, tricycles and all other means of transportation across the 44 local government areas of the state.

    According to the police, the measure is to ensure free and fair gubernatorial supplementary election scheduled for March 23 in the state.

    This was contained in press statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna in Kano on Thursday.

    Read also: APC, PDP disagree on INEC’s new timelines for Rivers

    Haruna said that no vehicle, motorcycle or tricycle would be allowed to move between 06:00hrs and 18:00hrs during the election period.

    He advised all eligible voters to trek to their respective polling units in order to exercise their civic responsibility. (NAN)

  • Edo poll: KOWA calls for cancellation of results

    Edo poll: KOWA calls for cancellation of results

    • LP, NNPP objects

    The KOWA Party on Thursday called for the cancellation of the Edo State gubernatorial election results following reports of violence and irregularities in certain areas.

    KOWA’s agent at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Benin City, Thompson Osadolor had raised called for the cancellation  following the commission’s cancellation of results in areas where ballot boxes were snatched or card readers not used for authentication.

    He said that since it was obvious that such issues including the open inducement of voters at polling units occurred at different places, INEC should out rightly cancel the entire results and bar parties found culpable from contesting a new election.

    His submission was however countered by agent of the  New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Joyce Edekere and her Labour Party counterpart.

    According to Edekere, NNPP would not back the call for cancellation because it was unnecessary.

    “We’re not joining the call for a cancellation of the elections because we think there’s no justification for such. The elections were fair and INEC gave direct answers to the questions that were raised about elections.”

    Similarly, Labour Party said the elections were generally peaceful, free and fair, insisting that it was baseless to demand cancellation, considering the resources and time put into achieving the outcome.

    “This election was very peaceful. On as much as there were a few issues in some places, INEC has done the accurate thing by cancelling the results of the places affected. We do not see the need for cancellation and we do not support the call.”
    Of the 18 Local Government Areas result announced, the All Progressives Congress (APC) won 13 leaving the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with five.

    Earlier, both PDP and Action Alliance (AA) agents demanded that the votes for Etsako Central released by INEC be recounted on grounds that it differed from the copy they got at the collation centres.

  • Edo: Heavy rainfall greets Obaseki’s victory

    Edo: Heavy rainfall greets Obaseki’s victory

    Heavy fall of rain is currently being experienced in Edo State after the keenly contested gubernatorial election between candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Mr. Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Our correspondence reports that Benin City is witnessing a heavy rainfall after the announcement of Mr. Obaseki as the winner of the election.

    Details shortly….

  • Obaseki wins Edo governorship election

    Obaseki wins Edo governorship election

    The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has won the Edo State governorship election based on the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday.

    Obaseki was declared winner of the election after polling 319, 483 votes, while his  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, garnered 253, 173.

    He edged out Ize-Iyamu with 66, 310 votes in the election held across Edo State on Wednesday.

    A total of 1, 900, 223 voters registered for the election, while 622,039 were accredited.

    The APC won in 13 out of the 18 local government areas of the state and the PDP triumphed in five.

    Votes polled by other political parties are listed below:

    APGA – 876

    ACPN – 3, 184

    ACD – 1,350

    PDC – 1, 289

    LP – 182

  • EDO POLL RESULTS

    EDO POLL RESULTS

    FINAL RESULT FOR EDO GUBER ELECTION

    APC – 319,483

    PDP – 253,173

    Accredited Voters – 622,039

    Registered Voters – 1,900,223

     

    Ovia South West LGA:

    APC – 12,820

    PDP – 8,810

    Registered Voters – 79, 964

    Accredited Voters – 24, 061

     

    obasekAkoko Edo LGA:

    APC – 24,545

    PDP – 13, 027

    Registered Voters – 110,118

    Accredited Voters –39,945

    Ikpoba Okha LGA:

    APC – 33, 469

    PDP – 26, 096

    Registered Voters – 260,965

    Accredited Voters – 55, 348

    Etsako West LGA:

    APC – 29,199

    PDP – 10,843

    Registered Voters – 136, 664

    Accredited Voters – 45,620

    Etsako East LGA:

    APC – 18,078

    PDP – 12,552

    Registered voters – 66, 277

    Accredited voters – 33, 032

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    Etsako Central LGA:

    APC – 10, 373
    PDP – 8, 827
    Registered voters – 43, 049
    Accredited voters – 20, 145     

    Esan Central LGA:

