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Category: Verdict 2015

Election in Nigeria 2015

Jonathan wins in Abia

The Presidential result of the election held over the weekend shows that President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won in the state with a total of 368,303 votes against General Mohammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC)who had 13,394 votes.

The result was announced by the presidential returning officer for Abia state and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Prof Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba and said that he will be
forwarding the result to Abuja.

However the campaign coordinator of Gen. Buhari, Dr Emmanuel Aguzie Ndukwe has rejected the result of the presidential election in the state and described it as a sham, saying that there were many
alterations on the result sheet.

Ndukwe said that the credibility of the result is in serious doubt, “This assertion is being supported by the amount of alterations seen on the result sheet and I can tell you that I am not aware of those
alterations”.

APGA, 27,681, Sam Onuigbo PDP; 29052, APC; 4267, LP; 104, UPP;7, PPA; Princewill Ukaegbu, 1,316 this result for Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency was declared by Dr. Chikezie Cosmos shows that Sam
Onuigbo of the PDP was declared the winner..

While Darlington Nwokocha, of the PDP, was declared the winner for Isiala Ngwa federal constituency in the election held last Saturday.

March 30, 2015
INEC declares official results in 9 states

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far announced the results of the elections held last Saturday in 9 states.

According to INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega on Monday, the results from the remaining states would be announced when it reconvene by 8pm.

“We will allow sufficient time for the others to come so we’ll have more results. I suggest we convene at 8pm, “Jega said.

March 30, 2015
Okorocha demands cancellation of polls in six LGs

Gov Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Monday protested the outcome of elections in Imo, alleging the use of soldiers in the exercise.

Okorocha told journalists in Owerri that soldiers freely molested and harassed innocent people and barred them from exercising their franchise.

He further alleged that ballot boxes were snatched and two people shot at Amala in Ngor Okpala local government area and another in Owerri Municipal.

According to him, one of the victims died while the other person was lying critical at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri.

Okorocha described the election of Saturday as the “worst act of militarization of democracy’’.

He said that what was witnessed in Imo was a far cry from the expectations of the people.

He, therefore, called for the cancellation of elections in Ngor Okpala, Aboh Mbaise, Ehime Mbano, Isiala Mbano, Ohaji/Egbema and Oru East local governments, cliaming that no election held in the areas due to the lack of materials.

Okorocha, however, denied assaulting any INEC official but trailed the commission’s convoy when he learnt that they killed two persons in a motor accident and made away with the corpses.

NAN reports that the governor had earlier complained of the arrest and detention of his Senior Special Adviser, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, and the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Chidi Ibeh, during the elections.

March 30, 2015
PDP rejects election in three Edo LGs

The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State Monday rejected results of general elections in three local governments where it lost the Presidential and National Assembly elections.

It alleged that elections in Etsako West, Akoko Edo and Owan East local government areas were marred with irregularities.

State Chairman of PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, said elections in the affected LGAs were marred by “multiple” and “underage voting.”

Orbih noted that results showed “heavy mutilation,” coupled with cases of harassment by suspected thugs of the APC.

He said, “The reports reaching us from these local governments shows clearly that the elections that were held in these three local governments were characterised by multiple voting and also we have reports of underage voters who were forced out to come and cast their votes.

“From the result sheets received from these local governments, we have received very grave mutilation of result sheet and with several reported cases of harassment and intimidation even at the voting centres, by suspected thugs of APC.

Orbih urged INEC to re-examine the results from the localities and said the party would file petition on the alleged allegations.

“For us as a political party, we are going to reject the result declared in Etsako West, Akoko Edo and Owan East because of gross irregularities that have been observed in the conduct of the elections in these ‎local governments.”

March 30, 2015
APC clears presidential election in Gombe

The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has failed in the just concluded presidential election result announced in Gombe state, scoring 96,873 votes against the All Progressive Party (APC) 361,245.

Professor Saminu Abdulrahman Ibrahim of ATBU, Bauchi announced the results at about 5:00pm Monday.

A breakdown of the results indicates that the opposition won in eight out of the eleven local governments that make up the state.

Saminu Abdulrahman Ibrahim, the collation officer said there were 1,110,105 total numbers of registered voters.

He said there were a total of 460,599 valid votes out of which it recorded 473,444 total votes cast with 12,845 rejects.

Meanwhile, the state capital has remained calm after the announcement of the result with people going about their normal activities unlike the wild reaction that greeted the 2011 elections results.

