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Category: Election 2019

  • Saraki to Kwara senators, Reps elect: I wish you best of luck

    …People who emerged are not my enemies

     

    Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Tuesday broke his silence over his defeat in the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly election in Kwara State.

    Saraki stated that in spite of the reported inadequacies that attended the elections in Kwara State, he is wishing the candidates who emerged from the elections the best of luck.

    The Senate President in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, noted that while the election was generally peaceful there were inadequacies like the card readers not used in over 70 percent of the polling units.

    He added that there were also “multiple voting, over-voting and other discrepancies” that were reported by agents of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) across the state.

    He noted that the state chapter of PDP will take a position on the right response to the inadequacies.

    Saraki said “However, whatever the final outcome of the election, I wish the candidates that have emerged all the best in their attempts to serve our people. It is my prayers that the good people of Kwara State will always have the best from any government both at state and federal levels.

    “As a product of a family and a political structure that is, from its foundation, devoted to the service and development of our state and its people, it is my wish that our people will always have a good deal at all times.

    Read Also: Saraki loses Senate seat – News

    “The new development will even provide the people the opportunity to compare and contrast. After all, the people who have emerged from last Saturday’s election are not my enemies. They are fellow Kwarans.

    “As we prepare for the March 9, 2019 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, let me reiterate my position that the candidates of the PDP in the election represent the best materials for our dear State, Kwara.

    “Therefore, I enjoin our people to come out en-mass on election day and vote for them. I am going to work with our party leaders to further sell the PDP candidates to the general public.

    “I thank all Nigerians for their goodwill and to enjoin all of us that as we patiently await the outcome of the Presidential election, we pray for peace, unity and genuine development in our country.

    “It is also our prayers that at all times, the wish of the people will always prevail in the choice of the leadership and the electorate will always enjoy the benefit of good governance.”

  • Atiku wins Taraba with 374,743 votes

    In a closely fought poll, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won Taraba state.

    He polled 374, 743 votes to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari, the flag bearer of the All progressives Congress (APC) who trailed him closely with 324, 906 votes.

    INEC returning officer for Taraba state, Prof. Shehu Adamu who announced the result, said 1,777, 105 persons registered for the election, of which 756, 111 voters were accredited.

    There were 712, 877 valid votes out of the 741, 564 number of votes cast.

    28, 687 votes were rejected.

  • Bwacha returns to senate for the third time

    Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, representing Taraba south district has won a third term to return to the senate.

    He won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Solomon Adeyeye, who declared the result said, Bwacha garnered 96, 352 votes to defeat Ishaya Bauka of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 51, 971 votes.

    Former Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya of APGA came third position with 47, 093 votes, while retired General Ibrahim Adamu Tubse of UDP polled 15, 123 votes.

  • APC defeats PDP in Bauchi with 798, 428 votes

    The All Progressives Congress ( APC ) polled 798,428 votes to beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which scored 209,313 votes in Bauchi State in last Saturday’s presidential election.

    Prof. Alhassan Ghani, the State Collation officer, announced the result after collation from the 20 local government areas of the state on Tuesday in Bauchi.

    He said that the state had 2,453,512 registered voters, out of which, 1,075,330 were accredited for the election.

    Ghani added that a total of 1,061,955 votes were cast, out of which APC scored 798,428 votes and PDP scored 209,313 votes.

    According to the collation officer, the exercise records a total of 1,024,307 valid votes and 37,648 invalid votes.

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    He commended the electorate, stakeholders and party agents for the peaceful elections, commitment and cooperation throughout the exercise.

    Meanwhile, Col. Umaru Tilde (rtd) and Alhaji Salihu Yau, agents of the APC and PDP accepted the result and signed the documents on behalf of their parties.

  • Atiku beats Buhari in Imo

    The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has defeated the All Progressives Congress ( APC) candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari in Imo State.

    Atiku pulled, a total of 334,923 to defeat President Buhari who scored 140,463 votes.

    The statistics of the results as announced by the State Returning Officer, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, showed that PDP won in 24 out of the 27 Local Government Areas.

    Meanwhile, APC won in Ideato South, Nkwere and Oru East Council Areas where the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, the Action Alliance (AA) governorship candidate, Uche Nwosu and the All Progressives Congress ( APC) governorship candidate, Hope Uzodinma hail from.

    Oguta LGA

    PDP -2996

    APC-2296

    Isu LGA

    APC- 6487

    PDP-8673

    Oru East LGA

    APC- 10383

    PDP- 6407

    Nwangele LGA

    APC- 4233

    PDP- 7803

    Nkwere LGA

    APC- 6161

    PDP- 5819

    Oru East LGA

    APC-10383

    PDP- 6407

    Oru West LGA

    APC- 4831

    PDP- 9293

    Ideato South LGA (Okorocha’s LGA)