    APC – 9, 781
    PDP – 10, 180
    Registered voters – 50, 603
    Accredited voters – 21, 400     

    Owan East LGA:

    APC – 21, 233
    PDP – 12, 889
    Registered voters – 76, 455
    Accredited voters – 36, 271     

    Owan West LGA:
    APC – 12,862
    PDP – 10,132
    Total Registered Voters: 54,406
    Total Accredited Voters: 24,487
    Total valid Votes: 23,290

    Oredo LGA:
    APC – 37,612,
    PDP – 30,492.
    Vote cast – 73,712.
    Valid votes – 69, 401.
    Rejected votes – 4,311

    Egor LGA:

    APC –  26,177
    PDP – 19,514
    Total Registered Voters: 184,296
    Total Accredited Voters: 49,802

    Igueben LGA:

    APC – 7, 802

    PDP – 7, 560

    Registered voters: 42, 655

    Accredited voters: 16, 482

    Uhunmwode LGA:

    APC – 10, 911
    PDP – 8, 667
    Registered voters – 62, 987
    Accredited voters – 21, 927

    Esan Northeast LGA:

    APC – 9,130
    PDP – 16,220
    Registered voters – 74,293
    Accredited voters 27,121

    Esan South East:

    APC – 9,554
    PDP – 11, 466
    Registered voters – 66, 698
    Accredited voters – 22, 522

    Orhionmwon LGA:

    APC – 15, 262
    PDP – 16, 446
    Registered voters – 102, 921
    Accredited voters – 34, 270

    Esan West LGA:

    APC – 13, 114
    PDP – 16, 311
    Registered voters – 87, 867
    Accredited voters – 31, 866

    Ovia North East LGA:

    APC – 17, 561
    PDP – 13, 141
    Registered voters – 126, 391
    Accredited voters – 33, 664

  • BREAKING: PDP rejects Edo election result

    BREAKING: PDP rejects Edo election result

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday morning distanced itself from the results of the gubernatorial election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    In a press conference held at its governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s Ugbo Raod residence in Benin City, PDP said the results being announced by INEC, which indicates the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Godwin Obaseki was in a comfortable lead, were predetermined fabrication.

    At the briefing were the state chairman, Dan Orbih, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Ize-Iyamu and Henry Duke Tenebe. Orbih said the official results from INEC were at variance with the result collected by their agents at the polling units, insisting that the PDP was the winner of the election. He claimed that from the results available to them, the PDP won the election with at least 30,000 margins.

    “It was too early to pass comment yesterday (Wednesday) without reports from agents. We have since received reports from party agents across 192 wards and all polling units in Edo State. The results being announced by INEC are not true reflection of the election.

    “INEC started the process of announcing results in the election at their headquarters in Benin. They suspended the announcement at some point and promised to continue this morning.

    “We took time to look at results from our agents and independent observers. From the results, PDP clearly won the APC in all the local government areas of the state with a minimum of 30,000 votes. But, we have compared them with INEC’s figures and observed there is a wide difference between the figures from party agents and independent observers with INEC’s

    “The result by INEC has confirmed our statement less 48 hours to the election that the Edo State Governor was telling his party members and leaders that they have written the results of the election. Everything the PDP said is playing out.

    “INEC disregarded results from various polling units. Decided to announce the one they wrote before election was held. While we continue to study this results still coming in from riverine areas, we are going to reject the result currently announced by INEC officials.

    “Even areas we won, they have removed most of the votes with claims that card readers did not function in those areas. I wonder what the incident forms are meant for. They were supposed to address such problems. But in this instance, it is convenient for INEC to cancel all the results in areas we won.

    “INEC should take full responsibility for malfunctioning card readers. What they are doing at the INEC is in line with what we said before election. All INEC officials are working in collaboration with Edo State Government who has taken pains to go into INEC office for no cause.”

    Similarly, Ize-Iyamu condemned the results being released by INEC, accusing the commission and security agencies of connivance with APC, describing the outcome as a rape of democracy. The PDP candidate raised serious allegations against the ruling party, claiming that Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s government spent not less than N3billion to buy votes at polling units.

    He said: “Contrary to claim that PDP brought in 8,000 militants, the election showed that PDP are law abiding and did not involve in illegality. The delays in announcing official result by INEC was in order to announce predetermined fabricated results.

