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  • Kenyan police killed 13 during 2017 protests

    Kenyan police killed 13 during 2017 protests

    Kenyan police killed 13 people in clashes that took place in the Mathare slums of the country’s capital after the 2017 elections, local media reported on Monday.

    The protests that took place between Aug. 9 and Aug. 13 and after the Oct. 26, 2017 vote resulted in deaths of 13 people in the slums and injuries of dozens more due to police actions.

    The original presidential election took place in the African nation on Aug. 8.

    On Aug. 11, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner with 54.27 percent of the votes.

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    Raila Odinga from opposition National Super Alliance received 44.7 per cent of the votes. Odinga vowed to

    challenge the results in the Supreme Court, claiming that the voting system had been hacked.

    On Sept. 1, the Kenyan Supreme Court decided to invalidate the August presidential election, annul the

    results and hold a new vote following the opposition’s appeal.

    The Supreme Court ruled that the election was not organised in full compliance with the country’s constitution and with violations by an independent election commission.

    Given the decision, a new election was held on Oct. 26.

    The elections were accompanied by deadly protests against their execution, as well as against their results.

    NAN

  • LG Polls: Economic activities halt in Asaba, environs

    Economic and social activities have been grounded in Asaba and its environs following the ongoing local government polls in the 25 councils Edo.

    A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the poll on Saturday in Asaba, Oshimili North, Aniocha South and environs, reported that shops, markets, filling stations were under lock and key.

    There was total vehicular movement restriction in the areas following the state police command order on restriction of movements within the state between 6:00 a.m and 3:00 p.m.on election day.

    It also reports that most of the polling units visited in the areas had quite a large number of voters who were being accredited for voting.

    Voting has commenced in some other areas such as ward 6 Omuboy Primary and Secondary school Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state.

    NAN also reports that voting had also commenced in Ward 11 Aninsha Primary school in Ogwashi-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state. (NAN)

  • Intrigues and the 2019 presidential election

    SIR: Pursuant to Section 135(2)(a) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, President Muhammadu Buhari would alongside some state governors complete their four-year term on May 29, 2019.  As a result, politicking is gathering momentum in diverse dimensions and quarters with many defections, scheming and political-arithmetic by ambitious politicians. For some in their defences, especially for habitual defectors, it was lack of internal democracy in their political party, for some others, monumental failure of their party to meet aspirations of the masses. And for new entrants, audacious claims on rescue mission over the economy writing off the ruling class with endless commissions and omissions. Finally, for the ruling party, consolidation of labored ground-breaking policies becomes the new mantra. Of course, these are politics in action as long as campaigns are issues-based, devoid of personal attacks and acrimony. Nonetheless, in the civilized world, defection from party-to-party is rare, unethical and usually decodes a picture of no political ideology, values and integrities.

    By the development, the battle for control of the federal power for next political dispensation will be relentlessly contested between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile ruling party, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) except new merger surfaces which is unlikely at this juncture. Presently, APC has upper hand, and undeniably with viable structures, increasing numerically on daily basis leveraging on defections from other political parties particularly its major opponent. On the other hand, few that are insecure and uncertain of actualizing personal ambitions in the ruling party opt for exodus. However, the grumblings devoid of appeasements aim at just one goal; to strategically emerge a candidate in any political party in view of the general election, and peradventure the new political party fails to expressly honour the ambition, it speedily faces its abandonment with a new catalogue of accusations and criticisms.

    Be that as it may, salient factors that may play major roles in the 2019 presidential election include rotation of the presidency which is of utmost national interest despite its no provision in the constitution. Arising from this, this may not be a good time for hate speeches along ethnic lines but to ponder meticulously, responsibly and foresightedly before adopting a presidential candidate.

    The most salient factor is the position of economy under APC leadership in comparison with PDP previous governments, x-raying from its position during the inauguration in 2015. Without a doubt, the economy has not substantially ascended to the anticipated position in terms of dividends of democracy but evidently, it is pointing towards that direction by a whole lot of strategic policies starting with plummeting the massive corruption the economy was fantastically subjected to over the years which led to economic recession. With President Buhari’s proficiency in maneuvering the almost-collapsed economy out of recession, it attests that the president has wherewithal to move it to next level if given another chance. It therefore implies that Nigerians cannot afford to enthrone political instability at this critical time. The present administration indisputably took off at almost zero level except long-lists of mismanaged, diverted public-funds in earsplitting figures in foreign currencies, thus deserved adequate time to consolidate on its policies for dividends of democracy in line with its manifesto.

    Arising from the above and in the overall interest of the nation, concerted actions should sensitively be geared towards consolidating the developing policies in place alongside deploying additional capable hands by the federal government in its workforce. If not, the economy will inescapably recycle to square one by changing government alongside policies haphazardly. Nonetheless, if PDP has the capability, know-how and substantial message to convince and successfully wrestle back federal power from the ruling APC knowing that electorates can without aid produce a realistic profile and the party’s philosophies through its 16 years in office, it is no taboo as long as it is by PVC (Permanent Voters Card) and essentially, one-man; one-vote. Democracy is a game of numbers.

     

    • Carl Umegboro,

    Lagos.

  • Liberia: Low turnout in decisive re-run presidential election

    Liberia: Low turnout in decisive re-run presidential election

    Liberia’s Run-off election to determine the successor of Africa’s first female President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf finally kicked off Tuesday morning with indications of low voter’s turnout. George Stewart reports

     

    Voters at polling centers loosely formed queues, while some were not interested in the process. A group of young men opted to vote later in the day. They stood around the polling center identifying their names on displayed voter rolls at the Duahzon Public School Building in Margibi County. Officially, polls closed at 6pm local time, enabling electoral officials to tally votes and conclude the process early in the evening.

