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  • A’Ibom REC connived with PDP to rig polls, Enang alleges

    The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters(Senate) Senator Ita Enang has alleged the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Mike Igini connived with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to rig the February 23 presidential/National Assembly elections.

    Enang, in a press briefing in Uyo, accused Igini of manipulating the elections, adding that the election results did not represent the true position of the people.

    “I have in the course of this campaign tried to personally avoid castigating the Independent National Electoral Commission.

    “I have aligned myself with all the campaigns that we as a party made against the Resident Electoral Commissioner and I had thought that in the course of the election that he would display what I thought I knew about him in terms of integrity, but the last elections of February 23 is the lowest low that I could credit to Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State.

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    ”I hailed him better than that, but it has been very disappointing that he descended into the arena of the election and appeared as if he was and indeed a player on the pitch and not a refree or umpire,” he said.

    Enang further said: “They were several irregularities, several efforts at rigging and results produced in Akwa Ibom State, does not in any manner reflect the true voting and will of the people of Akwa Ibom State because it was heavily and massively manipulated by the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State in collussio with and alliance with the Independent National Electoral Commission permanent staff and ad hoc workers”.

    Enang, however, congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice on their victory at the last general elections.

    “Let me use this platform to again congratulates the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the vice on their winning and being declared President and Vice president elect of the Federal Republic and indeed the All Progressive Congress” he said.

    He urged the members of All Progressive Congress in Akwa Ibom State and the entire citizens not to be weakened by the outcome of the election in the state, but they should rather be stronger and optimistic in the candidacy of Obong Nsima Ekere ,adding that the party is the one at the helm of affairs of the country.

    “Despite this, I urge the people of the All Progressive Congress , voters in Akwa Ibom State to maintain, sustain and keep up with the spirit that they had in the APC gubernatorial candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere and the running mate, and all the well elected candidates for the House of Assembly in the different state constituencies. I want to say that the road is actually better pointed by election of President and Vice, that the Federal government is controlled by the APC and that should strengthens them and all the voters in Akwa Ibom State to keep the faith with  APC and keep faith with the destiny of Akwa Ibom State”.he added.

    Reacting to the issue of vote buying featured during the last elections, allegedly linked to the Akwa Ibom PDP, he advised the public to take the money and resist from voting PDP, as the money spending is from the state treasury which was meant for the development of the state.

    “The way the PDP had sacrilegiously dealt with the treasury in this state, buying vote at great amount and have nothing to show on ground. I tell the people, when they come with your money, please it is the money that they ought to have paid your pensions, it the money that they ought to have paid the school fee and bursary of your children, is the money that they ought to have develop an infrastructure, it is the money that they ought to have completed some infrastructural projects, it is the money that they should have built some extra school to develop you and your future, please collect the money but vote to link Akwa Ibom back to the channel of federal government linking it with the core of the Federal government of APC” he said.

    He admonished the citizens to see the need of linking the state to the federal government as it will draw more developments to the state.

    “I want to reiterate again that, were we are today is that, we are the minority state, where we are today, is that because we were probably linked with the federal government under the government as it were: government at the center, the same government at the state level.

    “That was how we were able to get first the Niger Delta Development Commission past, because our colleagues and compatriots in the North and the intervention of the party leadership said Akwa Ibom  and the south south should be given a special privileges to develop because of what they are going through in suffering from the effect of the oil exploration and exploitation.

    “”It was on the account that were the PDP state as it were at the Federal level, that is how we were succeeded in getting the abolition of the on-shore off-shore dichotomy,” he said.

  • Wanted: Electoral Offences Commission

    In the build-up to the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) held confidence-building sessions and consultations with many stakeholders. It interfaced with leaders of the political parties, civil society groups, security forces and legislators, at the end of which it confidently declared that all was set for the election. The commission assured Nigerians that it had put in place measures to tackle logistics challenges that had been the bane of previous elections. In liaison with the police and other  security forces, INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said no one would be able to tamper with the process as they had all learnt lessons from a thorough review of previous elections.

    The first indication that the commission might not be right came when it had to postpone the federal elections by seven days, on the excuse that it could not get the logistics right. Then came February 23 when the presidential and National Assembly elections were held in the 36 states of the federation. As usual, ballot box snatching, shootings, attacks on opponents, arson and maiming were the order of the day, in Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Abia and Oyo states, among others.