    “The Figures being announced by INEC do not represent the massive turnout. We have told our agents to bring all the results issued at the polling units. We do not want to rely on the messages they sent. In the next three or four days, will have complete record. From findings, it is clear a lot of manipulation has taken place.

    “At George Idah Primary School, thugs came in, shot into the air and carted away election materials. Till now he has not been apprehended nor declared wanted. At Ward 10 Ikpoba Okah, APC thugs carted away materials. At Ohrionwon LGA, a PDP agent was arrested on the instruction of INEC because she complained about illegality.

    There were over 300 non-Nigerians, whose names were put in the register at Ohrionwon to vote. We wonder why non-Nigerians would be allowed to vote in Edo election. At Etsako East, security agencies were shooting and driving people to perfect rigging plan.

    “The results being announced by INEC were obtained by fraud and use of arms, ammunitions. There was no election at Etsako Central. Materials were seized. We talked about it, condemned it but yet, the results were accepted.

    “The arrest of the journalists I invited from Abuja to cover the election was clearly an orchestrated plan to ensure PDP does not only lose the election but wouldn’t have the evidence of malpractices.

    “INEC used the same result sheet whose serial numbers were disclosed on September 8 before the postponement of the election. These same result sheets were deployed to bring in fake results. Ballot papers and sensitive materials have been thump printed and shifted into the government house since two days.

    “INEC has failed, connived and in conjunction with security agencies, betrayed the confidence of Nigerians. What transpired in Edo is rape of democracy. Everyone is aware that Edo government spent not less than N3b to purchase votes at polling units. PDP does not have that kind of resources at its disposal.

    “A night before the election, APC members were caught with 3,000 PVCs and N15m but nothing happened to them. Within INEC, we have got calls from people who said we should protest the manipulation. Dissatisfied with outcome.”

  • Edo election result updates

    Edo election result updates

    Akoko Edo LGA:

    APC – 24,545

    PDP – 13, 027

    Registered Voters – 110,118

    Accredited Voters –39,945

     

    Ikpoba Okha LGA:

    APC – 33, 469

    PDP – 26, 096

    Registered Voters – 260,965

    Accredited Voters – 55, 348

     

    Etsako West LGA:

    APC – 29,199

    PDP – 10,843

    Registered Voters – 136, 664

    Accredited Voters – 45,620

     

    Etsako East LGA:

    APC – 18,078

    PDP – 12,552

    Registered voters – 66, 277

    Accredited voters – 33, 032

     

    Etsako Central LGA:

    APC – 10, 373
    PDP – 8, 827
    Registered voters – 43, 049
    Accredited voters – 20, 145

     

    Esan Central LGA:

    APC – 9, 781
    PDP – 10, 180
    Registered voters – 50, 603
    Accredited voters – 21, 400

     

    Owan East LGA:

    APC – 21, 233
    PDP – 12, 889
    Registered voters – 76, 455
    Accredited voters – 36, 271

     

     

    Owan West LGA:
    APC – 12,862
    PDP – 10,132
    Total Registered Voters: 54,406
    Total Accredited Voters: 24,487
    Total valid Votes: 23,290

    Oredo LGA:
    APC – 37,612,
    PDP – 30,492.
    Vote cast – 73,712.
    Valid votes – 69, 401.
    Rejected votes – 4,311

    Egor LGA:

    APC –  26,177
    PDP – 19,514
    Total Registered Voters: 184,296
    Total Accredited Voters: 49,802

    Igueben LGA:

    APC – 7, 802

    PDP – 7, 560

    Registered voters: 42, 655

    Accredited voters: 16, 482

    Uhunmwode LGA:

    APC – 10, 911
    PDP – 8, 667
    Registered voters – 62, 987
    Accredited voters – 21, 927

     

    Esan Northeast LGA:

    APC – 9,130
    PDP – 16,220
    Registered voters – 74,293
    Accredited voters 27,121

    Esan South East:

    APC – 9,554
    PDP – 11, 466
    Registered voters – 66, 698
    Accredited voters – 22, 522

    Orhionmwon LGA:

    APC – 15, 262
    PDP – 16, 446
    Registered voters – 102, 921
    Accredited voters – 34, 270

    Esan West LGA:

    APC – 13, 114
    PDP – 16, 311
    Registered voters – 87, 867
    Accredited voters – 31, 866

     

    Ovia North East LGA:

    APC – 17, 561
    PDP – 13, 141
    Registered voters – 126, 391
    Accredited voters – 33, 664

     

     

    11:57PM – APC wins seven of eight wards announced in Oredo.