    APC- 20663

    PDP- 8844

    Njaba LGA

    APC- 6610

    PDP- 8721

    Owerri North LGA

    APC- 1739

    PDP- 17136

    Ezinnihitte LGA

    APC- 3185
    PDP- 21606

    Onuimo LGA

    APC- 2431

    PDP- 5716

    Ohaji-Egbema LGA

    APC- 7449
    PDP- 9397

    Owerri Municipal LGA

    APC- 1397

    PDP- 12528

    Ahiazu Mbaise LGA

    APC- 2727
    PDP- 18866

    OWERRI WEST LGA

    APC – 3173
    PDP – 16002

    NGOR OKPALA

    APC – 4,058
    PDP – 13,412

    ORLU LGA

    APC – 5875
    PDP – 11,292

    ABOH MBAISE LGA

    APC – 5789
    PDP – 33476

    EHIME MBANO LGA

    APC – 7784
    PDP – 14669

    IHITTE/UBOMA LGA

    APC – 3,805
    PDP – 9,671

    IDEATO NORTH LGA

    APC – 3,765
    PDP – 13249

    OKIGWE LGA

    APC – 3,851
    PDP – 11,567

    IKEDURU LGA

    APC – 4,708
    PDP – 20,302

    OBOWO LGA

    APC – 4,573
    PDP – 11,660

    MBAITOLI LGA

    APC – 5,382
    PDP – 18,344

    ORSU LGA

    APC – 1,143
    PDP – 8,913

  • PDP rejects results in Kano

    The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Kano have rejected the presidential results compiled in Kano by INEC.
    The party agent at the collation Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi, who is also the chairman of the party in the state expressed disgust with the way in which figures were inflated in the results.
    According to him “we cannot accept such inflated figures and that is our stand, so we will go back and analyse the issue to know the next line of action to take.”
    “As you can see the presiding officers complained of lack of use of card readers during the voting exercise of the presidential and national assembly elections in the state coupled with over-voting.
    Asked whether the PDP will institute a legal action over the narratives, Sulaiman said ” we shall look at the circumstances and provisions of the law and see what the law says so as to pursue our rights.”

  • Buhari beats Atiku in Kano State

    All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari has defeated his immediate opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in Kano State with over 1.073,175m.votes

    The Collation Officer for the Presidential election in Kano, Prof. Magaji Garba, who is the vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State announced this at the early hours of Tuesday, following the collation of the result from across 44 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

    According to him, APC Presidential candidate has scored 1.464,768m, beating the PDP candidate who warned 391,593 votes.

    He added that, “the total registered voters in the state stood 5.391,581m, while total accredited Voters is 2,006,410m.

    Garba explained that the total votes cast during the election on Saturday is 1,964,751m.and the total Valid box stood at 1.891,134m, while the total rejected votes is 73,617.

  • Buhari leads in 20 Kebbi LGAs

    President Muhammad Buhari is leading in 20 out of the 21 Local Government Areas of Kebbi state in the presidential election results so far released by INEC Collation Officers.
    In the results released by the Collation Officer for the Kebbi Presidential Election, Prof. Haruna Bichi, the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Dutsinma, in Aliero local government APC scored 17,863 while  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored  5,458.

    Kalgo local government, APC scored 19,057  and PDP 3,233, votes in Ngaski Local government, APC scored 20,641 and PDP scored  6,591 votes.

    Sakaba local government, APC scored  14,026  and PDP scored  3,800 votes.

    Suru local government, APC scored 22,627 and  PDP scored 10,358 votes.

    Shanga local government, APC  scored  19,262 and  PDP scored 6,961 votes.

    Bagudo local government, APC scored 29,243 and PDP 8,160 votes.

    Arewa local government, APC scored  32,582  and PDP scored 8,390 votes.

    Jega local government  APC scored 42,970  and PDP scored 7,416 votes.

    koko Besse Local government, APC scored 25,874 and  PDP 5,668 votes.

    Maiyama local government, APC scored 30,001 and PDP scored 6,279 votes.

    Argungu local government APC scored 42,038  and PDP scored 6,951 votes.

    Birinin Kebbi local government APC scored 71,510  and PDP scored 12,900 votes.

    Fakai Local government APC scored 12,200 while PDP scored 4,865 votes

    Danko wasagu local government APC scored 31,818 and  PDP scored 8,724 votes.

    Yauri Local government APC scored 24,677  and PDP scored 7,108 votes.

    Zuru local government, APC scored 23,520 and  PDP scored 12, 326

    Bunza local government APC scored 20,622 and PDP scored  6,285 votes.

    Dandi local government APC scored 26,512 and PDP scored 7,442.

    In Gwandu Local government APC scored 26,488 and PDP scored 6,293 votes.  The remaining one local governments which is Suru local government still waiting for, as at the time of filing this reports from the Collation center in Birnin Kebbi.

  • Atiku wins in Akwa Ibom

    •Akpabio loses re-election bid  •APC alleges vote buying, manipulation

    People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubabar has won 28 of the 30 local government areas in Akwa Ibom State.

    President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took two councils, namely Mbo and Essien Udim, where Senator Godswill Akpabio hails from.

    Elections in Udung Uko were cancelled due to alleged violence and irregularities arising from snatching of ballot boxes, result sheets and card readers.

    This is as a strong indication emerged last night that Akpabio had finally lost his re-election bid to the Senate to the PDP candidate, Chris Ekpenyong.