    A taxicab driver only known as David is committed to fully running traffic without any plan to vote. He said even the voting day added to the fatigue of Christmas makes it uncertain for him to get his day’s report. “The hustle already hard, then their voting business makes things harder”, David said as he drove on.  Like some qualified voters, David’s candidate was defeated; thereby weakening him to repose his confidence in any of the two candidates.

    Reports from polling centers across the country on local radio stations further pointed to signs of possible low voter’s turnout. Run-off elections in Liberia usually experience dramatic low voter’s turnout, because second time voters feel reluctant to sacrifice for another round of voting, especially in a hash voting process like that of October 10.

    Once National Elections Commission (NEC) reveals low voter’s turnout, reasons such as post-Christmas voting date and voter’s refusal to return to the polls for the second could surface. Also, the October 10 polls included nearly 1000 candidates who contested legislative seats.

    There are reports that some representative candidates relocated voters in their favor.  Now the burden of returning to their polling centers this time lies with the voters themselves.  Mr. Arthur Kieh and his family supported an incumbent representative who lost the seat. The kiehs are unable to vote in this runoff since the cost of returning to their polling center is as high as Ten Thousand Liberian Dollars.

    Former Football star, George Weah and Sirleaf’s Vice President, Joseph Boakai are the two candidates qualified in today’s election.  Weah won the October 10 polls with 38%, defeating 19 candidates, but fell short to uprightly obtain at least 50% plus one vote.  His contender, Vice President Joseph Boakai obtained 28% as the second highest candidate in the first round. Liberian elections law qualifies the two highest to contest another round of election in two weeks after the announcement of the first round results, but the results were heavily protested on court.

    The third place winner, Cllr. Charles Brumskine of the Liberty Party challenged the October 10 polls, describing it as marred with “frauds and irregularities”, but Liberian Supreme Court ruling on December 7 authorized the NEC to conduct the runoff after a cleanup of the voter’s roll. Boakai’s Unity Party joined Brumskine’s Liberty Party in court action against the NEC for the cancelation of the first round results. If their plead to the Supreme Court were  anything to go by, Liberia would by now be preparing itself to again hold crowded elections with more, if not all, candidates returning to the ballots against the inauguration of the new president on the

    The winner of the Liberian run-off election is poised to break record as the first president in more than 70 years to take over from another democratically elected president. Liberia’s last democratic transition was in 1944 when the 18th President, Edwin Barclay turned over to William V.S. Tubman as the 19th President of the country.

    As vice to Tubman, William R. Tolbert took over the presidency but was killed in  a  coup d’ etat led by Master Sergeant Samuel Doe who ruled the country for 20 years. All these years, Liberia had had civil wars until 2005 when Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the first post war elections in a highly contested election.

    Liberians expect a more robust president to step up the gains of Mrs. Sirleaf, whose administration was weighed down by rampant corruption, luxuries in government and the outbreak of Ebola. Her administration enjoyed huge international support and presence in Liberia. The largest United Nations peacekeeping troop was deployed during her first tenure of six (6) years.  After 12 years of the Sirleaf Administration, the country is yet to fully restore of basic social services such as water, electricity, roads and airport facilities.

    Footballer turned politician George Weah has overwhelmed Liberian politics as his sporting popularity heavily wins for him the young people representing at least 60% of the country’s population. Liberia is a small size West African nation of less than six (6) million people.

    Weah is heavily criticized for what his opponents point to as his weak public speaking skills and his inability to understand the intricacy of government. He boycotted all of the presidential debates for undisclosed reasons.   Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change has always won all of Liberia’s first round elections since 2005. This time, his party is standing in collaboration with other political parties including jailed former president Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Party (NPP). Taylor’s former wife Jowel Howard Taylor, herself a senator, serves as the vice presidential candidate to George Weah.  If the Weah ticket wins the runoff election, Mrs. Taylor by law will preside over the senate as its President.

    Weah’s contender, Vice President Joseph Boakai, 73 has complained and longed for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s support to his presidency. Though Sirleaf has not openly confirmed the withdrawal of her support to Boakai, she stayed out of most of his political rallies in the name of wrapping up her government logically.

    Boakai has rated himself nominal in the Sirleaf administration, though he has presided over the House of Senate for 12 years and attested to globally condemned concession agreements. He claimed President Sirleaf did not give him the chance to play active role in her government. In one of the electon debates, Boakai referred to himself as “a race car parked in garage for 12 years”, meaning he was not given the chance to fully exert himself in government.

    Liberia stands at a crossroad. The more than two million registered voters have to decide the fate of this challenged nation either led by aged and preserved Boakai or an inarticulate and politically limited Weah, already enclosed by political radicals. “To fit in the shoes of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the new president must possess the skills and charisma to rub shoulders with today’s world leaders”, Reporter George Harris of Daily Observer Newspaper told me as he covered the polls outside Monrovia.

  • ‘Appeal Court didn’t cancel election’

    ‘Appeal Court didn’t cancel election’

    The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to issue a Certificate of Return to  Obiora Okonkwo as the Senator representing Anambra Central.

    It said the judgment of the Federal High Court is meant to perpetually deny the people of representation in the Senate.

    Addressing a news conference in Abuja, Secretary-General of CNPP, Willy Ezugwu, said since the Appeal Court nullified the March 28, 2015 elections, and ordered INEC to conduct a fresh one, the Federal High Court has no power to reverse the decision.

    The group sees the judgment as an attempt to flex muscles with the Court of Appeal, describing it as an unconstitutional anomaly capable of truncating democracy if not nipped in the bud.

    According to Ezugwu, the hierarchy of courts in Nigeria, established under section 6(6) of the 1999 Constitution, is clear and unambiguous, saying: “the Federal High Court is inferior to the Court of Appeal under our Constitution. It is incapable of returning Dr. Obiora Okonkwo as Senator when the election in question is no longer alive, having been nullified by the Court of Appeal.”

