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  • Adelabu congratulates Makinde, charges him on governance

    The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Adebayo Adelabu and his African Action Congress (AAC) counterpart, Mr Akinwale Laosun has congratulated the winner of the Saturday polls in Oyo state, Mr Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    The duo in their separate statements also congratulated the people of the state and thanked them for their support during the electioneering processes.

    But while Laosun said he accepted the result of the election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Adelabu said his party (APC) is studying the incidents of violence and various reported cases of electoral malpractices to determine further course of action if necessary.

    INEC on Sunday night declared PDP’s Makinde winner of the poll after scoring the highest number of votes in the election conducted.

    Makinde scored 525,621 votes to beat Adelabu (APC) who scored 357, 982.

    Laosun, speaking through his Campaign Office urged the Governor-elect to make sure he serves the people of Oyo State by bringing free education, youth employment, good and affordable health care to the residents.

    He added that there is a need to improve the economy of the State and not plunge the state into further debt.He ended the address by praying for the governor elect that God will grant him wisdom and surround him with knowledgeable and selfless individuals who would work assiduously to improve the fortune of  Oyo State residents.

    Adelabu said “I am full of gratitude to God and to every single one of you for the journey so far. I offered myself up for service for the good of Oyo State. We ran a campaign that was issues based and was above board all through and I am quite proud of that.

    “No life is worth being lost for any reason, I sincerely sympathize with the families of the bereaved, May their souls rest in Peace.

    “While my party is studying the incidents of violence and various reported cases of electoral malpractices to determine further course of action if necessary, I congratulate Seyi Makinde of PDP.”

  • PDP’s Fintiri sets to win Adamawa with one LGA to go

    With result pending from just one remaining local government area and the Peoples Democratic Party leading with over 30,000 votes, the party looks set to win the governorship election in Adamawa State.
    Results collated from 20 LGAs by just before 9 pm on Sunday when the process was suspended because result from Toungo LGA was yet to arrive the governorship collation centre in Yola, showed that the PDP candidate, Umaru Fintiri, had amassed a total of 361,539 votes while the APC candidate, Mohammed Bindow had polled 328, 433, a difference of 33,106 votes.
    The votes in the 20 LGAs are:
    1.   Shelleng APC 15,880, PDP 11,135
    2.   Yola South APC 21,941; PDP 17,432
    3.   Mayo-Belwa APC 14198; PDP 19,897
    4.   Girei APC 14,976; PDP 14,115
    5.   Mubi North APC 31,794; PDP 16,667
    6.   Yola North APC 20,979; PDP 24,383
    7.   Song APC 17,439; PDP 24,504
    8.   Michika 13,324; PDP 24,504
    9.   Mubi South APC 19,825; PDP 10,420
    10. Fufore APC 21,669; PDP 17,226; ADC 9,560
    11. Numan APC 11,592; PDP 18,826
    12. Guyuk APC 12,494; PDP 18,305
    13. Lumurde APC 10,102; PDP 18,783
    14. Maiha APC 14,939; PDP 8,745; ADC 5,959
    15. Ganye APC 19,063; PDP 17,809
    16. Jada APC 18,006; PDP 20,076
    17. Demsa APC 10,342; PDP 22,037
    18. Hong 21,358; PDP 25,878
    19. Gombi APC 9,347; PDP 12,968
    20. Madagali APC 9,365; PDP 17,529
    Although the number of accredited voters in Toungo could not be ascertained by press time, the LGA is a small one which result was not expected to make a radical difference from what had already been established from the known LGAs.

  • Ayade in comfortable lead in Cross River

    Cross River State governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof Ben Ayade, was in a comfortable lead after the collation of results of 14 out of 18 local government areas of the state.

    In the results submitted by the various returning officers at the state collation centre at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Calabar, Ayade scored 268, 891 while the All Progressives Congress came second with got 89, 976.
    The APC in the state has the senator representing the Central Senatorial District, John Owan-Enoh and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani, laying claim to the governorship ticket of the party.
    At about 8.30pm the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Frankland Briyai, announced there would be a one-hour break while results from the remaining four local government areas were awaited.

  • PDP kicks as INEC suspends Rivers elections

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kicked against the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspending the Governorship and Assembly elections in Rivers State.

    Rather, the PDP has called on the electoral body to announce the results of the polls, which it said had already been won and lost.

    The main opposition party described the suspension of the elections as manipulative schemes by the INEC and the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government.

    A statement on Sunday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, flayed the suspension order by INEC, saying the results of the elections had already been collated.