    We agree with Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), that electoral malpractices will continue to mar our elections until offenders know that they will be apprehended, arraigned and duly sentenced. So far, they are encouraged to perpetrate the nefarious activities because they are shielded from justice by their godfathers. Where they are arrested, investigated and arraigned, shameless state attorneys-general succumb to pressures by the godfathers to set the offenders free.

    However, we do not agree with the learned silk that the way out is to saddle the already overburdened INEC with this task. While Mr. Falana is right in pointing out that the commission has the power to prosecute such offenders under section 150 of the Electoral Act 2010, the commission has argued that it lacked the capacity to undertake the task. Every election year, the commission is slammed with pre and post-election cases, to which it is joined. This year, about 600 such cases were filed and the commission was expected to be represented in court. It is distracted from performing its primary duty of organising so many elections at once, as some of the cases are not determined until a few days to the election. In some cases, courts of coordinate jurisdiction gave conflicting verdicts. Some bind INEC, others unbind, leaving the commission in a quandary on what to do. In 2011, widespread violence greeted the general elections and 943 Nigerians were killed, while 838 others sustained varying degrees of injury. The police succeeded in apprehending 626 suspected hoodlums, but nothing came out of it. This must have emboldened them to continue in 2015. Four years after, they are everywhere again, visiting terror on neighbourhoods and making the country a laughing stock before the international community. This might have informed President Muhammadu Buhari’s exasperation on the eve of the presidential election that made him warn that would-be snatchers of ballot boxes must be prepared to pay with their lives.

    Cutting corners has never paid. So, we call on the President and the 9th National Assembly to give full effect to recommendations of the Lawal Uwais, Ahmed Lemu and Ken Nnamani’s electoral reform panels. The panels have recommended the unbundling of INEC to allow it concentrate on its core duty of organising elections. Other ancillary duties such as registration and monitoring of political parties’ finances, as well as prosecution of election offenders should be the responsibility of other bodies. We associate, therefore, with the recommendation that an Electoral Offences Commission be established to handle the plethora of cases that arise from elections. Violence is a crime, not just against the individual, but the state. If those who stole from the public treasury could be prosecuted, all those who conspired to subvert the general will should also be brought to book. If we have an Electoral Offences Commission, it becomes easier to monitor the cases it is handling and would-be offenders at subsequent elections are dissuaded. Besides, the rough necks recruited by politicians to visit mayhem at polling units and collation centres have been known to turn their arms against other innocent citizens in-between elections. The trend must be arrested now.

    The responsibility of sanitising the electoral system rests on the federal executive, the National Assembly, INEC, civil society and law enforcement agencies.

    This is a point when far-reaching actions must be taken to save the nation from this perennial heartache. The Nigerian Bar Association should rise above petty and narrow interests to participate in this patriotic duty. Nigeria must be saved from the clutches of those who have held her hostage over the years, arresting her development and unleashing abject poverty on the people. Everything must be done to ensure that only those who have the people’s mandate at all levels are voted into power. This will reinforce the maxim that power belongs to the people.

  • INEC to conduct supplementary elections March 9

    THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct supplementary elections in areas where elections did not take place last Saturday.

    The elections will come up on the 9th March, 2019 alongside the scheduled governorship, state assemblies and FCT council polls. Details of the affected areas were not made available at the time of filing this report. Besides, the commission has directed the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to submit comprehensive reports of violence to the Commission for appropriate action.

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    The decisions were reached at the meeting between the management team of INEC and RECs of all the 26 states of the federation and FCT.

    The meeting reviewed the Presidential and National Assembly Elections held on Saturday, February 23, 2019 and also assessed preparations for the governorship, State Houses of Assembly and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council Elections slated for Saturday, 9th March 2019. Announcing the supplementary polls in a statement signed by National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, INEC attributed the planned conduct of supplementary elections to the inability of the commission to conduct elections in some areas.

  • INEC adjourns for an hour, to take remaining states tonight

    .Results from 26 states, FCT have been submitted

     

    The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has said that the commission is going to take the results from the remaining states.

    Results from 27 states have already been taking including FCT.

    The second collation day commenced with Niger state which also went to the APC with 612,371 votes to 218, 052 for PDP. There are 2,375,568 registered voters across the 15 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 911,964 accredited voters.

    The state recorded a total vote cast of 896,976 and 851,937 valid votes. 45 votes were rejected while 71,200 were cancelled.

    In Jigawa state Buhari scored 794,738 against Atiku’s 289,895 votes.

