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Category: Election 2019

  • Polls: Wamakko urges APC faithful to remain peaceful, calm

    Following the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as winner of the Sokoto state governorship elections, Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum and Coordinator, North West, Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has urged the faithful of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ), in the state to remain peaceful , resolute and calm .

    This is contained in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, to Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, Bashir Rabe Mani and issued to newsmen in Sokoto, on Sunday.

    Senator Wamakko was reacting to the outcome of the 2019 Gubernatorial elections in the state , which were capped by supplementary elections conducted on March 23,2019.

    The lawmaker said,” the party’s leadership, membership and the entire electorate in the State would not despair , in anyway .

    “We have jointly struggled, fought and won. We are never losers. All and sundry have done their possible best , by coming out en masse and massively cast their invaluable votes for our candidates, at all levels .

    ” In this direction, we are really appreciating and cherishing the immense sustained support of the members of the party to beat, the APC, as well as the electorate, in general.

    “These laudable gestures of the electorate were kick-started with the Presidential and National Assembly polls, then during the first Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections and climaxed with the supplementary polls on March 23 .”

    Wamakko who is a Member of the World Muslim League and represents Sokoto North Senatorial District noted that, the candidates of the party had recorded myriad of landslide victories during the 2019 general polls sequel to the unflinching loyalty and unshakeable devotion by its supporters and the electorate.

    The Marafan Hausasun further promised that, the APC and its leaders , at all levels, would remain religiously committed to the welfare, security and general comfort of Nigerians .

    These, he noted, form part of the cardinal ideals and objectives of the party , vowing that, Nigerians would never regret bestowing their mandates to the APC .

    ” Our Leader , President Muhammadu Buhari was just given a second term by Nigerians and he will surely take the entire country to the NEXT LEVEL.

    ” The leaders of the party , at all levels , most especially the ninth Senate , would relentlessly strive to fully complement the efforts of the President to better the lives of Nigerians, in all ramifications.

    ” The leadership and membership of the party, as well as entire Nigerians should continue to be peaceful and united .

  • PDP leads Imo Assembly with 13 seats

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won four out of the five Local Government Areas where supplementary elections held in Imo State on Saturday, bringing to a total of 13 Assembly seats won by the party.

    The Action Alliance (AA) clinched the remaining LGA to win a total of eight Assembly seats, while the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) won a total of six Assembly seats.

    Meanwhile, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) did not win in any of the 27 Council Areas.

    The supplementary election held in Ngor-Okpala, Ikeduru, Oguta, Isu and Orlu LGAs.

    The election was characterised by heavy voter apathy and violence

    With the outcome of the result, the PDP now has the majority seat in the incoming House of Assembly.

  • Adamawa Assembly: PDP wins 2 remaining constituencies

    The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) has won the two state constituencies in which supplementary election took place on Saturday, according to results obtained from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Sunday afternoon.

    The PDP candidate in Nassarawo/Binyeri State Constituency in Mayo-Belwa LGA, Umar Nashon, won the contest in that constituency by polling 10,733 votes against the 7,185 received by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    In the Uba/Gaya State Constituency in Hong LGA, Abbas Aminu Iya of the PDP narrowly defeated his APC opponent, Mohammed Atiku. Abass Iya got 7,251 votes while Mohammed Atiku had 7,238 votes.

    With the two wins, the PDP now has 13 seats in the next session of the Adamawa State House of Assembly to post a slim majority.

    The PDP and APC got eleven seats each when the main state House of Assembly election was conducted on March 9. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) won one seat during the March 9 election. The state assembly comprises 25 seats.

    The supplementary election had been fixed for Saturday in the two state constituencies after the March 9 election was postponed in Nasarawo/Binyeri because a candidate died close to the election, while votes were cancelled in three polling units in Uba/Gaya during the March 9 election there.

  • Tambuwal wins Sokoto governorship election

    The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has declared candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and incumbent Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal winner of the Sokoto state Governorship election.

    Tambuwal who polled 512, 002 got reelected after a kin contest with a lead margin of 342 votes to defeat his opponent and former deputy Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto who scored 511,660 emerged victorious following a rerun that was preceded by an inconclusive verdict in the March 9th elections.

    In the earlier results before the rerun, Tambuwal had a total votes of 489,558 with a margin of 3,413 against APC’s Aliyu Sokoto who polled 486,145.

    Declaring the results in Sokoto Sunday morning at the Sultan Muhammadu Maccido Institute for Quranic and General Studies, venue of the collation, the Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Jigawa state University, Dutse, Professor Fatima Batulli Mukhtar who reeled out the results of the rerun said the APC got 25,515 while the opposition PDP scored 22, 444 from the 22 local governments where the exercise was conducted.

    According to Mukhtar, the total registered voters was 95,022 while those accredited were 50,332 with a total valid vote cast of 48,309 and rejected votes of 1,580 as 49,970 total vote cast were recorded in the supplementary polls.

    Merging the final results, the Returning Officer said PDP scored 512,000 while APC returned 511,660 votes with total registered voters of 1,887,767 and 1,083,413 accredited for the exercise across the state.

    Mukhtar also gave total valid votes as 1,036,336 with 31,662 as rejected votes while 1,067,990 represented total vote cast.

    ” That Aminu Waziri Tambuwal having satisfied the electoral requirements and returned the highest votes is hereby declared winner of the Sokoto state governorship election”, She announced amidst victory ovation by supporters and party agents of the PDP.

    In a swift reaction to the declaration , APC agent and campaign DG f the party, Alhaji Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi objected to the presentation of the result from Kebbe local government based on two fundamental issues including malfunctioning of the smart card reader and non conduct of the exercise in some polling units, urging INEC to look into that by doing the needful.

