Catholic Priests on yesterday saved a Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPA) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from being beaten up by youths for trying to stop voting in Enugu.
The incident happened at polling unit 004, 005, 006 and 007 located at Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu.
Trouble started when the SPO visited the polling units and asked the Presiding Officer (PO) to close voting around 4:30pm stressing that it was getting late.
Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has said the party will accept the outcome of elections with good faith.
Tambuwal who doubles as the Director General of the People Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council spoke in his home town in Tambuwal Local Government Area yesterday .
He said the PDP believed in due process.
“We have the belief that the destiny of all mankind is from the Almighty and God gives power to whom He wishes,” he said.
The Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to announce measures immediately to remedy some of the shortcomings and errors identified in the field during the conduct of the presidential election.
Director-General of the campaign council, Akin Osuntokun, made the demand during a briefing on Saturday in Abuja.
Osuntokun listed some of the shortcomings to include the omission of Labour Party logos from the ballot papers and the omission of validly registered Labour Party candidates, in many states, especially in Lagos, Ondo, Enugu, Bayelsa, among other locations across the country.
Others are: verified reports of serious and widespread violence from organised thuggery and intimidation at many locations across the country, particularly in Lagos and Rivers State, unleashed on polling stations across the country, including the snatching of BVAS machines, snatching of ballot boxes, destruction of voting materials, and the infliction of serious injuries, on voters and officials.
It also listed non-arrival of election materials and officials, late arrival of election materials, and incomplete supply of election materials in locations around the country, especially in Labour Party strongholds.
It also identified difficulty of voters in locating polling units, with voters moving from polling station to polling station, and losing active polling time in the process and the absence of names on INEC register, and non-recognition of PVCs by BVAS machine.
He said: “While we remain confident of the overwhelming prevalence of our supporters, we hereby with the highest level of seriousness, and alarm, call upon the INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu and the Commission, as a whole, to announce measures, immediately, to remedy these excessive anomalies, correct these errors in the field, and restore fast waning credibility to this ongoing process.
“Nobody must be disenfranchised, under any circumstances, in this election.
“We also call on the Inspector General of Police, the Military Chiefs of Staff, and the Director of the State Security Services, to put into action, the heavy deployments, which they had assured the country were already and effectively in place for this election.
“It will not only be totally unacceptable, but a perfidy and global disappointment, if these elections do not conclude on free, fair and acceptable terms, or if violence is triggered from its mismanagement, or escalated from the organised actions of thuggery and violence.”
A civil society organisation (CSO), the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), released its preliminary report on the conduct of the presidential and national assembly elections yesterday.
In the report signed by Adele Jinadu, chairperson of the CDD Election Analysis Centre, the CSO expressed concern over the late arrival of election officials to polling units.
The CSO said: “Where voting has started late or where processes have still not started, we encourage INEC to extend the voting period in order to enable all who want to do so to cast their ballot.”
It also said that only 10 per cent of INEC officials arrived on time in the South-East, while the South-South recorded 27 per cent of poll officials arriving early.
Jinadu said: “Data from about 5,000 election observers across the country showed late arrival of poll officials to their respective polling units across the country. CDD-EAC deployed 4,993 observers across the 36 states to keep a close watch on the conduct of the elections.
“Across the country, almost 50 per cent of INEC poll officials arrived on time for the commencement of the process. However, the south east and south south recorded the lowest percentage of poll officials arriving on time.
“In the south east, only 10 percent of poll officials arrived at their respective polling units on time and in the south south it was 27 percent. In the northeast 42 per cent of poll officials got to their polling units on time whilst in the Northwest, Northcentral and Southwest, the figure was over 50 per cent.”
Jinadu further said in Lagos, the state with the highest number of registered voters recorded just 18 percent in terms of timely arrival of INEC officials, adding that the average opening time across the country was 9:25am, compared to 8:30am when the voting was scheduled to start.
On the availability of the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS), the CDD rated the performance as 98.8 percent across polling units.
Jinadu, however, said there were reports of glitches during the accreditation process, which contributed to delays in places such as Borno state.