    Jigawa with 27 LGAs, has 2 ,104,889 registered voter population of which 1,171,801 were accredited to vote while the State recorded a total vote cast of 1,149,922 .

    The recorded valid vote for Jigawa is 1,106,244 while 43, 678 votes were rejected.

    Kaduna state also go to Buhari with 993,445 votes as against PDP’s 640, 612 votes.

    Atiku fought back in Anambra state with 524,738 votes as against APC 33,298.

    He also had a slim victory in Oyo state as PDP scored 366,690 as against 365,229 for APC.

    Adamawa also went into the bag of PDP candidate who happens to be from that state. He won with 410,266 votes against Buhari’s 378,078 votes.

    Adamawa with 21 LGAs has 1,959,322 registered population with only 874,920 accredited voters.

    The total valid vote is 811,534 while rejected votes are 49,222 given a total number of 860,756.

    Bauchi went to the APC scored 798,428 while PDP scored 209,313. Valid vote 1,024, 307 rejected votes 37,648 and total vote cast is 1,061, 955

    APC also captured Lagos votes as it edged PDP with 580,825 against the opposition’s 448,015.

    The ruling party also followed with victory in Ogun state where it scored 281,762 as against PDP’s 194, 655. The registered number of voters for Ogun state is 2,336,887 while 613,399 was accredited and total vote cast stood at 605,938.

    Edo state with 18 Local Government Areas and 2,150,127 registered voters, went to Atiku of the PDP with a vote of 275, 691 as against Muhammmed Buhari who scored 267,842 votes.

    Accredited voters the poll was 604,915 while total valid vote is 560,711. The total rejected poll is 38, 517, given a total vote cast 599, 228.

    The number of cancellation which was carried out in 48 polling units is 42,176.

    The vote of Benue state went to PDP as it pulled a narrow margin victory over the ruling party with a figure of 356,817 as against APC’s 347,668.

    Edo with a voter populations of 2, 391,276 has a total vote cast of 763,872, while the valid vote is 728,912.

    The rejected vote is 34,960 while 122,989 votes were cancelled in 172 polling units.

    Atiku also picked Imo with 334,923 votes as against APC’s 140,463 votes.

    There are 2,037,569 registered voters while 585,741 were accredited to vote. The valid vote is 511,586 and rejected vote is 31,191. Hence, the total vote cast is 542,777 while 63,048 votes were cancelled in 97 polling units in twelve LGAs.

    Plateau state also gave its vote to Atiku as he scored 548,665 while Buhari scored 468,555.

    The registered voter population is 2,423, 381 while accredited voter for the election is 1,074,042.

    The total valid vote is 1,034,853 and the total vote cast is 1,063,862. The number of rejected vote is 28,009.

    Kano as expected went to Buhari who scored 1,464,768 against Atiku’s 392,593 votes. Kano which has a total registered vote population of 5,381,581 only second to Lagos recorded the highest turnout with 2,006,410 accredited voters.

    The total vote cast is 1,964,751 while valid vote stood at 1,891,134. Rejected vote is 73,617 and the cancelled vote is 43,900, affecting 69 polling units.

    Katsina also went the way of Buhari who scored 1,232,133 against Atiku’s 308,056.

    Buhari hails from Katsina state which has 3r LGAs.

    The total registered voters is 3,219,422 while 1,628,865 were accredited for the election. The total valid vote in Katsina is 1,555,473 while 1,619,185 vote cast stood.

    The rejected vote is 63,712 and the cancelled vote is 12,027.

    Taraba which is the last state taken before going on an hour break went to the PDP with 374,743 votes as against APC’s 326 996 votes.

    The total registered vote is 1,777,105 while the accredited voter is 756 111.

    712 877 valid votes was recorded while the rejected vote is 28,687 and the total vote cast is 741,564.

    Cancellation of votes happened in t7 polling units across 12 LGAs, which affected 45,066 voters.

  • Voting for peace and progress

    It was decision day for Nigerians last weekend at all the polling units nationwide. Over 72 million Nigerians, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), were eligible to vote in a highly anticipated election that was postponed earlier by one week. Media reports indicated the elections were largely orderly and peaceful although cases of electoral violence were recorded in some states. This is good news because of the disruptive nature of previous elections in Nigeria. In any event, who does not want peace? Only the enemies of Nigeria will vote for an election marred by violence and bad behaviour just because they are bad losers but they must also realise that the times are changing and the will of the people will always prevail, no matter how long it is delayed. Those who perpetrate rigging of any kind – vote buying and ballot snatching and other dubious methods to win elections at all costs – are bad losers and are the enemies of Nigeria; in the fullness of time, they would be disgraced and inducted into the hall of infamy.