March 30, 2015
Buhari sweeps Sokoto

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari has won in Sokoto with a wide margin of 671,926 votes ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan who scored 152,199 votes.

He emerged winner out of 14 political parties that contested the elections which has been adjudged free, fair and credible.

However, declaring the outcome at the Sultan Maccido institute for Quranic and General Studies, Sokoto state presidential election collation centre, Professor Abubakar Bagudo gave 876,369 as total vote cast with a total valid votes of 834,259.

According to Bagudo, the total rejected votes is 42,110, adding that” 988,899 voters were accredited.”
Below is the result:

Kware LGA: APC 36,809 PDP 5,339

Dange Shuni LGA: APC 31,036. PDP 6,918

Goronyo LGA: APC 28,950. PDP 7,664

Gwadabawa LGA: APC 34,929, PDP 5,951

Silami LGA : APC: 18,922 PDP 5,029

Wurno LGA: APC 24414, PDP 3,928

Tangaza LGA: APC 24,719 PDP 4,866

Binji LGA: APC 16,478, PDP 4,722

Bodinga LGA: APC 25,084 PDP 6,816

Sokoto South LGA : APC 48,900 PDP 11,048

Rabah LGA: APC 19,887 PDP 4,994

Tambuwal LGA: APC 51,701 PDP 7,282

Sokoto North LGA : APC 44,705 PDP 8,687

Yabo LGA: APC 20,279 PDP 4,357

Wamakko LGA : APC 46,736 PDP 6,719

Kebbe LGA : APC 22,345 PDP 3,802

Illela LGA: APC 33,847 PDP 8,287

Tureta LGA: APC 12,648 PDP 6,121

Shagari LGA: APC 26,696 PDP 6,396

Sabo Birnin LGA: APC 42,879 PDP 9,225

Gudu LGA: APC 13,811 PDP 7,744

Isa LGA: APC 19,535 PDP 10,618

Gada LGA: APC 38,139 PDP 5,686

Total
Registered Voter =1,663,127
Accredited Voters=988,899
Valid Votes =834,259
Rejected Votes 42,110
Total= Votes Cast=876,369

APC=671,926
PDP=152,199

March 30, 2015
Buhari, Saraki win in Kwara

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has defeated his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opponent, President Goodluck Jonathan in the Saturday presidential and parliamentary elections.
Gen. Buhari polled 302,146 while President Jonathan got 132, 602 votes in the result announced by the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Prof. Musbau Akanji.
The results of the elections of the state senatorial and federal constituencies as contained in a bulletin released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) signed by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Emmanuel Onucheyo showed that the APC cleared all the three senatorial and the six House of Representatives seats while the candidates of the PDP emerged the first runners-up.
The APC’s candidate in Kwara Central, Bukola Saraki polled 118, 879 to defeat PDP’s Abdurahman Abdurasaq who scored 66, 864 votes making Saraki who is former governor of the state be re-elected for a second term of office in the Senate.
Another former governor of the state, Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi won the Kwara north district with 87, 435 as against 39, 641 votes recorded by Yinusa Yahaya of the PDP.
Rafiu Ibrahim the incumbent occupant of the seat of Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun federal constituency won the south district with 73, 329 votes while Lola Ashiru of PDP recorded 50, 348.
The APC’s candidates that won the federal constituencies are Rasaq Atunwa, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly (Ilorin West/Asa), Abubakar Amuda-Kannike (Ilorin East/Ilorin South), Tope Olayonu (Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun), Muhammed Zakari (Baruten/Kaiama), Aliyu Ahman Patigi (Patigi/Edu/Moro) and Funke Adedoyin (Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero).

March 30, 2015
Rivers APC reject results of elections

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has rejected the results of Saturday’s fraudulent elections released Monday by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Mrs. Gesila Khan.

In the released results, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner of the election in Rivers by a wide margin, while all the Senatorial and House of Representatives’ seats in the state, according to Khan, also won by the PDP’s candidates, in spite of the non-availability of original result sheets during the elections.

The Director of Communications of Rivers APC’s Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside’s Greater Together Campaign Organisation, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, declared that the released results were unacceptable, but asked the members of the party in the state to remain calm and law abiding.

Semenitari said: “The REC of INEC in Rivers State, Mrs. Gesila Khan, has just engineered a rape of democracy in Rivers State. Mrs. Khan, who made no pretense as to her bias for the PDP, Monday denied the over one million APC voters in Rivers State their voice. This is not acceptable to us and we reiterate our call for the cancellation of all elections in Rivers State.