“There have been some reports of violence and voter suppression in some parts of the country. We have asked our observers in the field to gather more information about these issues,” Jinadu added.
“On the whole, we commend Nigerians on their participation and peaceful conduct so far, although we note growing reports of voters frustrated by the speed of the voting process.”
The organisation commended Nigerians on their determination to vote, and encouraged them to remain patient.
“We urge the security agencies to ensure that they remain neutral in their electoral day activities and actions,” the CSO added.
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has acknowledged the challenges experienced in some areas, adding that all eligible voters who are in the queue before 2:30pm will vote “no matter long it takes”.
Gunshots rang out yesterday amidst protests by voters in Edo and Bayelsa states.
Some BVAS machines and ballot papers/boxes were also destroyed by hoodlums who sought to disrupt the electoral process.
Disturbances were recorded at Iyowa in Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of Edo where thugs kidnapped all the electoral officials.
The whereabouts of the seized personnel remained unknown at press time.
Thugs also unleashed violence on Obaseki’s Ward 4 in Oredo destroying and burning all the ballot papers and result sheets after perceiving the defeat of the PDP.
Similar acts of thuggery were reported in New Benin and Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital with residents storming INEC’s office to lodge complaints.
Voting did not take place in Wards 4, 6 and 8 in Yenagoa owning to shortage of ballot papers for the Yenagoa/Kolokuma-Opokuma Federal Constituency election into the House of Representatives.
Some voters and Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) had claimed that 48,500 ballot papers were missing, sparking protests in Agudama community that there would be no election until the ballots were produced.
The Supervising Presiding officer, Austin Akekere, confirmed that only 1,500 ballot materials were received by them for the wards with a voting population of over 50,000 persons.
Security agents had to fire some shots into the air to disperse the crowd after which the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Alex Hart, addressed the protesters to calm them down.
In an interview, the Head of Voter Education and Publicity, INEC Bayelsa, Mr. Wilfred Ifogah, said the election in the affected areas would go on later in the day.
In areas such as Brass and Southern Ijaw LGAs, election materials and INEC Ad-Hoc Staff arrived late in the LGAs, hence accreditation and voting commenced late in the afternoon in most polling units.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who came out as early as 8.30am to cast his vote in his Ward 4, Unit 13 in Otuoke expressed disappointment that election materials did not arrive early for the electorate to exercise their franchise.
After he voted, he reiterated his usual mantra that politicians should conduct themselves and that the political ambition of anybody was not worth the blood of any Nigerian.
According to him, people should not think that they have money to buy votes or cause trouble but use the money for the benefit of humanity.
He said: “I served Bayelsa for eight years, the national level eight years, but now I’m back as nothing.
“So, you will leave that office someday. The position you occupy today should not diminish us as a human race, rather it should improve us as a human beings, if politicians mean well for Nigerians.”
Confidence and excitement bubbled in the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last night as results of the presidential and National Assembly elections began to trickle into public domain and the collation centres of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nationwide.
Early returns from polling units in the six South West states of Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo showed that the APC presidential candidate was ahead of the pack while Labour Party’s Peter Obi was dominant in the South East.
Obi also made some inroads in Lagos State and former strongholds of the PDP in Edo and Delta.
At press time yesterday, the Labour Party presidential candidate had also won nine of the 13 polling units at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.
But his performance in the North was abysmal where the APC and the PDP were sharing the votes in the three geo-political zones in the North. The APC was doing well in Yobe and Sokoto State at press time.