    I was mightily impressed with the briefing ahead of the polls by INEC chair, Prof Mahmood Yakubu and the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. They were unmistakable in their determination and resolve for a hitch-free and peaceful election. As journalists posed their questions, the answers were indicative of the preparedness of INEC and the security agencies to ensure there was orderliness at the polls.

    With the solid assurances provided by Prof Yakubu and Adamu, Nigerians trooped out in great numbers to perform their civic duties by casting their votes. The power to decide who rules over us is in the vote we cast every four years – so much enthusiasm was displayed eligible voters as they satisfied themselves that they had made free choices based on their convictions and preferences, whether the candidate wins or not; that is the beauty of democracy that we must all work very hard to protect in Nigeria. The increased awareness enabled by the traditional media and social media engagements shows how eager Nigerians – both at home and in the Diaspora – have come to have a say in the final outcome of every election season. The awareness is translating into more vigilance by all Nigerians in the making of a new Nigeria; the era of ‘siddon look’ is over, so every Nigerian voice must be heard as we seek for a better, fair and just society.

    The feedbacks from the prominent actors during the elections were encouraging but it is unwise for representatives and spokespersons of the two main political parties to be making inflammatory statements – which has unfortunately become a pattern – in view of expected outcomes of the election.

    Expectedly, the US, UK and EU governments are taking keen interest in our elections. In a pointed message last Friday, Jeremy Hunt, the British Foreign Secretary, admonished Nigerians to embed democracy through a credible election that is free and fair. In a sense, the message was a caution that Nigeria, being the largest democracy in Africa, is too big to fail. Whatever happens in Nigeria during the elections, Hunt further said, matters to the whole world and to Nigeria.

    More and more Nigerians are having faith in the electoral process in spite of the false start by INEC. This can possibly explain the impressive turnout of voters at different polling units nationwide over the weekend. Even where there was delayed voting, INEC approved extension of the voting period so that no Nigerian is disenfranchised. I’m also aware all the plans for a successful conduct of the election will not be perfect; there would be hitches here and there, but overall, the feedbacks have been positive and encouraging. INEC, well done!! However, whereas movements can still be restricted, eligible voters should be able to vote from any location, and not necessarily at the places they registered as long as the voter has a permanent voter’s card. If you registered at your place of work, it is very unlikely that you can vote on election day when you are at home because of the restriction.

    I was happy to read a positive feedback by Fred Amata, a Nollywood actor and producer, in one of the social media outlets after casting his vote. He wrote, “I have voted. Election materials and ballot papers came late but initial delays were soon overtaken by INEC’s meticulous arrangements. Soon, were separated into two lines using numbers. Amidst the complaints that card readers were not working or working slowly, back up card readers were functioning and the voting process was going on. No rancour; an air of friendliness pervaded even among reps from different parties. I don vote. All was calm and orderly when I left.”

    For me, this is a good testimonial on how INEC and in deed Nigerians voted for a peaceful and orderly conduct of the elections. I give my kudos to Prof Yakubu and his colleagues and every stakeholder working hard for a peaceful election that is credible, free and fair. Why are Nigerians so keen to vote in this election and in deed subsequent elections? My earlier thesis will still hold – Nigerians are becoming wiser; they want leaders who can chart new course of progress for sustainable growth and development. We have been fed with too many promises and lies in the past and with a growing youthful population aided with new technologies, vote buying will soon become a thing of the past.

    Politicians play on the emotions of voters which explains why money is usually offered to them; there is so much poverty in the land – and that is a statement of fact. Nigerians want progress in all its ramifications. The chorus is getting louder by the day for us to enthrone an egalitarian society championed by a government with purpose right from the local government level instead of just sharing monthly allocations without lasting impact in any area of development – handouts that are used to oppress the people. Nigerians now want to take their destinies into their hands because of numerous disappointments by some of our political leaders and previous military governments.

