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  • Atiku records narrow victory over Buhari in Oyo

    The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku, has recorded a narrow victory over the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari in Oyo State.

    In the results from the 33 local governments in the state as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Atiku polled 366,720 votes to beat Buhari who garnered 365,230 votes. He won with 1,490 votes.

    Atiku won in 19 local governments while Buhari won in 14.

    Below are the results from each of the 33 local governments in the state.

    1. AFIJIO – Returning Officer: Prof. Isaac Adetona
    APC – 6,874
    PDP – 8,325

    2. Saki East -Returning Officer -Prof. Kolawole Falade
    APC – 5,730
    PDP – 5,883

    3. Kajola LG – Returning Officer – Prof. Olaniyi Babayemi
    APC – 11,665
    PDP – 12,282

    4. Ibarapa North LG – Prof Abiodun Sanusi
    APC – 6,587
    PDP – 9,070

    5. Ibarapa East – Prof. Gbolagade Jonathan
    APC – 7,964
    PDP – 10,346

    6. Itesiwaju LG – Prof. Ismail Azeez
    APC: 6, 193
    PDP: 7, 010

    7. Iwajowa LG – Dr Bamidele Dahunsi APC: 6, 528 PDP: 7, 477

    8. Ibadan Northwest LG – Prof. Temitayo Ewemoje
    APC: 11, 126
    PDP: 14, 550

    9. Irepo LG – Prof. Adebayo Amos Omoloye

    APC: 11, 688
    PDP: 4, 244

    10. Olorunsogo LG – Prof. Nelson Fashina
    APC: 5,447
    PDP: 5,922

    11. Egbeda LG – Prof. Olajide Fashola
    APC: 17, 295
    PDP: 15, 065

    12. Oluyole LG- Prof. Olukayode Ogunsanwo
    APC: 12, 522
    PDP: 10, 932

    13. Saki West LG – Dr Soji Awoyemi
    APC: 21, 136
    PDP: 10, 452

    14. Atisbo LG – Prof. Abiodun Bamidele
    APC: 8, 550
    PDP: 8, 128

    15. Iseyin LG – Prof
    APC: 19, 714
    PDP: 11, 781

    16. Ona Ara LG – Prof. David Aremu
    APC: 8, 711
    PDP: 9, 747

    17. Orelope LG – Prof. John Oyinlola Oladeji
    APC: 9, 897
    PDP: 4,089

    18. Ibarapa Central LG – Prof. Julius Akinyemi Fapaide
    APC: 8, 410
    PDP: 7,443

    19. Surulere LG – Prof. Rahman Akinoso
    APC: 9,038
    PDP: 10, 604

    20. Ido LG – Dr. Adefemi A
    APC: 10,762
    PDP: 9,715

    21. Ibadan North LG – Dr Tijani Musa
    APC: 23, 210
    PDP: 24,887

    22. Ogo Oluwa LG
    APC: 5,756
    PDP: 7,915

    23. Akinyele LG
    APC: 13, 695
    PDP: 14, 433

    24. OriireLG
    APC: 9, 693
    PDP: 12, 425

    25. Oyo East LG
    APC: 11, 276
    PDP: 8, 289

    26. Lagelu LG
    APC: 11,482
    PDP: 10510

    27. Oyo West LG
    APC: 11, 535
    PDP: 7, 203

    28. Atiba LG
    Collation Officer:
    APC: 13, 116
    PDP: 7, 983

    29. Ibadan Southwest LG
    APC: 22, 546
    PDP: 20, 233

    30. Ibadan North East LG
    APC: 12, 049
    PDP: 21, 165

    31. Ogbomosho North LG
    APC: 6,008
    PDP: 18,678

    32. Ibadan South East LG – Dr Adedeji Olufemi
    APC: 14, 937
    PDP: 13,844

    33. Ogbomosho South LG – Prof Olutokunbo Oyesola
    APC: 4,090
    PDP: 16, 090
    TOTAL

    APC – 365,230

    PDP – 366,720

  • Atiku leads with 3,034 votes in Edo

    Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is leading with 3034 votes ahead of President Mohammadu Buhari in the 15 local government areas that have been announced.

    President Buhari is leading in eight of the local government areas but the aggregate scores are 239,582 while Atiku had 242,616 from seven local government areas.

    Results are being expected from Esan Central, Uhunwode and Orhiomwon local government areas.

  • Presidential poll: Atiku floors Buhari in FCT

    The Presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has claimed the FCT presidential election.

    Atiku scored 259,997 as against President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC) 152,224.