    The statement said: “The PDP alerts that this is a premeditated plan by the APC-led Federal Government to use the instrument of INEC and security agencies to truncate the wishes of the Rivers people as already delivered at the polling units.

    “Our party contends that elections have been concluded in Rivers state; results of the Governorship and House of Assembly polls have been declared at the various polling units, wards and local government collation centres and all returning officers and political parties in the ballot conclusively have the figures.

    “It is therefore directly incumbent on INEC to declare the final results instead of deliberately creating openings for the subversion of the final process; a development, which exposes the Commission’s complicity with the Buhari Presidency and the APC to enmesh the election into unnecessary crisis.

    “Our party cautions INEC to note that a lot of innocent Nigerians have already been killed by the APC in its desperation to forcefully take over Rivers state.

    Read Also: Breaking: Mob sets INEC office ablaze in Imo

    “The commission should therefore save the state from more bloodletting by immediately declaring the results.

    “Furthermore, the PDP calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to reflect on the bloodlettings that have characterized this election, which many Nigerians believe, would have been averted if he had signed the Amendment to the Electoral Act.

    “Mr. President should immediately call the security agencies (who have been annexed as departments of the APC) to end their siege to our electoral process. Any further delay is a recipe for escalation of crisis in our nation”.

     

     

  • Jimi Agbaje concedes defeat, congratulates Sanwo-Olu

    The governorship candidate of the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje, has conceded defeat and congratulated Governor-elect Babajide Sanwoolu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

    He called the APC flag bearer at 7.07pm, wishing him well as winner.

    An excited Sanwoolu, who is at the party office on Acme Road, Ogba, Ikeja to give his acceptance speech, thanked him for the kind gesture.

  • PDP alleges fraud as El-Rufai leads in Kaduna

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state has alleged fraud and irregularities as Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leads from the results released so far in Saturday’s gubernatorial election.

    Results from 11 local government areas so far collated at the INEC headquarters in Kaduna indicate El-Rufai has won in seven local government areas of Makarfi, Soba, Kudan, Ikara, Kauru, Kubau and Giwa.

    Meanwhile, the opposition candidate, Hon. Isa Ashiru has won in four local government areas of, Kachia, Kaura, Jaba and Kajuru.

    However, PDP said it would not accept the declaration due to what it referred to as doctored results and result- writing by government officials.

    Chairman of the party, Hon. Felix Hassan Hyet, alleged the election in Kaduna state was marred by intimidation by security agencies, vote buying, ballot box snatching, ballot box stuffing and laying siege on Kagarko and Sanga local government area by security agencies to favour the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Addressing journalists in Kaduna on Sunday, Hyet said: “I want to commend the voters for conducting themselves in civil manner despite unnecessary interference by security agencies.

    “There was public vote buying in Zaria local government by government officials, snatching of ballot boxes in Chikun local government area.

    Read Also: El-Rufai wins polling unit

    “The worst case was in Birnin Gwari where there was no voting. Ballot boxes were snatched and returned the next day stuffed with results.

    “Kagarko and Sanga local government areas are currently under siege by security agencies in an effort to change the results in favour of the ruling party.

    “Results were forcibly changed in Rigasa, Igabi local government area. The EO (Electoral Officers) were summoned to government house to present the results to the Governor for him to see and approve before authorising it. We have our results with our agents.

    “Based on all these irregularities, we would not accept any doctored results announced by INEC because we have the original results from our agents on ground.

    “INEC should be the umpire that everybody expects them to be. The will of the people have been pushed to the background by the activities of security agencies.

    Commenting on the apathy witnessed, the former aviation minister said it was due to what happened during the presidential and National Assembly elections.

    “There was deployment of military and security personnel in a civil situation to intimidate and harass the people.”

    Meanwhile, collation of results has been adjourned to 8:00pm to allow the remaining 12 local governments areas arrive.

    The results by local governments are as follow:

    MAKARFI LG.

    APC 34,956

    PDP 22,301

     

    KAURA LG.

    APC 8,342

    PDP 38,764.

     

    Jaba LG

    APC 6,298

    PDP 22,976

     

    Kudan LG

    APC 28,624

    PDP 22,022

     

    IKARA LG.

    APC 41,969

    PDP 22,553

     

    KUBAU LG.

    APC 67,182,

    PDP 17,074

     

    Kajuru LG.

    APC 10,229

    PDP 34,658

     

    GIWA LG.

    APC 51, 455

    PDP 19,834

     

    KAURU LG.

    APC 34,844

    PDP 31,928

     

    KACHIA LG.

    APC 30,812

    PDP 51,780

     

    SOBA LG.

    APC 55,046

    PDP 25,440

     

    More later…..

