Category: Verdict 2015

Election in Nigeria 2015

  • Kano LGA presidential election results

    Presidential results as announced by the State Collation officer, Professor Muhammad  Hamisu in 7 Local Government Areas of Kano state
     
    Kibiya LG.      
    APC 23,451 
    PDP. 4,997

    Albasu LG 
    APC.  34,572
    PDP.    3,047

    Gabasawa LG.    

    APC 31,499.        
    PDP 3,840

    Bagwai LG
    APC.    28,755
    PDP.      8,159

    Kunchi LG
    APC.    24,542
    PDP.    2,921

    Tsanyawa LG
    APC.      32,262
    PDP.        4,049


    Gaya. LG
    APC.  38,085
    PDP.    1,888
  • Osun State LGAs presidential election results

    Boluwaduro – APC- 5,288, PDP-4,413
    Ifelodun- APC-17,040, PDP-9,847
    Ila- APC- 11,576, PDP- 7,647
    Boripe, APC-12,152, PDP- 7,457
    Ife North, APC-8,369, PDP-‎7,921
    Ife South, APC-9,793, PDP-9,283
    Ife‎ East, APC-12,513, PDP-15,532
    Olorunda, APC- 26,342, PDP-7958
    Atakumosa West, APC- 6,639, PDP-4,734
    Atakumosa East,APC-8,668,PDP-5,418
    Orolu,APC-8,466,PDP-6,360
    Isokan,APC-10,187,PDP-6,974
    Ifedayo,APC-3,824,PDP-3,786
    ‎Egbedore,APC-9,577,PDP-6,507
    Ayedade,APC-13,560,PDP-9,466
    Ola-oluwa,APC-8,125,PDP-5,910
    ‎Odo-otin,APC-13,351,PDP-10,230
    ‎Ilesa West,APC-11,714,PDP,5,145
    Irepodun,APC-12,485,PDP-7,750
    Ayedire,APC-8,280,PDP-6,323
    Obokun,APC-10,506,PDP-9,325
    ‎Oriade,APC-12,724,PDP-10,490
  • Apprehension over alleged moves to tamper with polls result

    Nigerians are worried that results of the elections in places where polls were concluded on Saturday have not been released.

    State offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission have refused to release results of the Senatorial and House of Representatives elections in constituencies where polls were concluded on Saturday.

    In Abuja, the INEC national headquarters has also kept mute on the outcome of the presidential polls in areas not affected by today’s voting.

    The commission said on Saturday that voting would hold today in 309 voting precincts out of the 1,500 nationwide.

    The development has fueled suspicion that some external forces are planning to rewrite the results of the presidential election in particular.

    INEC is said to be under intense pressure by some top officials of the Presidency to tamper with the results to favour the President and the ruling party.

    Results declared and collated so far indicate that the All Progressive Congress and its candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari won massively in the North and convincingly in the Southwest leaving the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, with the South South and South East.

  • Tambuwal urges calm after announcement of results

    Tambuwal urges calm after announcement of results

    The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday urged Nigerians to be calm even when the Independent National Electoral Commission releases the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections.

    He said, “When the results are announced, we should take them with calm.”

    The speaker noted that election has been very peaceful in Sokoto State.

    He spoke after casting his vote in Tambuwal area of the state.

    He expressed satisfaction with the performance of the card reader machines in his area, stressing that he had a hitch-free accreditation.

    He said: “The accreditation in my booth was very quick and seamless. The card reader was quick at recognizing my finger. In most of the polling booths around here, the process has been quite okay except for some polling units where there are challenges from card readers that are not functioning very well or their fingers not recognized by the machines. ”

    The Speaker noted that INEC did its best to rectify the few cases of card readers’ failure in the area.

     

  • INEC extends election in Borno, Yobe

    The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended voting in Borno and Yobe States.

    The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Samuel Madaki, said several polling units in three local government areas will be affected by the development.

    Madaki listed late arrival of election materials and problems with the card readers as some of the reasons for the extension.

    In Yobe, voting will continue in four local government areas of Fika, Yunusari, Geidam and Postiskum.

     

  • Don’t tamper with election results – APC

    Don’t tamper with election results – APC

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any attempt to tamper with the results of the elections that were concluded nationwide on Saturday, saying Nigerians have voted peacefully and massively and they know who they have voted for.

    In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it has the authentic results from all polling units where voting took place on Saturday, and will not accept anything contrary to those signed results.

    It decried the dangerous kite now being flown by the Peoples Democratic Party, through some of their paid media channels, seeking to appropriate unearned victories across the nation.

    ”We have always said we will accept the result of any free, fair and transparent elections. We stand by that avowal. However, what we will not accept and which we are sure Nigerians themselves will reject is any move to rewrite the results and thwart the will of the people under any guise. We will not accept that.

    ”We have heard of the desperate moves to cancel the results in areas where the APC has beaten the PDP embarrassingly. Nigerians will definitely not accept that,” APC said.