    A trending conversation amongst a cross section of Nigerians ahead of the polls was their seeming frustration by the inability of the younger presidential candidates to form a coalition and present a preferred candidate. These are Nigerians – including those in the Diaspora – who do not think Buhari or Atiku will be the answer for them in last Saturday’s election. A credible ‘third force’ for them, according to the analysis on social media, would have been a better alternative just to make a point, even if the candidate does not win. Their view is that if forming a coalition was impossible, then Nigeria is in big trouble as we strive to build a generation of new leaders with purpose and vision. Why does everyone want to be the master? I was told by a respondent it’s a Nigerian way of life because we do not trust each other. In another instance, a frustrated respondent lamented that you cannot have two captains in one ship. When I probed further, asking him whom he thinks would win the presidential election, he said, “May God’s will be done.”

     

    • Braimah is a public relations and marketing strategist based in Lagos.

  • Amosun wins Ogun Central

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Ogun Central senatorial contest.

    He polled 88,110 votes to defeat Hon. Kayode Amusan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 33,276 while his main challenger, Titi Oseni – Gomez of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) polled 37,101 votes.

    INEC Returning Officer for Ogun Central, Prof. Idris Akanbi, declared Amosun winner, having scored the highest valid votes cast.

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    A breakdown of the votes scored across the six Local Government Areas of the Ogun Central, revealed the performance of candidates and their parties:

    1) ABEOKUTA SOUTH LG

    APC – 20,663

    PDP – 8,264

    APM – 584

    ADC – 10,592

    ADP – 24

    2) ABEOKUTA NORTH LG

     APC- 18,385,

    PDP- 4, 118,

    APM- 2,496,

    ADC – 7544,

    ADP – 923.

    3) EWEKORO LG

     APC – 8,133,

    PDP, 3,671,

    APM – 1,325,

    ADC – 3,106

     4) ODEDA LG

    APC -8, 217,

    PDP – 3,563,

    APM – 1,365,

     ADC – 3,726

    5) OBAFEMI OWODE LG

    APC – 13,712

    PDP – 6,691

    APM – 1,392

    ADC – 4,242

    ADP – 923

    6) IFO LG

    APC – 19,000

     PDP – 6,929

    APM – 2,974

    ADC – 5,986

    ADP – 980

    TOTAL SCORES:

    APC – 88,110

    PDP – 33, 276

    APM – 10,039

    ADC – 37,101

    ADP – 6,510

  • PDP cautions INEC against declaring Oyo South Senatorial election inconclusive

    Following what it described as unexpected delay in collating results, the Oyo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against bowing to “pressure of the powers that be and allay fears that the election results of Oyo South senatorial district may be manipulated.

    As at the time of filing this report, the PDP candidate in Oyo South Senatorial District, Dr. Kola Balogun is leading in the district, though results are yet to be officially declared by INEC.

    The chairman of PDP in Oyo State, Mr Kunmi Mustapha in his statement said that PDP recorded great success going by the results sent into its situation rooms by its agents and supervisors deployed for the election.

    He said “This is just as the party said it is aware of plans to influence results from Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s Ibadan South West local government to augment their deficit. The ruling party has also arm twisted INEC to declare Ibarapa North/ Ibarapa Central inconclusive which is strange to democratic ideals and processes.

    “We are calling on INEC to be steadfast and not allow its men to be compromised by Governor Abiola Ajimobi and the All Progressives Congress led federal government especially in Oyo South senatorial district”.

    “With the results at our disposal and verifiable by all INEC standards, our party is comfortably leading the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in Oyo South. This is apart from the fact that we have recorded victories in four out of the five federal constituencies in Oyo South- Ibarapa East/Ido; Ibadan North East/ South East; Ibarapa Central/North and Ibadan North West federal constituencies. We are only waiting for the official declaration by INEC.

    “Since morning, we wouldn’t know why the results declarations have been delayed when they are ready. We have it on good authority that Governor Abiola Ajimobi is mounting pressure on some Abuja forces to save him from defeat. But any attempt to subvert the wish of the majority of the people of Oyo South will be anti-democratic.

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    “We will like to, at this juncture, encourage the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barr Mutiu Agboke, not to be intimidated by the pressure.”

    The PDP chairman said that the INEC boss should call his officials especially the Returning Officers to declare the original results from each of the local government.

    “As we write, security agents have sent away supporters of our party from the collation centre while known members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are allowed access within the premises. This is after declaration of results from each of the remaining 7 local government areas have been stopped, without any tangible reasons.

    “While we are confident of victory, we wish to appeal to our teeming members and thousands of people who defied all odds, and rejected the APC’s vote-buying techniques to be calm. We believe that our candidate has won and nothing can change it.”

  • Breaking: INEC sacks Plateau Returning Officer

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sacked one of its collation officers, Prof. Musa Izam, assigned to Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.