    Read Also: Atiku wins Ayade’s local government

    Collation officer for FCT, PROF. Mohammed Suleiman, Nasarawa state University amounted the result.
    FCT with registered vote population of 1, 335, 015 recorded voter turn out of 467, 784.

    For Saturday’s election, FCT also recorded 432,951 valid votes while 27 457 votes were rejected.
    The number of vote cast is 451,408 votes.

  • Atiku wins Ayade’s local government

    Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won Obudu, the home local government area of Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade.

    Atiku scored 30, 562 to beat Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, who came second with 4, 794.

    The Collation Officer, Dr Tony Eyang, while declaring the result at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) secretariat in Calabar, said the exercise was peaceful in the area.

    Eyang, a lecturer in the Department of English and Literary Studies, in the University of Calabar, said the area has a voting strength of 131, 470 but 38, 738 were accredited to vote.

    Read Also: Atiku maintains lead in 18 Adamawa LGAs

    Atiku is leading so far in the state by a wide margin after the announcement of nine out of 18 local government areas in the state.

    Also, the elections for Etung local area were cancelled due to violence. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Frankland Briyai, was silent on whether there would be a new date for the elections.

    Also, there were no elections in four out of 10 wards of Bakassi local government area due to problems with assessing the areas by sea. INEC was also silent about what would be done about this.

  • Atiku maintains lead in 18 Adamawa LGAs

    The results of the presidential election in three more LGAs in Adamawa State have been announced with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar maintaining the lead.

    Atiku had been in the lead since about 9am on Monday when results of 15 LGAs were released.

    But more results have since been announced from three more LGAs namely Song, Fufore and Gombi, bringing to 18 the total number of LGAs where results have been announced since the collation exercise started Sunday evening.

    Read Also: Atiku leads Adamawa’s 15th LGA result

    Atiku has a total of 349,690 votes from the 18 LGAs while Buhari has 338,926 votes.

    In the latest results Atiku polled 22,648 votes in Song, 16,430 in Fufore and 18,172 in Gombi while Buhari polled 17,350 votes in Song, 29,507 in Fufore and 12,805 in Gombi.

    The Presidential Collation Centre in Yola adjourned sitting to 2pm after announcing the Gombi LGA result with pending results from the remaining Michika, Jada and Toungo LGAs.

  • Atiku leads Adamawa’s 15th LGA result

    Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP has taken a slight lead over President Muhammad Buhari of the APC as the 15th LGA result of the presidential poll in Adamawa State was announced about 9.20am on Monday.

    The results from six other LGAs were still being worked on as this story was filed.

    Atiku polled a total of 292,440 votes, as against Buhari’s 279,264 votes in the 15 LGAs that had been announced.

    Read Also: Atiku wins seven Rivers LGs

    The LGAs from which the results summed up to the foregoing figures were Girei, Shelleng, Mubi North, Yola North, Numan, Demsa, Hong, Ganye, Guyuk, Lamurde, Yola South, Mubi South, Mayo Belwa, Madagali and Maiha.

    While Atiku won by wide margins in Numan, Demsa, Hong, Guyuk, Lamurde, Madagali and Mayo Belwa, Buhari took the lead in Mubi North, Shelleng, Girei, Yola North, Ganye, Yola South, Mubi South and Maiha.

  • Buhari wins Nasarawa for the first time

    President Muhammadu Buhari has won Nasarawa state for the first time since 2003 defeating Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by 37,896 votes.

    Results collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lafia shows that President Buhari polled 279,315 votes to defeat Atiku who polled 241,419 votes.

    Buhari won in eight local governments while Atiku won in five local governments marking the first time the Peoples Democratic Party has lost Nasarawa state in a presidential election since then return to democracy in 1999.

    Read Also: Buhari leads in five local governments in Edo

    The president got his highest number of votes in Lafia, the state capital, where he polled 55,254, while Atiku got his highest votes in Karu local government after polling 49,292.

  • APC criticises PDP for asking INEC to declare Atiku winner of presidential election

    THE All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday described the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar as winner of Saturday’s presidential election as an unwarranted attack on democracy and Nigerians.

    In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC said the call was shameful.

    He said: “The PDP in that statement, recklessly calls on the INEC to arbitrarily declare its candidate, Atiku Abubakar the winner of the presidential election.

    “This call is shameful and alarming; unwilling to wait for INEC, the constituted legal authority to complete its task, the PDP seeks a short cut by false and premature claims of victory, this cannot stand.

    “Our nation is trying to perfect its democracy, not turn it into a mockery, sadly, this objective is lost to the PDP.”

    The ruling party accused the PDP of trying to intimidate the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare its candidate even before the collation of the result begins.