    He said: “The CNPP calls on INEC to know that there are about 13 other political parties preparing to participate in the new election holding in January.

    “Consequently, the CNPP urges INEC to ensure that enemies of our democracy do not prevail in their plot to abort the fresh election and permanently deny Anambra Central representation in the eighth senate.”

    But  Okonkwo said the Court of Appeal neither nullified the March 28, 2015 election, nor the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but merely held that Uche Ekwunife, the party’s candidate, was not duly nominated.

    Okonkwo is therefore asking the commission to respect the judgment and issue him a Certificate of Return as the duly elected senator for Anambra Central.

    According to him, since the court ruled that it is the party, not the candidate, that win elections, he should be issued with a Certificate of Return since the court declared him the the duly nominated candidate for the election and not Uche Ekwenife.

  • Notable takeaways from Anambra governorship election

    Notable takeaways from Anambra governorship election

    The recently concluded governorship election in Anambra State presents us with a few notable lessons in this era of change, and the generally acknowledged successful conduct of the election should not prevent us from appreciating the lessons.

    First, consistent with the change mantra of the ruling party, there is a new reality of change in electoral politics. The second item on the highlights of APC’s 2015 election manifesto, next to the party’s promise to devolve power to states, is the strengthening of INEC to “reduce/eliminate electoral malpractices.” Many would have cynically brushed off this promise as another political gimmick. They would be wrong. For, there is a clearly observable presidential leadership of a new attitude to the conduct of free and fair elections. We must applaud the approach.

    The explanation for this attitude is not far-fetched. The president’s party has not shied away from trumpeting the integrity of the Commander-in-Chief as the Protagonist-in-Chief for electoral integrity. There is some substance in these cheer-leading efforts for Mr. President. Look at the success rate of APC, the ruling party, in the special and bye elections since 2015, and you will agree that the president has not considered those elections as a “do or die” battle, unlike at least one of his predecessors.

    Another explanation is, however, available. President Buhari himself was a three-time victim of what he and his supporters believed to be electoral malfeasance on the part of PDP, the then ruling party. In at least one instance, the PDP winner of the presidential election all but conceded the charge of rigging with his subsequent setting up of an electoral integrity committee from which nothing came out. It was partly because of this experience of impunity that ACN, one of the legacy parties that formed the APC, made electoral integrity its major assignment post-2007.

    His experience as a victim of electoral malpractice must have sensitized President Buhari to the need for true independence for INEC, the electoral umpire. Did the president give INEC a marching order to ensure perceptible fairness in its work? If he did not explicitly, his body language must have spoken volumes. While it is what we must expect in a decent society, we cannot quickly forget the impunity of the recent past. We must appreciate and commend the efforts to reorient the nation in a positive direction.

    Second, we may, with good reason, affirm that the incumbency factor is a big deal and it worked in favor of Governor Obiano. The impact of four years on the seat is not to be taken lightly. Of course, four years without performance won’t really matter and may have backfired against him. That the Anambra electorates saw him fit for re-election is a credit on the part of the governor. Furthermore, it is significant that Peter Obi’s abandonment of his former protege did not affect the electoral fortunes of the governor. These are interesting times.

    In one sense, it appears clear that without his name on the ballot, Obi was one of the greatest losers of the election. He campaigned intensely against Obiano and for Obaze. Anambra voters refused his entreaties and voted to reelect their governor. Two reasons may be adduced here. First, Anambrans may be nursing a grudge against Obi for jumping the ship of Nkemba’s APGA, the party that gave him a shot at fame for two terms as governor of the state. Second, PDP, his new-found love, has nothing to offer the people of Anambra at a time that it is also struggling to survive as a party. So much for mainstream politics.

    Third, while we may not fully understand what their motivations are, we can agree that the electorates are in control. Whatever reason they have for backing Obiano, it seems clear that the electorates are in charge as they should be. Sure, there are complaints of money changing hands. If it is true, it is a sad reflection of the reality of our poverty-driven politics. But if only money from candidate to voters played a role in Obiano’s victory, it still shows that we have moved from the fraudulent and undemocratic use of security agencies to rig elections and thwart the preference of the voters.

    My conclusion in the last paragraph is not in any way a support for the ugly influence of money in politics. There is still a crying need for the education of the electorate. They ought to know that voting for a crook who offered them one thousand naira amounts to selling their political birthright for a plate of porridge. But if they opened their eyes wide and have their senses operating optimally, and they still prefer a rogue with billions to spread around, then they are surely going to pay for it with their forsaken welfare. Abe Lincoln was right: “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”

    The fact remains, however, that APGA’s Obiano won and APC’s Nwoye lost.  It is a stretch to attribute this to the influence of money. If it were true that money played a lot of influence, we should expect that the candidate of the ruling party would have more access to free-flowing money as it used to be. It is too soon to forget, in view of the ongoing investigation and litigation, that a former ruling party all but emptied the treasury and bank vaults in its bid to attract votes and remain in power.

    Fourth, in all of this, we cannot but recognize an ominous note of warning to the ruling party. After the 2015 presidential elections, I expressed delight and hope that the country was getting into an era of a strong two-party system in which electorates have a choice between two competing ideological platforms. The results of the elections since 2015 do not clearly show that we are there. However, the fact that the ruling party has lost elections in areas where it performed well in 2015, including the Southwest, suggests either that the voters are not wholly satisfied with its performance or that the ruling party has some internal issues to resolve. Either way, the party’s performance in special and bye-elections thus far calls for soul searching if it is not going to be embarrassed in 2019.

    In the case of Anambra elections, Governor Okorocha, who as the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum is well-placed to know what the challenges are, offered his advice to the ruling party to get its house in order. In his congratulatory message to Obiano, Okorocha advised other candidates to accept the results of the election and suggested that in-fighting within the camp of APC may have cost the party the election.