    Results from eight of the 10 local government areas that make up Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District favoured the PDP candidate. Akpabio won in Ikot Ekpene with a slight margin.

    The INEC finally rejected the result from Essien Udim, Akpabio’s local government after it confirmed through the card reader that votes earlier allocated to Senator Akpabio were much more than the total number of accredited voters in the council area.

    On the elections, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, said the elections in the state was generally peaceful despite pockets of violence as shown in the destruction of INEC materials and attacks on the commission’s staff by thugs working for politicians.

    “Those who are threatening our staff should stop it. The intimidation is getting too much. I am here to preside over the affairs of elections in this state. For the first time, to ensure credibility of the elections. Materials were deployed and they were destroyed and at a great loss to our country. The time to snatch ballot boxes and write results is over. If you can win, you will win,” he said.

    But, the APC kicked against the result of the presidential election, calling for its cancellation over alleged electoral fraud.

    Read also: No force can upturn results, say election observers

    Addressing a news conference after the collation of the results, presidential agent for APC, Bishop Samuel Akpan, alleged that the polls was fraught with irregularities and completely short of democratic norms.

    State Party Agent Umana Umana said: “The position of our party is well-documented. The whole process of collation is not satisfactory to our party. Vote buying was experienced all over the state. We hope that the umpire will take note of the grievances in our petition. We are talking about the integrity of the process. We are saying that the umpire to be seen to be fair to all concerned.

    Similarly, Akpan also alleged vote buying and manipulation by PDP in connivance with INEC.

    “Long before now, our party has been agitating that we do not have confident in the process. In addition, the outcome has proved now that there has been compromise arising from money that had changed hands. Akwa Ibom is an APC State and the people that made the PDP are now in the APC.

    “The results we are getting do not reflect the votes that we have. This is not the type of democracy that we want. We urge the Federal Government to rise and protect our democracy,” he said.

  • Results being announced by INEC incorrect, unacceptable -Secondus

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Uche Secondus has said that some of the Presidential Election results from states being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at its collation centre in Abuja, were incorrect and unacceptable by the party.

    Three of the results, such as Ondo, FCT Abuja, and Abia were in favour of the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

    But Secondus at the party’s presidential campaign office, Legacy House, Abuja, said some of the polling units result from states, including Nasarawa, narrowly won by Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress had been tampered with.

    Secondus said that the party’s collation centres have all ‘original results’ from every polling unit, in every ward, in every Local Government Area (LGA).

    He said the international community is aware of the results.

    He accused the presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC), and  INEC officials of trying to “alter” the course of history and disenfranchise our people through the cancellation and manipulation of figures for results already announced at polling units, nationwide, in LGAs, where PDP, had commanding votes.

    He also alleged that the APC in collusion with INEC had taken aggressive steps, mostly through inducements, manipulation and incarcerations, using the elements of state power, such as the police, DSS, the army and the EFCC,  to silence the voices of the people.

    He said this was being done in full view of the ‘watching world’, and in spite of the commitment by PDP and its agents to adhere to every laid down rule for the 2019 general elections,

    “As results trickled in on Sunday, Feb. 24th, clearly putting the PDP in the lead, the ruling party and President Buhari dispatched high-ranking officials to coercively influence outcomes in different geopolitical zones in the country.

    “For example, the minister of the interior was dispatched to the North West of the country.

    “The Secretary of the Government of the Federation was dispatched to the North East of the country; while the Attorney General and Minister were dispatched to the South East and South-South regions”.

    He claimed that INEC IT server was hacked by agents of the APC to manipulate results and alleged that the result in Wurno LGA in Sokoto state was tampered with, with the addition of  10, 000 illegal votes.

    NAN reports that in the actual result declared for the council be the Returning Officer, Dr Francis Patrick,  APC scored 20, 307 while PDP scored 9, 847 out of 33, 048 total votes cast in the presidential election.

    Secondus further claimed: “Additionally, violent and destructive attacks have been meted out to officials while counting at Lafia St. and police barracks polling units.

    ” As if these provocations are not enough, our agents and officials are constantly arrested and in many cases locked-up for complaining that Card Readers were not in use in many Northern states, implying that all results from the Northern part of the country where Card Readers were not used should be voided in accordance with INEC guidelines.

    ” I also believe, the arrest of Eng. Buba Galadima, who has been a great symbol of what is courageous about our people goes to show that one man’s ambition is greater than our collective good, and most probably worth the blood of all Nigerians.

    “In that context, I call for Buba Galadima’s immediate and unconditional release, as well as that of all officials and agents of the PDP, in the Southwest, who were mostly arrested on the eve of the elections where intimidation became the APCs sole election strategy.”

    Secondus said that in spite the provocations, intimidation and attempts to hijack Nigeria’s democracy the PDP was on course to victory and the Presidency; “therefore, remain resolute and steadfast, because our party shares in your uncertainty and suffering, which must decisively come to a good end for us all.”

    He appealed to the leadership of INEC to remain impartial and not become willing agents to disenfranchise Nigerians and derail the country’s  democracy, “because the world is watching, and history will indeed pass judgment.” (NAN)