  • Bagudu wins in 10 Kebbi councils

    Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of All Progressives Congress (APC) has won in 10 local government areas of Kebbi State in the governorship election, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    Prof. Haruna Bichi, the Collation Officer for the election announced in Kebbi on Sunday that APC scored 30,720, while Isa Galaudu of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 4,526 votes in Gwandu LGA.

    He said in Birinin Kebbi LGA, APC also scored 79,092 while PDP polled 6,019 votes.

    In Argungu LGA, APC scored 30,101 while PDP pulled 23,397 votes, while in Shangal LGA, APC scored 27,012 and PDP polled 3,506 votes.

    Read Also: Election: Bagudu sweeps results announced in Birnin Kebbi

    Also in Aliero LGA, APC scored 21,923 against PDP’s 3,479, while in Suru LGA, APC scored 39,359 and PDP scored 5,198 votes.

    In Kargo LGA, APC got 21,899 while PDP scored 805 votes and in Augie LGA, APC scored 28,479 and PDP polled 11,875 votes.

    In Bunza LGA, APC scored 23,980, while PDP scored 2,114 votes. And in Dandy LGA, APC scored 33,315 while PDP pulled 5,921votes.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there are 21 LGAs in Kebbi, as collation is still in progress as at the time of filling this report.

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  • Adamawa: PDP leads after result from eight LGAs

    Hon. Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a slight lead over his major challenger in the Adamawa State governorship election, incumbent Governor Umaru Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC), when result from the eight local government area to be announced on Sunday came to light.

    Bindow had led the votes chart up to the 7th LGA, Song, but Fintiri lept over Bindow with the votes from Michika where he scored 24,504 votes against Bindow’s 13,224.

    Overall, however, Fintiri had only a slight lead with a total of 152,897 votes from the eight LGAs announced thus far, while Bindow had 150,431 votes.

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    The eight LGAs from where the results had thus come by some minutes to 2pm when collation was paused for a lunch break Sunday, were Shelleng, Yola South, Gurei, and  Mubi North where Bindow had winning votes, as well as Mayo-Belwa, Yola North, Song and Michika where Fintiri has larger numbers of votes.

    The results from the eight LGAs have largely conformed to type in terms of voting patterns for the big two political parties, except that the APC won Yola North in the presidential election of February 23 as against the reality with this governorship election.

    The result thus far, with 13 more LGAs to go, also confirms predictions that the governorship election in Adamawa State would be a close race between the APC and the PDP.

     

     

     

  • INEC declares Dr Mugu winner of Kaura constituency

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Dr Yusuf Mugu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the State Assembly seat to represent Kaura in the Kaduna State House of Assembly.

    INEC Returning Officer in the LGA, Prof. Nafiu Abdu, who announced the result in Kaura on Sunday, said that Mugu polled 37,606 votes to defeat Mr Gregory Bature of the All Progressive Congress (APC), who got 8,286 votes.

    “Yusuf Mugu, having  satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest votes is hereby declared winner,” Abdu said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mugu aspired for the seat in 2011 and 2015 without success at the primary  level.

    In the Governorship election, the Collation Officer in the LGA, Dr Luka Maude, said that Isa Ashiru of the PDP also polled 38,764 votes to defeat Gov Nasir El-Rufa’i of the APC who got 8,342 votes in the LGA.

    Mr Donatus Shemang, PDP Chairman of the LGA described the development as victory for the people of Kaura constituency.

    “It is the peoples victory because they have tried us and we have not failed them, and so they gave PDP their mandate to more dividend of democracy.

    “I have said before that PDP will win all electoral seats in the LGA and it has come to pass. I want to assure the good people of Kaura that PDP will not fail them.

    “The people have put their trust on us and we will deliver on our promises of improving the lives of our people through numerous people oriented project that would soon be rolled out,” Shemang said. (NAN)

  • Ganduje defeats PDP at his polling unit

    The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano’s governorship election, Abba Kabir Yusuf has been defeated by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje at his own polling unit at Diso Ward in Gwale Local Government Area.

    Results coming in from Diso Ward indicated that the All progressives Congress (APC), scored 172 votes to beat PDP’s candidate who got 90 votes in the election.

    This was after Ganduje’s Deputy Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna lost his own polling unit at Magwan Primary School, Nasarawa LGA to Abba Yusuf.

    At Gawuna’s polling unit, the PDP got 210 votes while APC secured 197 votes.

    There have been reports of ballot snatching, underage voting and attempts of ballot snatching in some parts of the state.

    But generally, the elections were adjudged to be relatively peaceful with impressive turnouts in many areas.