    Four remaining wards to be announced shortly

    11:10PM – Oredo Ward 12: (PDP wins)

    Collation Officer Adegoke YO

    Registered 20,143.

    Accredited 4,399.

    APC 2,041, PDP 2,066.

    Valid votes 4178.

    Rejected 221.

    Vote cast 4399.

    Oredo Ward five (APC wins)

    Collation officer Godwin Fajimi Ayodele.

    Registered 21,848.

    Accredited 6,218.

    APC 3,445, PDP 2266

    .
    Valid votes 5,842.

    Rejected votes 342.

    Votes cast 6,184.

    New Benin two (Old Ward 7) (APC wins)

    Dr. Ruth Ajobiewe

    Registered 30,535.

    Accredited 9191.

    APC 4416, PDP 4047.


    Valid votes 8627.

    Rejected votes 564.

    Votes cast 9191.

    10:50PM – Oredo Ward 10: 

    Collation Officer: Dr. Adeyefa Emmanuel.

    Registered voters 22,349.

    Accredited voters 5,814.

    APC 2,910, PDP 2,384.

    Total Valid Votes 5,389.

    Rejected 425.

    Total vote cast 5,814.

    10:22PM-Ward Seven Oredo LG
    APC-4412

    PDP- 4047

    10:05PM- INEC declares APC winner of Oredo Ward 9

    Robert Egbe

    Collation officer Ward 9, Dr. Olusola Ayanda just announced the results for his ward.

    4093 total votes
    3,810 total valid votes
    283 rejected votes

    APC wins Oredo Ward 9
    APC: 1,980 votes
    PDP: 1833
    Total registered voters in Ward 9: 13,765

    9:25PM – Collation begins at Oredo collation centre

    Collation officer, Dr. Enoch Opeyemi of the Dept of Mathematics, University of Oye-Ekiti announces commencement of collation at Oredo collation centre, Cultural Centre, Benin.

    He begs for maturity of agents in cases where results announced on the field differ from the centre’s results.

    Only four party agents are available – ACD, ACPN, APC and PDP

    8:52PM The Edo State Cultural Hall venue of Oredo LGA Collation Centreis scanty. Collation should begin in 10 or 15 minutes, although results are still being expected from the ward levels.

    8:25PM Egor Ward 1:

    Unit 1 APC 129 PDP 86.

    Unit 2 APC 139 PDP 53.

    Unit 3 APC 119 PDP 82.

    Unit 4 APC 176 PDP 102.

    Unit 5 APC 121 PDP 85.

    Unit 6 APC

    unit 7 APC 143 PDP 72.

    Unit 8 APC 87 PDP 109.

    Unit 9 APC 207 PDP 97.

    Unit 10 APC 128 PDP 126.

    Unit 11 APC 126 PDP 79.

    Unit 12 APC 65 PDP 99.

    Unit 13 APC 192 PDP 113

    6:37P.M. Ovia Northeast: Obarenren Unit four – APC 70, PDP 46

    Unit three – APC 74,  PDP, 50

    Unit Six – APC 69, PDP 42

    Unit two Aihuababekun – APC 153, PDP 57

    Obazuwa –  APC 80, PDP 47

    Odighi unit 11 – APC 107, PDP 11

    Unit 12 Odighi – APC 151, PDP 24

    Okuen – APC 28 PDP 9

    Odigueten – APC 137, PDP 60

     

    4:19P.M. Oyegun lost polling unit – National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Chief John Oyegun, has lost his polling unit. At Unit 2 Ward 2 in Oredo Local Government Area, the APC scored 69 votes while the  PDP scored 78 votes.

    3:40P.M. At Oghara Primary School, Auchi, four persons sustained injuries as hoodlums attempted to snatch ballot box. Police arrest three including a woman.

    3:19P.M. Learn to be good winners and good Losers. Be peaceful no matter the outcome of the polls, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) tells electorates at Ward 11, Unit 12 in Jattu. – DIG Habila Joshak

    3:01P.M. In the entire Edo South, no incident of violence, no ballot box snatching, says Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of Federal Operations, David Folawiyo

    1:08A.M. Voting largely concluded in most Pulling Centres in the state even as officials continue to wait until 2pm to commence collation of results at the units.