    Issa-Onilu said the APC believed in the sanctity of the ballot box and the rule of law, stressing that what the PDP was trying to do was throw the nation into a state of confusion.

    He accused the PDP of being desperate to take over power, noting that it was not patient enough to allow the INEC carry out its constitutional responsibility of collating the results as expressed by the people before declaring the winner of the election.

    He said the statement by the PDP was not helpful to the electoral system, adding that seeking a short cut to power will be counter-productive.

    Issa-Onilu said: “Sadly, this objective is lost to the PDP. The PDP’s guiding principle is distilled to the following: because they want something, then they should get it. What they use to guide themselves actually blinds them instead.

    “They want the presidency so badly that they have engaged in all manner of misconduct and spared little cost to achieve their aim, they now believe that they are entitled to claim victory, notwithstanding the vote and will of the people. But this is not the way of democracy. Democracy means the people choose for themselves not that the PDP chooses for them.

    “That may have been the way in the past when they engineered and kidnapped elections to achieve their desired end, notwithstanding the true will of the people. Thankfully, those days are gone and gone forever.

    “These elections are supposed to be democratic exercises, not a platform for the PDP to impose their selfish designs on a hopeful nation. The PDP should honour and follow the sovereign will and sober dignity of the Nigerian people.

    “The people patiently waited the additional week for Election Day to come. The vast majority of people again exercised patience as they peacefully voted on Election Day.

    “Unfortunately, isolated incidents of violence took place. We are deeply saddened by the violence and disruption that did occur. Nigerians died yesterday (on Saturday) and that should never have happened and should never happen again during an election of any kind in our land. Their deaths are needless tragedies that marred what was otherwise a celebration of our maturing democracy.

    “Instead of the discordant and provocative statement it released, the PDP should be appealing for peace and for INEC to diligently and thoroughly perform the vital task assigned it.

    “Curiously, the majority of violent incidents and reports of electoral malpractice emanate from states which the PDP controls. It appears the PDP just cannot break from their old ways.

    “The PDP press statement is but a continuation of the sordid games that party has mastered. While all evidence points to the misconduct of their people, they make outlandish and false claims against the APC.

    “This is but the typical modus operandi of a master swindler. They seek to distract the public eye from their own wrongs, by falsely accusing the APC of the very things they had conspired to set in motion months before this election even took place.

    “From trying to falsify results on the ground to attempts at hacking the INEC software, they are willing to say and do anything to obtain victory, no matter how tainted by the wrongs they commit.

    “On our part, the APC has governed and campaigned as we believed was right. Because of this, we are content to await the verdict of the people. We also believe that only INEC has the authority to announce election results.

    “What the PDP is trying to do, by claiming without any factual basis that Atiku has won, is usurp INEC’s constitutional authority. Moreover, PDP’s words are rash eruptions that may incite needless violence and unrest.

    “Thus, we ask the PDP to live up to the status it claims for itself as a large political party. The PDP should behave more responsibly instead of acting the role of spoiled children who threaten to upset the dinner table if not fed their preferred meal. The APC asks and encourages INEC to do its job as mandated by law and by good conscience and not by the screams of those who do not fully believe in these ideals. We hope INEC can begin to release results soon and do so in a way that protects and honours the vote of every Nigerian who cast a ballot.

    “We also ask our members and supporters to exercise patience and conduct themselves peacefully. Democracy is a contest of issues and visions. Not one of muscle and fighting. Let there be no more violence among us. Remember that we are all Nigerians and belong to the same national family despite our political differences.

    “On this day, may democracy and sovereign will of the electorate reign. There is no worthy substitute for this despite the malign protestations of the PDP.  If Nigeria is to stand for something, let it be democracy and let it be today, so that we assure for ourselves fruits of a brighter future.”

     

  • PDP plotting to declare Atiku winner of election, says APC

    •Party seeks Buba Galadima’s arrest
    •’Plot to alter S’East, S’South results uncovered’

    THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council yesterday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and other relevant security agencies to activate the provisions of the law on non-official declaration of results.

    It alleged that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its agents have completed plans to declare Atiku Abubakar as the winner of Saturday’s presidential election without waiting for INEC.

    The Council, in a statement by its spokesman, Festus Keyamo, said the opposition plans to create confusion that would trigger pockets of protests by hired thugs across the country in other to attract the sympathy of the international community.

    Keyamo said, as part of the plot, a video recording has already been made by one of the PDP campaign spokespersons, Buba Galadima, announcing Atiku as the winner of the election.

    Calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Galadima, the APC campaign council urged Atiku to say something on the alleged video by Galadima.