Some of the results yet to be confirmed by INEC are as follows:
Lagos State
Ajeromi/Ifelodun LGA
APC – 21,102
LP – 12,417
PDP – 3,750
Amuwo-Odofin LGA
APC – 21,387
LP – 12,583
PDP – 3,836
Alimosho LGA
APC – 56,172
LP – 32,992
PDP – 10,071
Ikeja LGA
APC – 45,586
LP – 26,725
PDP – 7,847
Ikorodu LGA
APC – 64,956
LP – 38118
PDP – 11,057
Yobe State:
Potiskum LGA
APC – 25,845 PDP – 6,787 LP – 0
Yunusari LGA
APC – 15,177 PDP – 3,839 LP – 0
Nguru LGA
APC – 15,962 PDP – 4,033 LP – 0
Yusufari LGA
APC – 14,197 PDP – 3,591 LP – 0
Bade LGA
APC -7,667 PDP – 1,982 LP – 0
Bursari LGA:
APC – 3,815 PDP – 986 LP – 0
Damaturu LG
APC- 8,957 PDP – 2,316 LP – 0
Fika LGA:
APC – 9470 PDP – 2,432 LP – 0
Fune LGA:
APC – 10, 677 PDP – 2,760 LP – 0
Geidam LGA:
APC – 6,601 PDP – 1,709 LP – 0
Sokoto State:
Shagari LGA APC – 8,869
NNPP – 2,995 PDP – 7,891
LP – 0
Sokoto North LGA
APC – 21,239 NNPP – 7,167
PDP – 18,886
Sokoto South LGA
APC – 23,637 NNPP – 7,971
PDP – 21,020
Result from Sen. Kashim Shettima’s Lamisula/Jabbamari polling unit 023, Maiduguri
APC = 126 votes
PDP = 23 votes
Labour Party = 0 vote
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu’s Polling Unit 022 Aliyu Mustapha College Yola, Adamawa
APC: 140 PDP: 68 LP: 11
The elections were generally peaceful although INEC and the security agencies reported violence and disruptions in some states.
The commission said fresh elections would be held where necessary while the police arrested some people said to have breached the peace.
Five persons were confirmed dead before and during the exercise.
The APC flag bearer said after voting in Ikeja, Lagos that he was “too confident” of victory.
President Muhammadu Buhari, First Lady Aisha, Tinubu’s running mate Kashim Shettima, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai were no less confident.
Buhari declared in his home town, Daura, Katsina State after casting his vote that the “APC will win from Daura to Lagos.”
Aisha said: “We are certain by God’s grace that APC will win,” while Lawan said: “Here, the President will win, the Senatorial candidate, that’s myself, will win, the member of the House of Representatives by the grace of God will also win.”
El-Rufai said his prayer was for Tinubu to emerge victorious.
Buhari said: “I am very impressed because I have seen how the people turned out. I am very impressed and very happy. Well, the candidate I voted for I have already mentioned him in many states in Nasarawa, Katsina and Sokoto.
“All over the places I mentioned my favourite candidate, Asiwaju Tinubu, and I believe my constituency will elect him 100 per cent.”
Asked how he felt that for the first time since 2003 he was not on the ballot paper, the President said: “It is very exciting. I look at those who are competing and some of them are so agitated and they didn’t know that I tried three times and ended up in the Supreme Court three times.
“The fourth time I said ‘God dey’ and God sent technology, Permanent Voters Card. So, no fraudulent person can claim anything.”
Mrs. Buhari said she voted for the candidates of the APC, expressing optimism that the party would win the presidential and legislative elections.
Soon after casting his vote at Unit 085, Ward 3, Ikeja Local Government Area before a large gathering of journalists and observers, Tinubu said he would recalibrate the economy if he won the election.
His words: “Economic problem is not peculiar to Nigeria. We will recalibrate the system and set Nigeria on the path of recovery.”
He lauded Buhari for laying a foundation that could be built upon.
Tinubu described the President as a dedicated and committed leader who has tried his best for the country.
He said: “My vision; you could see Lagos, the infrastructural development, taming of the Atlantic Ocean. You bring the private sector for collaboration.
“I have articulated my agenda. I am striving to become a leader of APC through this election. I will change the APC philosophy.”
Tinubu described himself as the best candidate, adding that he has demonstrated uncanny courage and never allowed the social media abuses to distract him.
He said: “I will dance again. I have visited more states, held more rallies and town hall meetings than others.
“Talking is display of energy. I have done more talking to the people, answered more questions than any candidate.
“I disclosed that I had a knee injury. I am fitter than most of them. I trek kilometres in a day. I don’t sleep until 2.30 am, 3.00am, reading. What do you do to be well? Keeping fit; keep your brain alert; be aware of what is happening around the world.”