    Finally, it appears to me that the most important political takeaway from the election is the collapse of IPOB’s threat. The large turnout of voters in the urban and rural areas of the state was a huge morale booster for the political leaders of the Southeast zone who had placed their political capital on the line, canvassing for Ndigbo’s mass participation in the election against the demand of IPOB for total boycott. Between those establishment leaders and IPOB leaders, the people’s choice was clear on election day.

    The huge turnout for the election was also a lesson for the central government to manage crisis effectively without overreaction to raucous agitation led by itinerant leaders. Surely, Ndigbo, like other nationalities, have genuine grievances against the system, and it is in the interest of the Federal Government to take seriously these complaints with a view to resolving them.

    President Buhari did the right thing by visiting the Southeast shortly before Anambra governorship election and reassuring them of the readiness of the Federal Government to work with the zone on the issues of concern to them. But what just happened with the turnout suggests powerfully that the Igbo are as desirous as other nationalities to resolve issues politically and within the territorial boundaries of Nigeria.

  • Live updates: Anambra governorship election results

    Live updates: Anambra governorship election results

    Nnewi North LGA

    10 RAs

    Registered voters 115,662

    Accredited voters 21,880

    AA – 2

    ADAP – 50

    ACD – 10

    ACPN – 11

    ADC – 25

    ADP – 23

    APC – 3,616

    APDA – 107

    APGA – 10,845

    APP – 33

    BNPP – 2

    DA – 2

    DPC – 7

    GPN – 3

    HDP – 1

    ID – 1

    KOWA – 0

    LP – 62

    MMN – 7

    MPPP – 3

    NCP – 3

    NDLP – 4

    NEPP – 2

    NNPP – 3

    NPC – 5

    NUP – 2

    PDC – 29

    PDP – 4157

    PPA – 56

    PPN – 3

    PPP – 1

    PRP – 2

    SDP – 2

    UDP – 20

    UPP – 462

    YDP – 5

    YPP- 9

    Valid votes – 19,575

    Rejected votes – 1,359

    Total votes cast – 20,934

     

    Idemili North LGA

    12 RAs

    Registered voters 178,938

    Accredited voters 25,254

    AA – 2

    ADAP – 47

    ACD – 11

    ACPN – 11

    ADC – 17

    ADP – 27

    APC – 4,632

    APDA – 71

    APGA – 12,180

    APP – 23

    BNPP – 2

    DA – 6

    DPC -6

    GPN – 5

    HDP – 5

    ID – 0

    KOWA – 1

    LP – 25

    MMN – 3

    MPPP – 4

    NCP – 6

    NDLP -1

    NEPP – 1

    NNPP – 3

    NPC – 7

    NUP – 2

    PDC – 13

    PDP – 2767

    PPA – 109

    PPN – 3

    PPP – 4

    PRP – 0

    SDP – 3

    UDP – 24

    UPP – 2,847

    YDP – 8

    YPP- 4

    Valid votes – 22,880

    Rejected votes – 1661

    Total votes cast – 24,541

     

    Anambra West LGA

    Registration Areas: 10

    Registered voters 61,012

    Accredited voters 15,628

    AA – 3

    ADAP – 61

    ACD – 6

    ACPN – 3

    ADC – 10

    ADP – 8

    APC – 4,261

    APDA – 39

    APGA – 8,152

    APP – 30

    BNPP – 4

    DA – 4

    DPC – 0

    GPN – 0

    HDP – 0

    ID – 1

    KOWA – 8

    LP – 14

    MMN – 4

    MPPP – 1

    NCP – 2

    NDLP -0

    NEPP – 5

    NNPP – 1

    NPC – 2

    NUP – 0

    PDC – 5

    PDP – 1,578

    PPA – 99

    PPN – 0

    PPP – 0

    PRP – 0

    SDP – 1

    UDP – 3

    UPP – 207

    YDP – 2

    YPP- 1

    Valid votes – 14,515

    Rejected votes – 1005

    Total votes cast – 15520

    Nnewi South LGA

    20 RAs

    Registered voters 72,431

    Accredited voters 18,658

    AA – 01

    ADAP – 32

    ACD – 05

    ACPN – 13

    ADC – 17

    ADP – 26

    APC – 2,765

    APDA – 83

    APGA – 10,465

    APP – 30

    BNPP – 02

    DA – 04

    DPC – 06

    GPN – 02

    HDP – 0

    ID – 03

    KOWA – 07

    LP – 63

    MMN – 09

    MPPP – 0

    NCP – 02

    NDLP – 0

    NEPP – 02

    NNPP – 03

    NPC – 05

    NUP – 01

    PDC – 17

    PDP – 3255

    PPA – 174

    PPN – 7

    PPP – 5

    PRP – 3

    SDP – 2

    UDP – 9

    UPP – 596

    YDP – 05

    YPP- 3

    Valid votes – 17624

    Rejected votes – 859

    Total votes cast – 18,483

    Anambra East LGA
    Registered voters 72,886
    Accredited voters 29,299
    AA – 01
    ADAP – 31
    ACD – 14
    ACPN – 12
    ADC – 09
    ADP – 15
    APC – 5,248
    APDA – 102
    APGA – 20,510
    APP – 34
    BNPP – 0
    DA – 03
    DPC – 03
    GPN – 02
    HDP – 01
    ID – 04
    KOWA – 02
    LP – 21
    MMN – 0
    MPPP – 0
    NCP – 0
    NDLP – 2
    NEPP – 3
    NNPP – 2
    NPC – 5
    NUP – 2
    PDC – 4
    PDP – 1,132
    PPA – 34
    PPN – 1
    PPP – 1
    PRP – 4
    SDP – 1
    UDP – 1
    UPP – 53
    YDP – 02
    YPP- 02
    Valid votes – 27,261
    Rejected votes – 1,269
    Total votes cast – 28,530