    Also yesterday, the Central Working Committee of APC Women and Youth Presidential Campaign Team raised the alarm over alleged plans by the opposition to instigate violence in the Southeast and Southsouth so as to use that as cover to alter the election result figures from the two geo-political zones.

    Keyamo’s statement reads: “Devastated by authentic results filtering out of polling units nationwide, our usual sources within the camp of the PDP have informed us that an emergency meeting of the main opposition party has been summoned for today somewhere in Abuja.

    “Top on the agenda of the PDP is to activate the last strand of their Dubai strategies that have since collapsed like a pack of cards: they plan to release fake results of the presidential selection later today or early Monday morning that they claim to have compiled themselves.

    “Our information is that they aim to create crises and confusion that will lead to Atiku claiming victory in a day or two from today ahead of the official announcement of the results by INEC. Then, what would follow will be some carefully choreographed protests by pockets of hoodlums in some parts of the country. The ultimate aim is to curry the sympathy of our foreign friends and push us to the Venezuela situation.

    “Our call is, therefore, to INEC, Nigeria Broadcasting Commission and all law-enforcement agencies to continually warn the PDP and all their surrogates like the amorphous Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) and their likes that anyone, who flouts the law on announcement of official results will be made to face the law. Opposition does not confer immunity on anyone to flout the law.

    “In preparation for this reckless move, some PDP social media agents are already flying some kites online as to the number of states allegedly ‘won’ by PDP. In fact, Galadima, an official spokesperson for Atiku, has made a short video announcing PDP as the ‘winner’ of the presidential election.

    “As an official spokesperson, he is clearly acting on behalf of Atiku and on his instruction. We, therefore call for the immediate arrest, interrogation and prosecution of Galadima in this regard. The world is watching and waiting on Atiku to say something on the video by Galadima.

    “Consequently, we urge all well-meaning Nigerians, the international community and even reasonable members of the opposition not to be bought by these cheap antics of the PDP. Let’s restrain our wards from being used by these unscrupulous elements. Nigeria will continue to exist after this election.”

    Addressing a news conference in Abuja yesterday, chairman of the campaign committee, Gen. Buba Marwa, called on security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be vigilant and prevent such moves.

    He said: “We will like to draw attention to the fact that there are plans afoot for massive manipulation of results by the opposition in the Southeast and Southsouth through the unleashing of violence from tonight onwards with a view to altering election results by using total registered voters instead of accredited voters to change the final result figures.

    “We, therefore, urge security agencies and INEC to monitor this information very closely and act swiftly to forestall this nefarious intention. As we await the final outcome that will surely confirm the re-election of President Buhari, let us all keep our eyes on the ball, follow the collation process closely and remain steadfast until the whole exercise is concluded in our favour.”

    Expressing optimism that the final results will favour President Buhari and the APC, Marwa hailed the campaign team to the President, his wife and other party leaders for their support and encouragement throughout the duration of the campaign.

    He added: “While we await the verdict of history, may I on behalf of the Central Working Committee of our campaign team thank our members, coordinators and full structures, canvassers, door-to-door mobilisers and millions of patriots for their uncommon commitment and efforts towards the success of the President Muhammadu Buhari re-election project. I want to put it on record that your selfless labour has made all the difference in the outcome of the election, which no doubt will be in our favour by the grace of God.

     

  • Atiku condemns election violence

    People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has condemned the bloody violence that claimed the lives of innocent Nigerians during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

    He restated that no one deserves to die over a process to elect their leaders.

    Atiku reiterated his earlier position that no politician’s ambition is worth the blood of any innocent Nigerian.

    According to him, no politician should celebrate his political gains, if they are written in the blood of innocent Nigerians, and that no Nigerian, including innocent youth corps members, deserve to die for the sake of any man’s political ambition.

    He said those innocent Nigerians that died won’t be forgotten for their sacrifices, adding that political violence, which is being aided and abetted by desperate politicians, is giving the country’s democracy a bad name.

    In a statement yesterday by his Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Ibe, the PDP flagbearer said: “Those politicians, who climb the ladder of human lives to attain power, have brought our democracy into disrepute, and that it was high time the Nigerian youth opened their eyes to resist being used to kill and maim.

    “Any politician who is sincerely interested in the progress of the youth shouldn’t be using them as cannon fodder for his/her ambition. The youth deserve jobs and not death.

    “The real enemies worth fighting are poverty, unemployment, hunger, nepotism, division, despair and uncertain future.”

    He expressed sadness over the death of some Nigerians during the elections and expressed his condolences to the families and friends of those innocent Nigerians that tragically lost their lives.