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  • 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.

  • Abba Moro wins Benue South Senatorial election

    Comr. Abba Patrick Moro of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was on Tuesday officially declared winner of Benue South senatorial election.

    The PDP Candidate polled 85,162 votes to beat his closest rival, Ochagwu Steven Lawani of All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 47,721

    Mike Okibe Onoja of SDP came distant third with 29,901.

  • Gunmen kill officer escorting election results in Ogun

    A Police Corporal identified as Sunday Idoko, is said to have been shot dead by gunmen who attacked him while guarding a vehicle conveying election result from Ipokia to Ilaro collation centre.

    The Nation gathered that Idoko was gunned down around 8.00pm on Sunday when the vehicle ran into an ambush laid by hoodlums at Eredo area in Yewa South Local Government.

    The hoodlums opened fire on the vehicle on sighting it.

    The results of the House of Representatives for Ipokia/Yewa South Federal Constituency were being taken to Oronna Hall in Ilaro at the time.

    Read Also: Ogun: Osoba’s son, Olumide, wins Reps Seat

    The State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the attack and death of the officer, assured that the attackers would be brought to book.

    He said that the election result was, however, intact.

    Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has given a directive to the effect that the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigate and Intelligence Department, Wale Abase, should commence investigation into the case.

    “The unfortunate incident happened on Sunday evening, when he was escorting election results to Ilaro. The hoodlums laid ambushed on the vehicle conveying the result.

    “We are on the trail of the hoodlums and we are going to arrest them,” he said.

     

     

  • Buhari leads in eight Kebbi LGAs

    President Muhammad Buhari is leading in eight out of the 21 Local Government Areas of Kebbi in the presidential election results so far released by INEC Collation Officers.

    In the results released by the Collation Officer for the Kebbi Presidential Election, Prof. Haruna Bichi, the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina state, APC scored 17,863 in Aliero Local Government against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which polled 5,458.

    Similarly, in Kalgo local government, APC scored 19,057 as against PDP which got 3,233 while in Ngaski Local government, APC scored 20,641 as against PDP which scored 6,591.

    In Sakaba local government, APC polled 14,026 as against PDP with had 3,800 votes.

    Read Also: Buhari wins Nasarawa for the first time

    Also in Suru local government, APC polled 22,627 while PDP scored 10,358 votes.

    Furthermore, in Shanga local government, APC got 19,262 while PDP which scored 6,961, and in Bagudo local government, APC scored 29,243 as against PDP with 8,160 votes.

    In Arewa local government, APC polled 32,582 as against PDP which scored 8,390 votes.

    The collation and announcement would continue today by 12 noon.

  • 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 leads in five local governments in Edo

    President Muhammadu Buhari is leading in five out of the nine local government area results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

    From the results, Buhari won in Estako Central, Owan East, Owan West, Estako East and Ovia South West while Atiku won in Oredo, Ovia North East, Egor and Esan North East.

    Read Also: Elections: Buhari in early lead in Lagos

    In the aggregate, Buhari has so far garnered 124,343 votes while Atiku is polling 149,587 votes.

  • INEC declares Ondo South Senatorial election inconclusive

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday in Okitipupa, Ondo State, declared Ondo South Senatorial election inconclusive.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 79,029 votes, while his closest rival, the current Senator, Mr Yele Omogunwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 51,993 votes at the Saturday’s National Assembly elections.

    Prof. Kayode Onifade, the INEC Returning Officer for Ondo South, also of Department of Micro-Biology, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), who declared the election inconclusive sighted various irregularities.

    He pointed out that the number of cancelled votes of 28,047 was higher than 27,036 which the margin between the two leading parties, PDP and APC.

    Read Also: Elections: Buhari in early lead in Lagos

    He said registered voters were 576,733, while accredited voters for the election were 196,282 in the six Local Government Areas (LGAs): Okitipupa, Irele, Odigbo, Ilaje, Ese-Odo and Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo.

    He added that elections were cancelled in 56 Polling Units in five LGA’s: Ilaje: 42, Irele: 4, Okitipupa: 6, Odigbo:1 and Ese-Odo: 3.

