Category: Nigeria Decides 2023

The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) has declared Labour Party (LP) candidate for the Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Mr Ngozi Okolie, winner of the National Assembly election.

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Ngozi Okolie was declared winner by the Returning Officer for the Federal Constituency, Prof Kenneth Abaraibe, at the INEC collation Center in the Oshimili South Local Government secretariat.

The LP candidate scored 53, 879 votes as against 33, 466 secured by the PDP candidate, Ndudi Elumelu.

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sustained his lead in Rivers State winning nine local government areas out of the two so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Breakdown of the results shows that Tinubu polled 92, 023 in all declared local government areas to defeat the candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who got 49,400 votes and People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who scored 34,627 votes.

Tinubu won in nine local government areas, Obi clinched two councils while Atiku won none of the councils.

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The APC candidate won in Asari-Toru, Oyigbo, Abua Odua, Omuma, Gokana, Emohua, Eleme, Tai and Opobo Nkoro while Obi won in Bonny and Ahoada West.

The results according to their local government areas are:

Asari-Toru

APC 14,483

LP 2094

PDP 4476

Oyigbo

APC 16,630

LP 10784

PDP 1046

Abua-Odua

APC 5653

LP 1663

PDP 4685

Bonny

APC 2708

LP 10488

PDP 2406

Omuma

APC 6328

LP 2154

PDP 1293

Gokana

APC 10,122

LP 2215

PDP 8484

Emohua

APC 9145

LP 4239

PDP 5242

Eleme

APC 8368

LP 7529

PDP 2391

Tai

APC 9442

LP 1506

PDP 486

Opobo-Nkoro

APC 5701

LP 2093

APC 1542

Ahoada West

APC 3443

LP 4634

PDP 2582

Rivers Collation Officer, Prof. Charles Teddy Adias, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke announced the results in the presence of the Rivers State Electoral Commissioner, Johnson Sinikiem.

The centre took a break to wait for results from other 12 local government areas.

Delta Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Monday Udoh-Tom has confirmed policemen at a checkpoint in Ukwuani LGA shot dead an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff, while injuring some youth corps members in a bus at the close of the presidential poll.

Udoh-Tom, who spoke with reporters in Asaba, said a commercial bus conveying election materials and INEC staff was shot at after the driver refused to stop at a police checkpoint.

He said the injured youth corps members are receiving medical care at an undisclosed location.

In a related development, the INEC LGA collation officer, Dr Laurelta Tudararo, while presenting results for Sapele LGA at INEC state Head Office, said a supervisory presiding officer was arrested for not making available results sheets in Ward 4 in Sapele LGAs.

According to her, in Ward 11 elections did not hold in one unit, because voters held INEC staff hostage, adding malfunctioning BVAS machine stopped election in Ward 6, and three units in Ward 10

Kaduna Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe has delivered her Sanga Local Government Area to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Saturday Presidential election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

It was the first time the ruling party won the local government area.

Results of 16 of the 23 local government areas that make up Kaduna State have been collated at the INEC headquarters in Kaduna.

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The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won in nine local government areas while Labour Party has won in six.

PDP won in Zaria, Sabon Gari, Kagarko, Ikara, Makarfi, Kaduna South, Giwa, Kauru and Lere local government areas.

Labour Party (LP) has won in six local government areas of Kachia Jema’a, Jaba, Kajuru, Kaura and Zangon Kataf.

Collation has been postponed till 5pm as results are being awaited from the remaining seven local government areas.

Result as so far collated:

Giwa LGA

APC – 19,922

PDP – 22,302

LP – 565

NNPP – 3,114

Kaura LGA

APC – 1,847

PDP – 7,847

LP –  25,744

NNPP – 320

Kajuru LGA

APC – 3,940

PDP – 9,253

LP – 14,875

NNPP – 1,221

Makarfi LGA

APC -13,767

PDP – 22,098

LP – 759

NNPP -5,219

Jaba LGA

APC: 3,131

PDP: 8,798

LP: 9,967

NNPP: 335

Kaduna South

APC: 29,596

PDP: 42,996

LP:22,577

NNPP:9,124

Kauru LGA

APC: 15,870

PDP: 19,018

LP: 11,293

NNPP: 3,128

Lere LGA

APC: 24,695

PDP: 34,149

LP: 15,568

NNPP:7,264

Ikara LGA

APC: 17,297

PDP: 24,540

LP: 994

NNPP: 4,274

Sanga LGA

APC: 9,393

PDP: 9,233

LP: 9,088

NNPP: 352

Kachia LGA

APC: 12,053

PDP: 16,049

LP:17,381

NNPP: 1,521

Zangon Kataf LGA

APC: 5,877

PDP: 20,170

LP: 22,689

NNPP: 246

Jema’a LGA

APC: 10,928

PDP: 16,452

LP: 26,560

NNPP: 719

Zaria LGA

APC: 41,432

PDP: 62,260

LP: 3,634

NNPP: 8,729

Kagarko LGA

APC 9,698

PDP 14,027

LP 12,502

NNPP 1,255

Sabon Gari LGA

APC: 25,714

PDP: 30,713

LP: 12,834

NNPP: 6,082

The agent of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the National Collation Centre for the Presidential election, Senator Dino Melaye, is mobilising party agents to stage a walk out of the collation if the Independent National Electoral Commission fails to abide by their bidding.