     

    Ihiala LG

    RAs

    Registered voters 124,588

    Accredited voters 29,999

    AA – 4

    ADAP – 59

    ACD – 29

    ACPN – 41

    ADC – 42

    ADP – 40

    APC – 7894

    APDA – 149

    APGA – 14,379

    APP – 44

    BNPP – 4

    DA – 3

    DPC – 19

    GPN – 3

    HDP – 1

    ID – 0

    KOWA – 2

    LP – 95

    MMN – 3

    MPPP – 4

    NCP – 7

    NDLP – 3

    NEPP – 3

    NNPP – 6

    NPC – 13

    NUP – 13

    PDC – 33

    PDP – 4,706

    PPA – 58

    PPN – 0

    PPP – 7

    PRP – 2

    SDP – 2

    UDP – 12

    UPP – 128

    YDP – 4

    YPP- 1

    Valid votes – 27,813

    Rejected votes – 1,983

    Total votes cast – 29,796

    Awka North LG

    14 RAs

    Registered voters 54,390

    Accredited voters 16119

    AA – 02

    ADAP – 38

    ACD – 08

    ACPN – 09

    ADC – 08

    ADP – 10

    APC – 3,727

    APDA -70

    APGA – 7162

    APP – 22

    BNPP – 0

    DA – 05

    DPC – 04

    GPN – 00

    HDP – 01

    IP – 01

    KOWA – 00

    LP – 19

    MMN – 01

    MPPP – 00

    NCP – 05

    NDLP – 03

    NEPP – 02

    NNPP – 02

    NPC – 06

    NUP – 02

    PDC – 10

    PDP – 3347

    PPA – 107

    PPN – 03

    PPP – 03

    PRP – 06

    SDP – 01

    UDP – 04

    UPP – 92

    YDP – 02

    YPP- 01

    Valid votes – 14,685

    Rejected votes – 1,126

    Total votes cast – 15,811

    Onitsha South LG

    17 RAs

    Registered voters 145,876

    Accredited voters 14,634

    AA – 3

    ADAP – 41

    ACD – 12

    ACPN – 22

    ADC – 13

    ADP – 19

    APC – 2,012

    APDA – 94

    APGA – 7082

    APP – 26

    BNPP – 9

    DA – 2

    DPC – 9

    GPN – 0

    HDP – 1

    ID – 3

    KOWA – 0

    LP – 16

    MMN – 0

    MPPP – 0

    NCP – 2

    NDLP – 0

    NEPP – 4

    NNPP – 0

    NPC – 6

    NUP – 2

    PDC – 26

    PDP – 3423

    PPA – 94

    PPN – 3

    PPP – 3

    PRP – 1

    SDP – 0

    UDP – 14

    UPP – 471

    YDP – 6

    YPP- 0

    Valid votes – 13,419

    Rejected votes – 668

    Total votes cast – 14087

     

    Orunmba North LG

    18 RAs

    Registered voters 79,022

    Accredited voters 18,339

    AA – 01

    ADAP – 41

    ACD – 08

    ACPN – 10

    ADC – 25

    ADP – 51

    APC – 3,551

    APDA – 88

    APGA – 8766

    APP – 28

    BNPP – 4

    DA – 4

    DPC – 6

    GPN – 1

    HDP – 3

    ID – 2

    KOWA – 0

    LP – 57

    MMN – 1

    MPPP – 2

    NCP – 4

    NDLP – 2

    NEPP – 0

    NNPP – 5

    NPC – 6

    NUP – 0

    PDC – 19

    PDP – 3865

    PPA – 132

    PPN – 2

    PPP – 2

    PRP – 5

    SDP – 0

    UDP – 19

    UPP – 190

    YDP – 1

    YPP- 5

    Valid votes – 16,906

    Rejected votes – 1158

    Total votes cast – 18064

    Oyi Local govt

    Registered voters

    Accredited voters

    AA –

    ADAP –

    ACD – 08

    ACPN – 09

    ADC – 10

    ADP – 14

    APC – 5,085

    APDA – 112

    APGA – 11,840

    APP – 26

    BNPP – 0

    DA – 05

    DPC – 04

    GPN – 01

    HDP – 0

    ID – 02

    KOWA – 0

    LP – 35

    MMN – 03

    MPPP – 0

    NCP – 04

    NDLP – 0

    NEPP – 01

    NNPP – 03

    NPC – 09

    NUP – 0

    PDC – 09

    PDP – 1296

    PPA – 24

    PPN – 01

    PPP – 0

    PRP – 0

    SDP – 0

    UDP – 12

    UPP – 111

    YDP – 0

    YPP- 02

    Valid votes – 18,674

    Rejected votes – 1069

    Total votes cast – 19743

    Idemili South LG

    12 RAsb

    Registered voter – 94,197

    Accredited voter- 14,205

    AA – 2

    ADAP – 40

    ACD – 3

    ACPN – 21

    ADC – 20

    ADP – 34

    APC – 4063

    APDA – 95

    APGA – 5742

    APP – 18

    BNPP – 03

    DA – 01

    DPC – 06

    GPN – 01

    HDP – 01

    IP – 01

    KOWA – 0

    LP – 35

    MMN – 05

    MPPP – 04

    NCP – 03

    NDLP – 0

    NEPP – 02

    NNPP – 05

    NPC – 02

    NUP – 01

    PDC – 18

    PDP – 2629

    PPA – 55

    PPN – 04

    PPP – 05

    PRP – 01

    SDP – 0

    UDP – 09

    UPP – 600

    YDP – 03

    YPP- 07

    Valid votes – 13,438

    Rejected votes – 734

    Total votes cast -14,172

    Ogbaru LG

    Registered voters 149070

    Accredited voters 16,049

    AA – 1

    ADAP – 37

    ACD – 8

    ACPN – 12

    ADC – 13

    ADP – 35

    APC – 3415

    APDA – 77

    APGA – 6615

    APP – 34

    BNPP – 03

    DA – 06

    DPC – 02

    GPN – 01

    HDP – 0

    IP – 02

    KOWA – 01

    LP -27

    MMN – 02

    MPPP – 01

    NCP – 10

    NDLP – 0

    NEPP – 06

    NNPP – 02

    NPC – 06

    NUP – 01

    PDC – 17

    PDP – 4416

    PPA – 75

    PPN – 06

    PPP – 03

    PRP – 0

    SDP – 01

    UDP – 01

    UPP – 59

    YDP – 0

    YPP- 01

    Valid votes – 14,896

    Rejected votes – 1023

    Total votes cast – 15919

     