Tinubu added:”When they have nothing to say; they lack knowledge and exposure. I have proved them wrong. I keep dancing as a therapy.”
His running mate, Shettima, also spoke to reporters after voting at polling unit 023, Lawan Bukar, Lamisula Ward, Maiduguri, expressing optimism about APC’s victory.
He said: “I believe by the Grace of God, the candidate that will emerge as president is Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. But winning is one part of the job; the longer journey is foundational unity and progress for our country.
“God will grant him the wisdom and the courage to unite this nation. This is our wish. These are our prayers.”
Speaking on the delay that preceded his voting, Shettima said: “I do not want to pass judgment because it is too early, and as a political leader, I must have the patience…
“I do not believe in such. To administer 176,000 polling units is not an easy task. We have to give INEC the benefit of the doubt. We believe it is too early to start saying things that would create panic.
“Nigerians are essentially one people with a command destiny. They need a leader like Asiwaju Bola Ahmed who has generosity of spirit, maturity, exposure and experience to lead the country.
“We are democrats. We believe in democracy and we are going to win this election.”
Senator Lawan said the Ninth National Assembly contributed largely to the success of the elections with the amendment of the Electoral Law that “gives INEC sufficient latitude to introduce more technology for the election process.”
He added: “It is one of our legacies that the ninth National Assembly will really be proud of and Mr. President himself will be proud that here we are at this juncture in our democracy journey that we have an Electoral Act that has all the safeguards so far that will make the vote of every citizen who cast his vote to count.
“This election, for me, will be the fifth election consecutively into the Senate by the grace of God, and I am very confident we will win this election.
“Here, the President will win; the Senatorial candidate, that’s myself, will win; the member of the House of Representatives, by the grace of God, will also win.
“And we are going to continue to work with our President by the time Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu becomes the President. He will inherit the ninth National Assembly. He will work with us for at least two weeks because our tenure ends on the 11th of June, 2023.
“I want to say that we are going to give him full cooperation like we have given President Buhari over the last three and a half years. And when the 10th National Assembly will be in place and the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be in office.
“I want to believe that he will have a National Assembly that will be fully, totally and completely supportive to the cause of building Nigeria for Nigerians.”
Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State said his prayer was for Tinubu to come out victorious despite attempts in some quarters to scuttle the elections.
He said: “So far, as at the time I came here, everything has been going on smoothly. There have only been three incidents. Last night a rice mill was attacked by people suspected to be PDP thugs. The Police is investigating.
“This morning, we got report of one incident in Southern Kaduna where BVAS and ballot boxes were snatched, and in Soba where two ballot boxes were also snatched.
“Of course, these are no incidents at all because whether you snatch ballot boxes or BVAS or not, it doesn’t matter; the technology has gone beyond the primitive rigging system that political actors are used to.
“So, I must commend INEC for this improvement. So far, everything appears orderly across the state. All the reports we are getting are positive.
“My only concern is low voter turnout. People are not coming out to vote. And I want to appeal to everyone to please come out and vote, because you have once in four years opportunity to pick your leaders and you should take it seriously.”
The PPP flag bearer Atiku Abubakar was equally optimistic about his chances.
Shortly after voting at Ajiya 02, in Gwadabawa Ward, Yola North Local Government of Adamawa State, he told reporters that the process was seamless and he was sure of succeeding Buhari on May 29.
Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP said he was willing to accept the outcome of the result.
He said: “I will win the election by the special Grace of Allah. We must demonstrate a high sense of political tolerance to ensure peaceful conduct of future exercise.
“I’m satisfied with INEC and the voting exercise, and I’m positive to win my unit and LG. I’ll accept the final result of the election.”
Inspector General of Police Usman Baba described yesterday’s elections as the best he has ever witnessed in country.
Baba who spoke while monitoring the elections in Abuja said the polls were generally peaceful and “the response of the people has been encouraging. “
He added: “The provision of security is good. This is one of the best electoral processes I have ever seen.
“We have done well so far and we are waiting for INEC officials to move to the collation centre. We are on top of the situation.
“It is not true that we have blast in Maiduguri, we have blast in Borno State. We have made adequate security arrangement over there. We have five injured and small damages.”