    Izam, a physics lecturer at the University of Jos, had earlier attempted to abscond without declaring the results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections but was apprehended by youths in the area, who forced him back to the collation centre.

    “We had to remove him because he was drunk and could not perform the assignment,” Mr Osaretin Imahiyereobo, Head, Voter Education, of INEC in Plateau has said.

    He said that INEC had to act fast to avoid delay in the collation exercise.

    “We are waiting for him to come to Jos and explain why he behaved the way he did,’’ he added.

    Izam, who started the collation of the results brought from the local government’s wards on Sunday, told party agents, INEC officials and observers that he needed a little time to ease himself.

    The official, however, disappeared from the centre and took off to Jos.

    According to Mr Michael Abi, PDP chairman in Bokkos Local Government, some youths, who saw Izam leaving the centre, quickly mobilised and chased him.

    “The youths chased him and caught up with him at Maikatako near Kuba, about 40 kilometres away from Bokkos.

    “When he was brought back to the collation centre, he quickly apologised and promised to continue with his work.

    “His attitude is shocking, considering the crucial nature of this assignment.

    “He has refused to work and this has delayed the collation and declaration of the outcome of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the local government, ’’ he said.

    Mr. Jonathan Mawuyau, former Plateau Justice Commissioner, who was at the centre, apologised to the angry party agents, INEC officials and observers, urging them to be patient with the official.

    Mawuyau, an APC stalwart, who agreed that the Professor’s attitude was “shocking and uncalled for,’’ urged the anxious election officials to forgive Izam.

    But Izam, in an interview, denied ever absconding.

    “I only went to visit a friend in town but the people misconstrued the whole thing.

    “I only stepped out to go and see a friend along with the Special Adviser to Governor Simon Lalong on Security matters”

  • APC’s Basiru wins Osun central senatorial seat

    The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Ajibola Basiru has been declared winner of Osun Central Senatorial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    Bashiru was declared winner by the Returning Officer for the senatorial district, Prof. Titilayo Adelaje form the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

    He scored 132,821 votes to beat his major opponent, Alhaji Ganiyu Ola-Oluwa of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), who polled 106,779 votes.

    Basiru was former Commissioner for Special Duties and Regional Integration in the first term of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola and later the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the second tenure of the same government.

    The breakdown of the results of the election for Osun Central Senatorial district is as follows

    Boluwaduro LG

    APC – 5,428

    PDP – 4,702

    Ifedayo LG

    APC – 4,524

    PDP – 3,767

    Ifelodun LG

    APC – 15,637

    PDP – 13,004

    Ila LG

    APC – 11,197

    PDP – 8,766

    Irepodun LG

    APC – 10,474

    PDP – 12,272

    Orolu LG

    APC – 8,883

    PDP – 7,725

    Olorunda LG

    APC – 20,037

    PDP – 15,393

    Odo Otin LG

    APC – 12,559

    PDP – 11,614

    Boripe LG

    APC – 13, 439

    PDP – 8, 183

    Osogbo LG

    APC – 30,643

    PDP – 28,466.

    Total Votes for APC – 132,821

    Total Votes for PDP – 106,779

    Also, INEC declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ajilesoro  Abimbola, winner of the Ife Central/Ife North/Ife South and Ife East.

    Declaring him the winner on Sunday evening, the Returning Officer, Prof. Suraju Ajadi, said Ajilesoro won with 52,801 votes, and beat his major rival, Oladoyin Folorunsho of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 46,373 votes.

  • Atiku wins at Kaduna Deputy Governor’s LG

    … Buhari wins in Makarfi’s LG

    As the collation of the Presidential election results commenced at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) headquarters in Kaduna, the Deputy Governor, Arch. Barnabas Yusuf Bala has lost his Kaura local government area to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

    Meanwhile, two terms Governor of Kaduna State and former National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi also lost his local government to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the presidential election.
    Returning Officer from Kaura local government, Professor Nafiu Abdul while presenting the results said the PDP polled 33,647 votes to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which scored 6,907 votes.

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    Deputy Governor Bala is also the Senatorial Candidate of the APC in Kaduna South Senatorial zone.
    But, as at the time of filing this report, results of the Senatorial and House of Representatives elections were not ready.
    Also giving the results from Makarfi Local Goverment Area, Returning Officer, Professor Dangana Kula said APC polled 36,624 to defeat PDP, which scored 14,494.
    As at press time, only three local government’s results had been declared, with APC winning two of the three.