    Ontisha North LG

    Registered voters 127,865

    Accredited voters – 20,806

    AA 06

    ADAP 79

    ACD 08

    ACPN 46

    ADC 34

    ADP 37

    APC 3,808

    APDA 133

    APGA 10,138

    APP – 31

    BNPP – 09

    DA – 04

    DPC – 03

    GPN -01

    HDP – 0

    ID – 0

    KOWA 03

    LP 14

    MMN 03

    MPPP – 03

    NCP – 04

    NDLP – 01

    NEPP – 03

    NNPP – 04

    NPC – 09

    NUP – 02

    PDC – 16

    PDP – 4,143

    PPA 42

    PPN 02

    PPP 08

    PRP 03

    SDP 02

    UDP 18

    UPP 435

    YDP 01

    YPP- 0

    Valid votes – 19,054

    Rejected votes – 1,413

    Total votes cast – 20,467

     

    Aguata LG

    Registed voters 121,009

    Accredited voters, 27,883

    AA 08

    ADAP 69

    ACD 30

    ACPN 26

    APC 79

    ADP 53

    APC 5807

    APDA 159

    APGA 13167

    APP 77

    BNPP 06

    DA 14

    DPC 15

    GPN 02

    HDP 03

    ID 0

    KOWA 09

    LP 196

    MMN 11

    MPPP 04

    NCP 06

    NDLP 03

    NEPP 11

    NNPP 16

    NPC 13

    NUP 01

    PDC 25

    PDP 4073

    PPA 1289

    PPN 11

    PPP 18

    PRP 07

    SDP 03

    UDP 13

    UPP-280

    YDP – 08

    YPP- 12

    Valid votes – 25,524

    Rejected votes – 1,713

    Votes cast – 27,237

    Ekwusigo LG

    12 registration areas

    Registered Voters – 73,800

    Accredited voters – 20,196

    APC – 5412

    APGA – 8595

    PDP – 3856

    UPP – 320

    Valid votes – 18,590

    Rejected votes – 1339

    Votes cast – 19929

    Orumba South LG

    18 RAs

    Registered voters: 63,149

    Accredited voters – 16,528

    AA 02

    AGAP 44

    ACD 11

    ACPN 12

    ADC 29

    ADP 16

    APC 3,808

    APDA 93

    APGA 8,125

    APP – 25

    BNPP 03

    DA – 04

    DPC 09

    DPA – 01

    IDP – 02

    ID – 09

    KOWA – 08

    LP – 48

    MMN – 01

    NEPP – 02

    NCP – 02

    NDLP – 01

    NEPP – 02

    NNPP 0

    NPC – 02

    NUP 0

    PDC 16

    PDP 2,412

    PPA – 150

    PPN – 02

    PPP – 03

    PRP – 02

    SDP – 0

    UDP – 10

    UPP – 465

    YDP – 02

    YPP – 06

    Valid votes 15,327

    Rejected votes – 1117

    Total votes – 16,444

     

    Aniocha LG

    19 RAs

    Registered voters – 89515

    Accredited voters – 25,474

    AAA 12

    ACAP 47

    ACD 13

    ACPN 9

    ADC 31

    ADP 36

    APC 5297

    APDA – 109

    APGA 11,237

    ADC 21

    BNPP 5

    DA 7

    DPC 16

    GPN 1

    APP 1

    ID 2

    KOWA 0

    LP 56

    MMN – 9

    MPPP – 1

    NCP 2

    NDLP 2

    NDPP – 1

    NNPP – 3

    NPC 8

    NUP 4

    PDC 46

    PDP 6554

    PPA 68

    PPN 1

    PPP 8

    PRP 5

    SDP 1

    UDP 9

    UPP 146

    YDP 3

    YPP 1

    Valid votes – 23771

    Rejected votes – 1520

    Total votes cast – 25291

    Ayamelum LG

    11 RA

    Registered voters – 60,034

    Accredited voters – 23,837

    AA -1

    ADAP – 27

    ACD – 6

    ACPN – 6 votes

    ADC – 6

    ADP – 15

    APC – 5,412

    APDA- 49

    APGA – 14,593

    APP- 31

    BNPP -1

    DA – 3

    DPC – 1

    GPN – 2

    HDP – 0

    ID – 0

    KOWA – 0

    LP – 37

    MMN – 2

    MPPP 0

    NCP 0

    NDLP 2

    NEPP – 1

    NNPP – 0

    NPC – 3

    NUP – 21

    PDC – 11

    PDP – 2,323

    PPA – 12

    PPN – 0

    PPP -0

    PRP – 0

    SDP – 0

    UDP -2

    UPP – 77

    YDP – 1

    YPP -1

    Total valid votes – 22,646

    Rejected votes – 989

    Total votes cast – 23,635

     