Immediately after the Commission announced a temporary break to resume in one hour, Dino called some party agents to one side of the hall for a brief meeting.

He was heard telling them the commission has an agenda to execute and that they will insist on the projection of polling units results from the states before each result is announced.

He told them: “When we resume, before they announce any other state, we will all stand up and insist that they project the results on their portal. If they resume, we will all walk out and that will put the integrity of the whole process to question”.

However, he told reporters: “The electoral Act 2022 states that election results will be transmitted directly to the server. We found out that this has not been done because INEC failed in this regard. 

“When I raised this issue today and supported by other party agents, the INEC Chairman vehemently evaded the issue. What section 47(3) emphasis is that where ever the BVAS failed, if they cannot get a replacement, elections should be cancelled in those areas. We have seen from the presentation of results from Ekiti yesterday that some places were cancelled as a result of bypassing the BVAS.

“The only way to detect that BVAS has been bypassed is for us to see the uploaded results. We insisted that the chairman should show us here and now the uploaded results state by state, just like they are projecting the results they are presenting. That is the only way to test the veracity abd authenticity of this results. 

“If not, we are only here to endorse the fraud that has been done from unit to the ward to the state. We are not here to rubber stamp infractions and the anomalies that has been done. 

“We are here to check them, but the INEC Chairman is not giving us the opportunity to question what they are doing, saying all has been done. What that mean is that we are here to rubber stamp. We are going to prove that we are not here to rubber stamp. We have no other country to call our own than this country. 

“We are going t do everything humanly possible to make sure that the right thing is done. We have just met now and we are going to make a presentation by the time we resume. If they insist that they are not going to respond to us, then you will see the action we will take.

“But we want to tell you that we will not allow, having suffered pains in this country, having suffered hi hunger, killings, we will not allow a continuation of failure. We will ensure that the right thing is done. 

“The INEC Chairman is putting his integrity on test. Nigerians are watching, the world is watching. Even the dead are watching to see what INEC will do. But the battle to make sure that only authentic results will be announced here today is a battle of no retreat, no surrender.”

Section 47(3) of the Electoral Act which he quoted to back up his claims states that “Where a smart card reader or any other technological device deployed for accreditation of voters fails to function in any unit and a fresh card reader or technological device is not deployed, the election in that unit shall be cancelled and another election shall be scheduled within 24 hours if the Commission is satisfied that the result of the election in that polling unit will substantially affect the final result of the whole election and declaration of a winner in the constituency concerned.”

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has made history in Saturday’s general election by recording a landslide victory at the polls.

It was its first historic electoral victory since it came to power in 2017.

Unlike in 2019, the Ondo APC won the presidential election with over 200,000 votes margin, won all three senatorial seats and eight out of nine House of Representatives seats.

The APC won in all 18 local government areas of the state.

In Ondo South, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim polled 110,665 to defeat his main rival, former Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 65, 784 votes.

Adeniyi Adegbonmire won in Ondo Central by polling 103,871 votes to defeat Ifedayo Adedipe, of the PDP who scored 74,702 votes while Jide Ipinsagba won in Ondo North after scoring 115,933 votes to 48,842 votes gotten by Modupe Tokunbo of the PDP.

APC CLINCHES ONDO THREE SENATE SEATS, WINS EIGHT OUT OF NINE REPS ELECTIONS

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has won all the three Senatorial seats in the State.

The party also clinched eight out the nine House of Representatives seats in the State. See the results below:

SENATE

Ondo South Senatorial District

APC – 110,665
PDP – 65,784

Ondo Central Senatorial District Result

APC – 103,871
PDP – 74,702

Ondo North Senatorial District Result
APC – 115,933
PDP – 48, 842

HOUSE OF REPS

Owo/Ose Federal constituency result

APC – 34,550
PDP – 20,865

Akoko South East /South West federal constituency result

APC – 25,872
PDP – 18,403

Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency Result

APC – 45,030
PDP – 34,059

Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency Result

PDP – 24,263
APC – 20,064

Ilaje/ Ese-Odo Federal Constituency Result

APC – 26,306
PDP – 22,390

Irele/Okitipupa Federal Constituency Results

APC – 44, 638
PDP: 21,066

Akoko North East/North West Federal Constituency Result

APC – 51,532
PDP – 9,014

Odigbo/Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Federal Constituency Result

APC – 36, 147
PDP – 19,167
APGA – 6,592

ONDO EAST/WEST FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY RESULTS

APC – 38,491
PDP – 15,302