    ” We strongly object the result from Kebbe and call on the electoral umpire to do the needful.”

    In its dispassionate response, the electoral body noted the observations and complaints raised by the APC saying that it will be in its record for possible attention.

    Meanwhile, jubilation by PDP supporters and well wishers trailed the announcement of the results with motorcycle riders all over major streets of Sokoto demonstrating their joy as security was tight to proactively forestall attempt to break law and order by miscreants.

    However, the atmosphere in the caliphate remains calm as jubilation continued in all nook and crannies.

  • Bauchi re-run: Absence of Returning Officer delays announcement of result

    Absence of the Returning Officer in charge of Bauchi State gubernatorial election, Prof. Mohammed Kyari, is delaying the announcement of the outcome of the governorship re-run elections in the state.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as at 7am on Sunday, Kyari, who is the  Vice Chancellor of  Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, was yet to arrive Bauchi.

    His absence has caused apprehension among people of the state, who are suspecting some ‘foul play’ , but the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ibrahim Abdullahi, said there was no cause for alarm.

    Addressing party agents, observers and journalists in the early hours of Sunday, Abdullahi assured that the mandate of the people was  intact.

    Read also: Benue REC confirms attack on INEC convoy

    He said that results from all the 36 polling units in the 15 Local Government Areas where the re-run elections took place, had been received, and that what was left was for the Returning Officer to arrive and announced the outcome.

    Abdullahi said that he had communicated with Mohammed and therefore assured that by today (Sunday), the result would be announced.

    He urged the people of the state to disregard comments on social media that had been insinuating grand plans to change the result.(NAN)

  • Benue REC confirms attack on INEC convoy

     

    The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)for Benue, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, has confirmed the attack on the commission’s convoy on Gboko-Makurdi road by unknown gunmen on Saturday night.

    Yilwatda told journalists in the early hours of Sunday at the INEC headquarters Makurdi, that the Returning Officer for the Governorship supplementary polls in Gboko, Prof. Comfort Tuleun was hit by a bullet during the attack.

    ”At about 8:30pm this evening an attack was launched on a convoy of INEC personnel returning to Makurdi Collation Centre from Gboko LGA after the close of the Governorship and State Assembly Supplementary polls by unknown gunmen.

    READ ALSO: Gunmen shoot collation officer in Benue

    ”In the course of the attack on the convoy including INEC permanent and ad hoc staff as well as security agencies at Tarka LGA, Prof. Comfort Tuleun, the Gboko LGA Collation Officer for the governorship election was hit by bullets and she is currently receiving treatment.

    ”The wounded collation officer is from the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM).

    ”INEC regrets this unfortunate incident and calls on security agencies to work tirelessly to apprehend these miscreants and bring them to judgment.

    ”Meanwhile, as a result of this incident, the commission has no choice but to appoint Dr Joseph Mom of FUAM to replace the wounded official.”(NAN)

  • APC wins Kwali chairmanship supplementary poll

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Danladi Chiya, winner of the supplementary poll for Kwali Area Council, FCT.

    Prof. Simon Kawe, the INEC Returning Officer who announced the result, said Chiya scored the highest votes of 14,245, to defeat his closest rival, Mr Ibrahim Daniel of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 14, 189.

    READ ALSO: Large voter turnout in Gwagwalada, Kwali Area council

    The supplementary election in Sheda polling unit 005 was however disrupted by some thugs, which was regarded as Zero votes for all political parties as read by the INEC officer.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some residents were seen jubilating over the APC victory in Kwali metropolis. (NAN)

  • Breaking: Lalong declared winner in Plateau

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent governor of Plateau State and Candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC Barrister Simon Lalong winner of the 2019 Governorship election.

    The total results was declared at exactly 4am on Sunday at the end of the collation of results which lasted between 9pm on Saturday night through the early hours of Sunday.

    The governor was declared the winner by the Returning Officer, Prof Richard Anande Kimbir, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue state.

    Lalong emerged winner in the March 9th election and also emerged winner in the May 23rd supplementary election.

    READ ALSO: Rerun: PDP kicks over Kano polls, as Lalong leads in Plateau

    By the total results, Gov Lalong defeated his major rival, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, General Jeremiah Useni (Rtd) .

    Lalong polled a total of 595, 582 votes to defeat the PDP candidate Useni who scored 546, 813 votes .

    Results for the nine LGAs that took part in the supplementary poll, including Langtang South, Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Kanam, Mangu, shendam and Pankshin showed that Lalong scored 12,327 new votes, while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jeremiah Useni, earned 8,487.

  • Benue supplementary poll: PDP’s Ortom leads in Benue South

    Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in the lead based on results from some polling units in Benue South where supplementary election held.

    His main challenger, Barrister Emmanuel Jime of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is however maintaining a close distance.

    At the Ejule-Adupi polling unit 006 in Ward 1 of Orokam in Ogbadigbo LGA, the APC polled 42 votes to PDP’S 66 votes.

    Read also: Sokoto rerun: Collation of results begins

    At Okwungaga polling unit in Ogbadigbo LGA, the PDP scored 234 leaving APC with just 19 votes.

    In Ehaje ward 1 in Ogbadigbo LGA at Ukwo 1 polling unit 005 PDP got 101 votes leaving the APC with 44 votes just as at Ukwo 2 polling unit 006, the PDP scored 39 votes and APC 17 votes.

    In Onaje polling unit at Ugboju-icho in Otukpo LGA, the PDP got 69 votes to APC’s 67.