    Awka South LG

    20 RAs

    Registered voters – 149,279

    Accredited voters – 36,114

    AA – 3

    APAP – 85

    ACP – 14

    ACPN – 24

    APC- 40

    APP – 37

    APC – 6167

    APDA – 180

    APGA – 18957

    APP – 46

    BNPP – 5

    DA – 9

    DPC – 10

    GPA – 5

    HPP – 2

    IP – 2

    KOWA – 3

    LP – 43

    MMN – 5

    NPPP – 5

    NCP -4

    NDLP – 5

    NPPP – 30

    NNPP – 3

    MPC -7

    MUP – 5

    PDC -21

    PDP – 5354

    PDA – 99

    PDM – 3

    PPP – 4

    PRP – 14

    UDP 13

    UPP 150

    YDP 9

    YPP 2

    Valid votes – 31,365

    Rejected votes – 1905

    Votes cast, 33,270

     

    Dunukofia LG results

    14 Registration Areas, RA.

    Registered voters – 63,861

    Accredited voters – 18,632

    AA – 4

    ADAP – 42

    ACD – 4

    ACPN – 12

    ADC – 14

    AEP – 30

    APC – 7,016

    APDA – 73

    APGA – 8,575

    APP – 23

    BNPP – 4

    DA – 4

    DPC – 7

    GPA – 5

    HDP – 1

    IP – 0

    LP 18

    MMN – 3

    MPPP – 0

    NCP – 2

    NPLP -0

    NPPP – 0

    NNPP – 2

    NPC – 6

    NUP – 2

    PDC – 5

    PDP – 1,530

    PPA – 12

    PPM – 1

    PPP- 5

    PRP- 0

    SDP – 0

    UDP – 1

    UPP – 106

    YDP – 1

    YPP – 0

    Valid votes – 17,508

    Rejected votes – 1,094

    Votes cast – 18,602

    No PU that elections were cancelled

    Njikoka LG

    Registered voters, 88,793

    Accredited voters – 28,346

    AA – 3

    AGAP – 74

    ACD – 15

    ACPA – 21

    ADC – 18

    APP – 38

    APC – 5,756

    APPA – 142

    APGA – 16,944

    APP – 33

    PAPP – 1

    DA – 5

    DPC – 7

    GPN – 0

    HDP – 8

    ID – 4

    KOWA – 3

    LP – 48

    MMN – 4

    MPPP – 4

    NCP – 4

    NDLP -1

    NDPP – 3

    NNPP- 1

    NPC- 10

    NUP- 4

    PDC – 24

    PDP – 3,477

    PDA-6

    PPA – 0

    PPP 2

    PRP 1

    NPP – 1

    UDP – 13

    UPP – 108

    YDP – 2

    YPP – 5

    Valid votes – 26,844

    Rejected votes – 1,453

    Total votes cast – 28,297

    No cancellation of results

     

    Orumba South LG

    18 RAs

    Registered voters: 63,149

    Accredited voters – 16,528

    AA 02

    AGAP 44

    ACD 11

    ACPN 12

    ADC 29

    ADP 16

    APC 3,808

    APDA 93

    APGA 8,125

    APP – 25

    BNPP 03

    DA – 04

    DPC 09

    DPA – 01

    IDP – 02

    ID – 09

    KOWA – 08

    LP – 48

    MMN – 01

    NEPP – 02

    NCP – 02

    NDLP – 01

    NEPP – 02

    NNPP 0

    NPC – 02

    NUP 0

    PDC 16

    PDP 2,412

    PPA – 150

    PPN – 02

    PPP – 03

    PRP – 02

    SDP – 0

    UDP – 10

    UPP – 465

    YDP – 02

    YPP – 06

    Valid votes 15,327

    Rejected votes – 1117

    Total votes – 16,444

     

    Aniocha LG

    19 RAs

    Registered voters – 89515

    Accredited voters – 25,474

    AAA 12

    ACAP 47

    ACD 13

    ACPN 9

    ADC 31

    ADP 36

    APC 5297

    APDA – 109

    APGA 11,237

    ADC 21

    BNPP 5

    DA 7

    DPC 16

    GPN 1

    APP 1

    ID 2

    KOWA 0

    LP 56

    MMN – 9

    MPPP – 1

    NCP 2

    NDLP 2

    NDPP – 1

    NNPP – 3

    NPC 8

    NUP 4

    PDC 46

    PDP 6554

    PPA 68

    PPN 1

    PPP 8

    PRP 5

    SDP 1

    UDP 9

    UPP 146

    YDP 3

    YPP 1

    Valid votes – 23771

    Rejected votes – 1520

    Total votes cast – 25291

    Ayamelum LG

    11 RA

    Registered voters – 60,034

    Accredited voters – 23,837

    AA -1

    ADAP – 27

    ACD – 6

    ACPN – 6 votes

    ADC – 6

    ADP – 15

    APC – 5,412

    APDA- 49

    APGA – 14,593

    APP- 31

    BNPP -1

    DA – 3

    DPC – 1

    GPN – 2

    HDP – 0

    ID – 0

    KOWA – 0

    LP – 37

    MMN – 2

    MPPP 0

    NCP 0

    NDLP 2

    NEPP – 1

    NNPP – 0

    NPC – 3

    NUP – 21

    PDC – 11

    PDP – 2,323

    PPA – 12

    PPN – 0

    PPP -0

    PRP – 0

    SDP – 0

    UDP -2

    UPP – 77

    YDP – 1

    YPP -1

    Total valid votes – 22,646

    Rejected votes – 989

    Total votes cast – 23,635

     