    The party said it is aware of the ongoing efforts to force Electoral Officers and Presiding Officers in Imo State, some of whom are being picked up by the military as we write, to rewrite the results of the elections in the state.

    ”We have the results from every polling unit in Imo State and we know that we have won in over 80 per cent in the presidential election. So there must be no shenanigans,” it warned.

    APC also said the same attempts are being made in Sokoto, Enugu, Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos and other states, wondering why anyone will be seeking to reverse the results that are already settled.

    ”In the Nsukka Local Government Area, INEC officials, instead of collating results, handed over the exercise to PDP Nsukka zone to write. They holed up inside ADADA HOUSE (a Local Government guest house) to write results and change figures, and were provided with security by the police. APC candidates and agents were chased away. In collaboration with INEC, they refused to let the card readers function and no result sheets came to most polling booths.

    ”In Lagos, they have yet to announce the result of the Apapa Local Government which has been ready since yesterday, apparently in a move to manipulate the outcome. Those who voted will not agree with any attempt to steal their votes,” the party warned.

  • PDP accuses APC of posting fake results

    PDP accuses APC of posting fake results

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to disregard “misleading figures being circulated by the All Progressives Congress (APC)” in the social media as results of the presidential and National Assembly elections in some polling booths.

    A statement issued on Sunday by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the figures were “fake” and do not represent the true results which are currently being collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC, the only body authorised to release and announce results.

    The statement said: “The APC in its desperation for power has resorted to posting fake results in the social media in a bid to ambush the electoral commission, mislead the unsuspecting public to believe it is winning, all in furtherance of its grand plot to cause confusion and set the stage for violence when the authentic results are finally released.

    “We therefore alert Nigerians to be on their guard and close ranks in resisting the APC’s plot to plunge the nation into chaos and anarchy. Our democracy has come to stay and the will of the people must prevail over and above the parochial ambition of a selfish few.

    “Finally, we strongly caution the APC against its acts of desperation and use of dishonest methods including physical attacks against our members and supporters as these pose great threat to our democracy, the unity and stability of our dear nation.”

  • APC warns against announcement of fake election results

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any attempt to tamper with the results of the elections held nationwide on Saturday.
    The party said Nigerians have voted peacefully and massively and they know who they have voted for.
    In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it has the authentic results from every polling unit where voting took place on Saturday, and will not accept anything contrary to those signed results.
    ”We have always said we will accept the result of any free, fair and transparent elections. We stand by that avowal. However, what we will not accept – and which we are sure Nigerians themselves will reject – is any move to rewrite the results and thwart the will of the people under any guise. We will not accept that.

    ”We have heard of the desperate moves to cancel the results in areas where the APC has beaten the PDP embarrassingly. Nigerians will definitely not accept that,” APC said.

    The party alleged that it was aware of the ongoing efforts to force Electoral Officers and Presiding Officers in Imo State, some of whom are being picked up by the military as we write, to rewrite the results of the elections in the state.

    ”We have the results from every polling unit in Imo State and we know that we have won in over 80 per cent in the presidential election. So there must be no shenanigans,” it warned.

    APC also alleged the same attempts are being made in Sokoto, Enugu, Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos and other states, wondering why anyone will be seeking to reverse the results that are already settled.

    ”In the Nsukka Local Government Area, INEC officials, instead of collating results, handed over the exercise to PDP Nsukka zone to write. They holed up inside ADADA HOUSE (a Local Government guest house) to write results and change figures, and were provided with security by the police. APC candidates and agents were chased away. In collaboration with INEC, they refused to let the card readers function and no result sheets came to most polling booths.

    ”In Lagos, they have yet to announce the result of the Apapa Local Government which has been ready since yesterday, apparently in a move to manipulate the outcome. Those who voted will not agree with any attempt to steal their votes,” the party warned.

  • Results of Presidential election in Ekiti state

    Result s of Presidential election in Ekiti state

    Ekiti East LG

    APC- 8,274

    PDP- 11, 922

    Ijero LG

    APC- 9,498

    PDP- 13, 420
    Moba Local government
    APC- 7,492
    PDP- 8,687
    Oye Local government
    APC- 8,574
    PDP- 11,262
    Ekiti South West
    APC- 7,195
    PDP-10,220
    Ilejemeje local government
    APC- 3000
    PDP, 3,799
    Ikere local government
    APC- 7,990
    PDP- 14,091
    Irepodun/Ifelodun
    APC – 7,970
    PDP-11, 395
    Emure local government
    APC -5,353
    PDP- 6,822
    Ekiti West
    APC- 8,001
    PDP- 10,003
    Ado Ekiti
    APC- 14,414
    PDP- 25,411
    Efon local government
    APC- 3,103
    PDP- 5,699
    Ido Osi local government
    APC- 7,433
    PDP-12,479
    Ise Orun local government
    APC- 5,675
    PDP-9,158
    Ikole local government
    APC-10,026
    PDP- 13,306
    Gboyin local government
    APC- 6,334
    PDP- 8,792