    12:50P.M. At ward 11, units 17 to 21, no more queue of voters. At Unit 21: 710 voters were registered, out of which 204 voted. The last voter cast his vote at about 12:50pm. Officials still waiting for others voters.

    10:45A.M. National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Oyegun accredited for voting. Oyegun hailed the peaceful process.

    9:30A.M. Oredo Ward two, Unit two – accreditation and voting commenced. The number of registered voters as at the time of filing this report is 854. A total of 27 persons

    However, as at 9:57A.M. total of 27 persons has voted. The card reader accepted all voters’ cards presented, but some fingerprints were not approved.

    8:30A.M. EC30A and EC30C situated at Staff Training Centre, accreditation and voting commenced at the ongoing Edo election as residents decide next governor for the state.

    8:26A.M., 962 registered voters. 42 voted by 10am. Three card incidents/fingerprint authentication failures, incident forms issued. No challenges so far.

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  • #EdoDecides: Oredo LGA final result

    Oredo LGA

    APC 37,612, PDP 30,492.

    Vote cast 73,712.

    Valid votes – 67401.

    Rejected votes – 4311.

    Five polling units undecided at Ward two

  • Tension as Edo awaits election results

    Tension as Edo awaits election results

    …Igbinedion denies arrest
    There was huge turnout of residents in Edo State Wednesday as they trooped out to elect the next governor of the state.

    Contending candidates for the election were Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the People’s Democratic Party and Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressive Congress.

    In Edo South, the election was generally peaceful as accreditation of voters commenced as early as 8am.

    The card reader performed well across the seven local government except in few cases where the card readers stopped working and they were replaced.

    As at press time, leaders of both the PDP and APC are laying claim to victory in the keenly contested election.

    Unconfirmed report from 1100 out 2,627 polling units across the state placed the APC ahead with 78837 votes while the PDP ahead 62649 votes.

    Collation of results were still being done as at press time.

    A former lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Hon Rasaq Bello Osagie, described the call by candidate of APGA, Osaro Onaiwu, for the cancellation of the results as a defeatist comments.

    Hon Bello-Osagie said anybody who felt sub-changed should go to the court of law.

    Meanwhile, the lawmaker representing Ovia Federal Constituency, Omosede Igbinedion, has denied being arrested by the police.

    Information that trend on the social media said Omosede, a daughter of Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin Kingdom, was held for attempting to vote with a fake voter register.

    Omosede stated that it was the police that tried to intimidate and harass her.

    She alleged that ballot boxes were snatched in some parts of Ovia.

  • Edo governorship poll marred by violence in parts of Edo central

    The 2016 Edo State governorship election in Edo Central Senatorial District was marred with violence , allegations of vote rigging, scattered incidents of malfunctioning card reader and vote buying and ballot snatching.

    Although electoral officials were at the various polling booths as early as 8.00am,the malfunctioning of card readers delayed the process of accreditation and voting.

    At ward 8,unit 5 , Ujemen Primary School, Ekpoma, Esan West L.G.A violence broke out after angry youths attacked officials of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) for allegedly attempting to influence voters.

    A voter who pleaded anonymity said the NSCDC official attempted to coerce voters to vote a particular party.

    The situation became rowdy as a free-for all ensued as voters scampered for safety, but the situation was brought under control after reinforcements of the Nigeria Police Force stormed the venue.

    There were unconfirmed reports of ballot box snatching at Ewohimi, Esan South East L.G.A.

    The gubernatorial polls witnessed a large voter turnout at many polling centres, with many voters present at polling centres as early as 7.00am.

    At Ikekwanlen Primary School, Ward 9, Unit 8, Okpojie, Irrua, Esan Central, Senator Clifford Odia,representing Edo Central Senatorial District accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of electoral malpractice, adding that fake soldiers were brought to disrupt polls.

    His words, ‘Security is a major problem in Ward 9, Unit 8.The APC brought fake soldiers and the paramount ruler of a community are terrorising voters and preventing them from voting.

    Another PDP chieftain and former Federal Commissioner, Federal Population Commission, Dr Peter Otaigbe decried the malfunctioning card reader,stressing that the card readers should be scrapped.

    His words, ‘I am satisfied with voter turn out,although there were small skirmishes,but all will be taken care of with the reinforcement of security agents.Card reader is poor,it could not capture my wife and my fingerprints. The two voters behind me suffered the same fate.’