    Awka South LG

    20 RAs

    Registered voters – 149,279

    Accredited voters – 36,114

    AA – 3

    APAP – 85

    ACP – 14

    ACPN – 24

    APC- 40

    APP – 37

    APC – 6167

    APDA – 180

    APGA – 18957

    APP – 46

    BNPP – 5

    DA – 9

    DPC – 10

    GPA – 5

    HPP – 2

    IP – 2

    KOWA – 3

    LP – 43

    MMN – 5

    NPPP – 5

    NCP -4

    NDLP – 5

    NPPP – 30

    NNPP – 3

    MPC -7

    MUP – 5

    PDC -21

    PDP – 5354

    PDA – 99

    PDM – 3

    PPP – 4

    PRP – 14

    UDP 13

    UPP 150

    YDP 9

    YPP 2

    Valid votes – 31,365

    Rejected votes – 1905

    Votes cast, 33,270

    Dunukofia LG results

    14 Registration Areas, RA.

    Registered voters – 63,861

    Accredited voters – 18,632

    AA – 4

    ADAP – 42

    ACD – 4

    ACPN – 12

    ADC – 14

    AEP – 30

    APC – 7,016

    APDA – 73

    APGA – 8,575

    APP – 23

    BNPP – 4

    DA – 4

    DPC – 7

    GPA – 5

    HDP – 1

    IP – 0

    LP 18

    MMN – 3

    MPPP – 0

    NCP – 2

    NPLP -0

    NPPP – 0

    NNPP – 2

    NPC – 6

    NUP – 2

    PDC – 5

    PDP – 1,530

    PPA – 12

    PPM – 1

    PPP- 5

    PRP- 0

    SDP – 0

    UDP – 1

    UPP – 106

    YDP – 1

    YPP – 0

    Valid votes – 17,508

    Rejected votes – 1,094

    Votes cast – 18,602

    No PU that elections were cancelled

    Njikoka LG

    Registered voters, 88,793

    Accredited voters – 28,346

    AA – 3

    AGAP – 74

    ACD – 15

    ACPA – 21

    ADC – 18

    APP – 38

    APC – 5,756

    APPA – 142

    APGA – 16,944

    APP – 33

    PAPP – 1

    DA – 5

    DPC – 7

    GPN – 0

    HDP – 8

    ID – 4

    KOWA – 3

    LP – 48

    MMN – 4

    MPPP – 4

    NCP – 4

    NDLP -1

    NDPP – 3

    NNPP- 1

    NPC- 10

    NUP- 4

    PDC – 24

    PDP – 3,477

    PDA-6

    PPA – 0

    PPP 2

    PRP 1

    NPP – 1

    UDP – 13

    UPP – 108

    YDP – 2

    YPP – 5

    Valid votes – 26,844

    Rejected votes – 1,453

    Total votes cast – 28,297

    No cancellation of results

  • Plateau youths urged to play positive role in election

    Youths of Plateau State have been urged to participate actively and positively in the upcoming local government election in the state, scheduled to take place in February next year.

    Programme Manager of Community Action for Popular Participation (CAPP), Nelson Amanzemade the call in his opening remarks during the Plateau State Youths Summit organised by the NGO to sensitise the youths to actively participate in the proposed election.

    According to Amanze, “The NGO is out to mobilise all segments of the state population to participate in the proposed local government election come February next year. But the youths are our major target because they could be used negatively in perpetrating electoral fraud and violence if they are not sensitised on their role in the election.

    “In some elections in this state, the youths are the ones seen searching ballot boxes and other sensitive materials, that is not the way the youths should participate in any election.

    “The youths should participate by contesting for political offices rather than been used by selfish politicians to cause electoral violence….

    Guest Speaker at the Youth Summit, Comrade Gbenga Aluko, urged the youths to resist politics of exclusion by coming out to contest for elective positions and also resist been used by older politicians for their selfish gains.

     

    In his goodwill message, Chairman of Plateau Youth Council, who was represented by Barr. Dapar commended the NGO for the training. He encouraged the participants to take advantage of the training to ensure a peaceful process in the proposed council election.

  • Photo: Anambra governorship election

    Photo: Anambra governorship election

    Anambra
    Voters Education and Publicly, INEC Anambra, Leo Nkedife during an interview with The Nation team in Awka Anambra
    Photo: Adejo David
    Anambra
    Police vehicles onthe street of Awka in preparation for Anambra governorship election.
    Photo: Adejo David

  • Violence mars Ekiti NUJ election

    There was pandemonium yesterday at the election of Ekiti State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as some union members unleashed terror during voting.

    Members of the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES) and State Information Service chapels smashed four ballot boxes.

    They displaced chairs and canopies at the Oke Bareke NUJ secretariat venue.

    The journalists were protesting the delegates’ list approved by the National Executive Council (NEC).

    Nineteen of 73 names presented by the BSES chapel were qualified to vote.

    The smashed ballot boxes contained few ballots cast by some members, including former Chairman Laolu Omosilade, whose Exco was dissolved before the election.

    Operatives of the state security outfit, Operation Flush, who had provided security before voting started at 11.17 am, withdrew.

    This emboldened some delegates to unleash mayhem.

    The NUJ national delegation, led by the union’s National Vice-President (Zone B), Cosmas Oni, watched as delegates exchanged blows.

    The two contestants for NUJ chairman in Ekiti are: Rotimi Ojomoyelac, of the Correspondents’ Chapel, and Rotimi Feyisinac, of the State Information Chapel.

    Four hours after the election was stalemated, the national leadership, through the Assistant National Secretary, Gbenga Bamidele, announced the constitution of a five-member caretaker committee to pilot affairs of the union.

    Members of the committee, which was set up in line with Article 5 of NUJ Constitution, are: Amos Ogunrinde (Chairman), Yaqoub Popoola (Secretary), while Tunji Saliu, Funke Rotimi and Samson Falowo are members.

    A statement by the union said: “Members of the committee were selected based on merit and, more importantly, in the interest of the union.

    “The Credentials Committee for the aborted election is hereby dissolved. The property of the state council should be handed over to the committee with immediate effect.”

    Former NUJ Chairman Tai Oguntayo described the step as a welcome development, saying: “It will help in averting chaos in Ekiti NUJ.”