“Mrs. Khan was kept abreast of all protests of the APC by its state party agent, Barr. Achinike William–Wobodo, whom her staff unceremoniously sent out of the collation centre on Saturday, March 28, 2015.

“Besides the seven petitions before her (Rivers REC of INEC), written and signed by Barr. William-Wobodo, Mrs. Khan is aware that a petition from Rivers State is before the Chairman of INEC (Prof. Attahiru Jega) and he has announced investigations into the Rivers State case. The APC in Rivers State rejects in its totality, the false and misleading results presented by Mrs. Khan.”

The Rivers APC’s governorship candidate’s director of communications, who doubles as the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, also expressed optimism that the results of the sham elections in Rivers would be cancelled, the REC removed and a new date for fresh polls announced by Jega, described as a man of integrity.

March 30, 2015
Buhari floors Jonathan, Sambo in Kaduna

….as APC, PDP share senate seats 2-1
….Senator Makarfi defeated

From Abdulgafar Alabelewe, Kaduna

General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has defeated the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in the Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo’s home state, Kaduna with 1.127,760 to 484,085 votes.

The opposition APC won in 14 of the 23 local government areas of the state, leaving the ruling party with nine local governments.

Comrade Shehu Sani of APC won the Kaduna Central Senatorial seat after defeating Senator Mohammed Mukhtar Aruwa of the PDP with 468,964 to 168, 241.

Similarly, APC’s Suleiman Hunkuyi defeated the incumbent Senator and former Kaduna State Governor, Ahmed Makarfi to clinch the Northern senatorial seat with 447,917 to 136,197m

However, Danjuma Laah of the PDP defeated APC’s Ishaku Shekarau to emerge winner of the southern Kaduna senatorial seat with 259,239 to 119,022.

For the Presidential poll, APC scored 12,817 in Sanga local government, while PDP polled 22,838 votes.

In Soba LGA, APC polled 61,656 while PDP polled 1,998. In Jaba LGA APC polled 5342 votes while PDP polled 18,314 votes.

In Kaura LGA APC polled 7,101 votes while PDP polled27,502 votes.

In Sabon Garin LGA APC polled 71,022 votes PDP polled 10,845.

In Kajuru LGA, APC polled 11,592 while PDP polled 29,292.

In Kudan LGA, APC polled ‎38,177 while PDP polled 2,167.

In Kubau LGA. ACP polled 63,875 while PDP polled 6,377.

In Makarfi LGA APC polled 44,241 votes, PDP polled 3500‎ votes.

In Kaduna North LGA APC polled 119,622 votes while PDP polled 16,551 votes.

In Kaduna South LGA APC polled 132,514 while PDP polled 31,820.

In Zangon Kataf LGA APC polled 11,034 while PDP polled 56,799.

In Igabi LGA‎ APC polled 97,841, PDP 7,410.

In Ikara LGA APC polled. 49,146, PDP polled 7,170.

In Kagarko LGA APC polled 16,399 while PDP polled 17,491 votes.

In Birnin Gwari LGA, APC polled 43,926, PDP polled 2,539 votes.

In Giwa LGA, APC polled 50,323 while PDP polled 4,556 votes.

In Lere LGA, APC 63,503 votes, PDP polled 32,735 votes.

In Chikun‎ LGA, APC polled 30,531 votes while PDP polled 64,452 votes.

In Zaria LGA, APC polled 125,054 votes while PDP polled 4,735 votes.

In Kachia LGA, APC polled 24,228 votes while PDP polled 37, 389.

In Kauru, APC polled 28, 667, while PDP scored 26,418.

In Jema’a, APC scored 19,149 against PDP’s 51,187 votes

However, in Jaba local government, APC polled 5,342 while PDP, scored the overwhelming 18,314 votes.

Presidential Election Collation Officer, Professor Ja’afar Makau Kaura read out the collated results after receiving them from the 23 local government areas Returning Officers throughout Sunday night to Monday evening.

While commending the political parties for their cooperation throughout the collation exercise, Prof. Kaura said, the results would be taken to Abuja for announcement.

March 30, 2015
Edo North Senatorial election result

PDP: 66,082 (Pascal Ugbomeh)

APC: 86,021 (Francis Alimekhena)

SDP: 23,650 (Abubarkar Momoh)

March 30, 2015