    He also pointed out various irregularities ranging from voters refusal to use card readers, over voting of accredited voters, snatching of ballot boxes and violence among others which marred the credibility of the polls.

    “About 56 polling units were cancelled in five LGAs and several electoral irregularities marred the conduct of the polls.

    “As the numbers of cancelled votes of 28,047 was more than the margin of the leading votes of 27,036, I hereby declare the election inconclusive,” Onifade said.

    NAN also reports that Odigbo and Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo LGAs turned in their results very late in the night, which delayed collation of results at the Stellamaris College Collation Centre in Okitipupa.

  • Kalu delivers LG to Buhari

    The former Governor of Abia state, Dr Orji Uzor kalu has delivered the Bende Local Government for President Muhammadu Buhari during the Presidential and National Assembly election in the area.

    Buhari polled a total of of 9233 to defeat the candidate of Peoples Democratic party, Atiku Abubakar who polled 6649.

    The returning officer for the presidential election in the area Prof Nnennaya Ibiam , announced the result at the INEC head quarters in  Umuahia, the state capital on Sunday.

    Also the member representing Isikwuuato/ Umunneochi federal Constituency in the House of representatives in Abia state, Hon Nkiru Onyejiocha, has won election into the house of representative for the fourth term.

    Onyejiocha was declared winner after polling a total of 14,712 votes to defeat her closest rival of the Peoples Democratic party Mr. Ude Achara who polled 10,064 votes.

    Also in Bende federal Constituency,  Benjamin Kalu of the All Progressive Congress also polled 9,138 to defeat Chimanyaso of the Peoples Democratic party who polled 5591 in the Bende federal Constituency.

    The returning officer for the constituency Mr. Martin Okoro declared him winner after announcing the result.

  • Three killed, two injured in Sapele

    No fewer than three persons were feared dead at a polling unit in Amukpe area of Sapele, Delta State during yesterday’s elections. Two others were badly injured.

    Eye witnesses described the assailants as political thugs.

    They said the suspected thugs unexpected swooped on the voters who were queuing to vote and opened fire.

    Two died on the spot while three others who were hit were rushed to the hospital. One of them however died.

    A resident said: “I’m not sure if they carted election materials away, but I saw that the ground of the place was littered with election materials, giving me the impression that they only scattered the materials.”

    Read Also; 20 killed as violence rocks polls

    The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeleke Adeyinka, could not confirm the incident, saying he wanted to get across to the people on the ground in Amukpe to ascertain the truth.

    But a reliable security source said: “immediately we heard of the situation, we moved in to take over the area so as to stabilize it and prevent a further escalation of the situation.”

    Meanwhile, voting was relatively peaceful in most other polling units as voters were seen casting their votes. For instance, Sapele ward 7, units 7 and 8, along Ugberikoko Road, voters were still casting their votes at 2:09pm.

  • Buhari’ll be President till 2023, says Ogboru

    The Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, is confident that President Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of the party in the area will emerge victorious.

    Speaking with journalists shortly after casting his ballot at Abraka Ward 1, unit 8, yesterday, Ogboru said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has done so well and deserved another term in office to complete his good work.”

    He described the elections as ‘quite peaceful’. “I’ve just voted, though there were rumours of some technical issues about the machines. I have no iota of doubt about the victory of APC candidates,” he said.

    “l know we shall win, and I hope that the elections will be peaceful in other places, I heard that people are still trying to snatch ballot boxes in some places, but I don’t see the need for that when the election is peaceful.”

    Ogboru advised registered eligible voters to vote for all APC candidates to maintain peace, saying that the future is bright for all APC candidates and that they are not expecting anything short of victory for President Buhari, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege and House of Representatives’ candidates.”

    Read Also: Ndoma-Egba wins polling unit, Buhari also

    Senator Ovie Omo Agege, APC Senatorial flag bearer in Delta Central, also brimmed with confidence yesterday about the chances of APC candidates in yesterday’s elections.

    Speaking with journalists in Orhomurho- Orogun, Ward 1, Unit 019 where he voted, Omo-Agege said the elections were peaceful and urged voters to go out and vote.