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  • Final result of presidential election in Enugu

    APC 54,423
    PDP 355,553

    Total no. of votes 451,063
    Accredited voters 452,765
    Invalid votes 30,049

    Announced by the State collation officer, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku.

  • Buhari leads comfortably in Kaduna

    …9 LGAs to go, collation resumes 2pm

    All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari has maintained lead in the Saturday presidential election in Kaduna State.

    Buhari has defeated the People’s Democratic Party (PDP’s) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in nine of the 14 local governments’ results so far collated.

    According to the results collated at the the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kaduna State headquarters by Professor Bello B. Shehu, Buhari has so far won in Kubau, Makarfi, Kudan, Sabon Gari, Ikara, Kauru, Giwa, Soba and Igabi local government areas.

    Read Also: Buhari leads in eight Kebbi LGAs

    Meanwhile, the PDP candidate has emerged victorious in Zango Kataf, Kaura, Kajuru, Kagarko and Jaba local government areas.

    As at the adjournment of the collation exercise around 10:30am on Monday, results from the rest nine local government areas, which include; Zaria, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Chikun, Birnin-Gwari, Jema’a, Kachia, Sanga and Lere were being awaited.

    The exercise is expected to resume by 2:00pmon Monday.

    The results of the presidential election local government by local government are as follow;

    1. KUBAU LG
    APC: 67,140
    PDP: 13,296

    2. MAKARFI LG
    APC: 36,625
    PDP: 14,494

    3. IKARA LG
    APC: 44,021
    PDP: 14,464

    4. KAURA LG
    APC: 6,907
    PDP: 33,647

    5. JABA LG
    APC: 6,400
    PDP: 22,758

    6. KUDAN
    APC: 30,577
    PDP: 11,697

    7. ZANGO KATAF
    APC: 10,411
    PDP: 62,622

    8. SABON GARI
    APC: 58,467
    PDP: 22,644

    9. SOBA
    APC: 51,548
    PDP: 10,656

    10. KAURU
    APC: 33,578
    PDP: 27,041

    11. KAGARKO
    APC: 16,663
    PDP: 21,605

    12. KAJURU
    APC: 7,888
    PDP: 31,446

    13. GIWA
    APC: 45,574
    PDP: 9,838

    14. IGABI LG
    APC: 97,308
    PDP: 20,281

  • PDP to Buhari: Stop whining, accept the people’s will

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop whining over their “rejection” in the presidential election and quietly accept the will of the people.

    The party said the APC and agents of the Buhari Presidency, were bewildered by defeat and thus plotting to discredit the votes which the opposition party sad Nigerians freely delivered to its candidate, Atiku Abubakar at their polling units.

    A statement last night by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said part of alleged plot is to trigger mayhem and burn down Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in order to destroy all evidence of poll results.

    The statement said, “The PDP reminds President Buhari and the APC that the polling unit is the foundation of the election and all our agents and supporters already have the results in all the polling centers and voting points across the country.

    “As such, our party is holding strongly to our results as already delivered by the people at the polling units and such cannot be altered.

    “The PDP, therefore, counsels President Buhari and his APC to respect the will of the people and accept the verdict of the election. It is not for President Buhari to direct his campaign spokesperson to tell Nigerians that no party should rejoice.

    “For us in the PDP, we already have the figures and we are aware that Nigerians in their resolve and consensus have settled their votes in favour of the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as the next President of our country.

    “President Buhari should be prepared to take his defeat in good faith. After all, he will not be the first sitting President to lose in an election”.

  • Food vendors declare support for Buhari/Osinbajo

    No fewer than three thousand food vendors in Oyo state under the Federal Government Home Grown School Feeding Programme embarked on a peaceful work around Ibadan, the Oyo state capital city to declare their support for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

    The said the peaceful walk became imperative to show solidarity for the president on the heels of the postponement of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    The food vendors who prepares meal for the school children from across the 33 local governments areas of the state said the school feeding initiative has not only helped them for means of livelihood as parents, it has also helped improve school attendance by school-age children in the state.

    The vendors, mostly women also commended the All Progressive Congress (APC) led initiative as time-saving for farmers across the various sectors as the feeding programme has been helping to mop up farm produce that used to be in excess and discouragement to farmers.

    Speaking at Oke-Ado were the vendors converge before hitting the street, the Oyo state coordinator, Mrs Ajobo Toyosi said they decided to endorse and declare support for Muhammadu Buhari because of the impact the Home Grown School Feeding Programme is having on their lives as well as on the children in promoting good education.

    She also thanked the Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi for agreeing to let the state be used as a pilot for the scheme.

    Ajobo said, “We want to thank President Muhammadu Buhari that we are so grateful and we wish him good health. We the food vendors in Oyo state are so grateful for his kind gestures.

    “As parents, we got the job to take care of our families and it is also good for our children from Primary 1 to 3, the school children numbers are increasing and they all happy staying in school as they eat free food.

    “With all these, we are sure that President Muhammadu Buhari wants to increase and progress for all Nigerians. With this food, children come to school early and even stay in school and we are grateful, as parents and as the ones preparing the food for them.

    “We the food vendors in Oyo state decided to use this rally to declare our support for PMB for his second term bid because we believed in him.

    “We have over 3,000 vendors who are participating in the rally so that the whole world will know that we are solidly behind this government and President Buhari who has helped us to stabilize our lives.

    “Agriculture is improving. Before now, when farmers in the farm make their product the excess that they don’t sell ends up as waste which often discourages them from farming. But when the FG started the initiative, farming has gone to another level and all farm produce are now in abundance and selling fast.

    “We patronize the farmers and poultry producers who are always happy for creating the market to help mop up their farm produce. We are grateful to PMB for the efforts. We also want to thank Governor Abiola Ajimobi for allowing the state to be part of the first batch to accept the programme. We are really grateful because we are better for it.

    Also, the state financial secretary of the group, Mrs. Bola Ajagbe, expressed happiness that despite not been a politician or card-carrying member of any party, she was shortlisted to be a beneficiary of the scheme.

    She noted that the transparent and non-partisan nature of the selection of the vendors makes the initiative a truly national project in the interest of developing the people and the country as a whole.