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Chairman in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja, Sunday Zakka yesterday died from the multiple injuries he received in a car crash.
His driver and orderly also died in the accident.
One person similarly lost his life during the disruption of election in Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State while a motorcyclist was shot dead in Jalingo, Taraba State by security men when he allegedly failed to stop at a stop and search check point.
Family sources said Zakka’s car crashed on Friday night off Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport- Kuje Road, Abuja while returning to his Kuje residence in preparation for yesterday’s elections.
The victim of the Dekina violence was identified simply as Akaihaba.
He was shot dead while allegedly trying to snatch ballot boxes at Agwudoko area of Anyigba, Dekina LG.
Police spokesman in Taraba State Usman Abdullahi said: “This morning during a patrol, they stopped someone on a motorcycle. He took to his heels and so they shot at him.”
The pregnant woman, Ruth Osah, was felled by a stray bullet from the gun of a local vigilance group member, Mark Orduize, who was thereafter lynched by angry youths.
The incident at Ubimini community in Emohua LG of Rivers State yesterday forced the non-conduct of the elections in the area.
Four hoodlums were arrested on in Iragbiji, hometown of former governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola yesterday for disrupting voting processes and snatching ballot boxes.
The Osun State Police Command spokesman, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed that four hoodlums were arrested for snatching ballot boxes, adding that investigation was ongoing.
Election failed to hold in the entire Ward 8 in Atakunmosa East, Atakunmosa West Ward 9 Unit 3, Ward 10 Unit 1 and 8 and some Ijesa communities over the activities of armed hoodlums on the eve of election and during the exercise.
It was learnt that three people were shot in the Ijesha axis.
Oyetola, after casting his vote at Ward 1 Unit 10 in Iragbiji lamented over the attacks on All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ijesa land.
Meanwhile, the former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, was absent at his polling unit located at Ifofin PU 1 Ward 8 in Ilesha, Osun State.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Owohunwa Idowu, on Saturday said many suspects had been arrested over election related offences and exhibits recovered from them.
He said this during interview with journalists shortly after he returned from Maryland where there were skirmishes.
Idowu who also visited Mafoluku in Oshodi and Surulere where armed thugs disrupted voting exercise, snatched and burnt ballot boxes with papers in them.
The Nation reports that in Oshodi, affected areas are Agboola, Ijaiye, Obisanya, Owolabi, Branco, Adedeji and Owoseni. Three units were affected at Ijaiye and Branco each; one each at Agboola and Obisanya and two at Branco Streets.
It was yet to be confirmed the number of polling units affected at Adedeji and Owoseni streets as well as Dipo Olubi, Itire and Aguda areas of Surulere.
Our correspondent who monitored election security in Lagos observed that some voters took extra measures to prevent thugs from attacking their units, including carrying dogs to their voting centres.
Giving situation reports, CP Idowu said the exercise was very peaceful and organised in Epe axis.
He said: “We visited about five polling units in Epe and there was this family way of approaching the process. I interacted with them and they kept insisting that Epe was calm.
“To them, they are a peaceful family, so, regardless of the political divide, they remain one family and work towards ensuring that they maintain peace.
“What we are dealing with here got to do with human conduct. It could be unpredictable or driven by passion, emotion or even criminal intent. We recorded specific instances of thuggery and violence.
“These things will always happen, and when they do, we will emplace a response plan to be able to respond to most of those incidences. We have made arrests and recoveries.
“The Nigeria police, military, DSS and all others have been working as a team since morning that we have been having those isolated challenges.
“The police didn’t do it alone, even the citizens sometimes trigger our actions to come to their rescue.
“We should jointly condemn thuggery, violence or anything that violate the electoral act or the criminal status of this country.”
The police boss said security agencies anticipated violence in the areas and put measures in place for quick response.
“Multiple teams were put in place to respond in the fastest possible time. One just returned which I led with DC Operations to Mafoluku, especially Branco Street, where there are clusters of polling units that were attacked by thugs.
“They had issues there and we went in. We were able to stabilise the situation, rescue the INEC officials. They are safe now. It is our priority to first protect their lives and ensure they do not come to harm’s way.
“They have been protected and brought to safety here at the command pending when they will take the next action.
“I can confirm several arrests have been made. At this moment I cannot conclusively say the total number of polling units attacked or violence incidents recorded.
“But at the end of the day, we are going to do a post election evaluation and come up with specifics. Miscreants attacked the polling units and made it impossible for the INEC officials to do their jobs.”
Yesterday’s presidential and National Assembly elections ended up a disappointing exercise for a septuagenarian voter who visited his polling unit five times but could not vote
It was an unpleasant experience Oyo State, another aged voter was denied the opportunity of casting his vote in Igbeti, Olorunsogo Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Seventy-three-years-old Pa Samuel Olabode Olaitan, who was one of the first people to arrive the polling unit at Ward 5, Unit 2, Igbeti, Olorunsogo Local Government Area, Oyo State was disenfranchised by BVAS.
Pa Olaitan had been glad to find his name on the voter register pasted by INEC but could not climb the accreditation stage.
Although his name and details came up on the BVAS machine upon entering the six digits of his PVC, the machine could not authenticate his details when effort was made to take his pictures.
Attempts made to use the other two screening method, including fingerprint scanning, also failed.
In a space of five hours, the senior citizen went to the polling unit more than five times in the hope of exercising his franchise.
In a chat with The Nation, Pa Olaitan expressed disappointment that he could not cast his vote.
He said he had consistently cast his vote at the same polling unit for many years and it was the first time he would ever be denied the chance to vote, especially since 1999.
Pa Olaitan said: “I want to vote. I want to exercise my right. I have been here for more than five times. I came here first around 9 am. My name was pasted on the voter register and I have my PVC with me.
“My name also showed on the machine when they entered my PVC number on it, but when they tried to take my pictures for verification, it was not coming up.
“I was told to go back home and come back again around 11 am. The story was the same. After waiting for some time, they asked me to go home and come back.
“In all, this is the fifth time I have been coming here and it is the same thing.
“I feel disappointed that I cannot vote, because even when they said I should use my fingerprint, it was the same thing.
“I will still wait until the process closes because I really want to cast my vote.”
Reacting, the state’s Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Abiodun Oni, who was at the unit to cast his vote, said it was painful that an old man with such enthusiasm and zeal would be technically disenfranchised.
Although he commended INEC for the BVAS, saying the introduction made the election easy, he said more needs to be done to ensure that people are not discouraged.
“The process is going well. It has been peaceful and calm and we commend our people for the show.
“It is obvious that our people are interested in voting and we must be careful not to discourage their interest.
“This election is by far an improvement from the previous ones and we are sure that the introduction of BVAS will make people’s vote count and manipulation will not be possible.
“So far, there has not been any report of violence or crisis in any part of this town, and we hope our people will sustain the peaceful conduct.”
A 94-year-old man, Pa Ajayi Deji Aremu, joined the rest of Ogun electorate to exercise his franchise in yesterday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in the state, urging the next government at the centre to take necessary steps to arrest the “evils” in the society.
Ajayi, who revealed that he had been voting in every election since the parliamentary system in Nigeria, was brought to his polling unit 10, Ward 11, Market Square 1 situated at Totoro in Abeokuta North Local Government where he voted around 10am.
Speaking with our reporter, the nonagenarian said he had been since he attained the voting age.
He said: “I have been voting since they started voting in Nigeria.
“I can’t remember the day and year now.
“There is no problem with this election.
“Voting should not mean fighting one another.
“The next government should work to curtail evil deeds in the country.”
Bauchi Governor Senator Bala Mohammed has won his polling unit for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar.
The Nation reports Mohammed voted in his hometown, Yelwan Duguri in the Alkaleri Local Government Area.
He arrived at his polling unit, Barki Dutse Primary school, Unit 8, alongside his wife, Aisha at about noon.
A result by the INEC showed that the PDP also cleared the National Assembly elections.
APC 4
PDP 44
NNPP 1
Senatorial
APC 8
PDP 31
NNPP 1
House of Representatives
APC 8
PDP 42
NNPP 1