The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) announced its official results of the presidential elections in Akwa Ibom State. The results show that President Goodluck Jonathan wins by a sizable margin in that State.
APC = 58,411
PDP= 953,304;
The Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has declared dusk-to-dawn curfew on Port Harcourt, the state capital, hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the result of the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.
In a terse statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, George Feyi, the governor said the curfew will hold from 7p.m. to 6a.m.
“The curfew will continue till further notice,” a part of the statement said.
The declaration of the curfew comes amidst heightened tension occasioned by the conduct of last Saturday’s election in the state.
Mr. Amaechi and the All Progressives Congress had boycotted the polls over the failure of INEC to supply result sheets to many polling units especially in the party strongholds.
But the elections continued despite the boycott and the result of both the presidential and National Assembly polls were announced at about 2pm amidst protests and call for cancellation by the APC.
The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, has flogged his major rival President Goodluck Jonathan in Adamawa state, pulling 14 Local Governments areas in the state against seven won by the president.
Declaring the result Monday evening, the state returning officer, Okogbaa Geoffrey, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Wukari, announced that APC scored 374,701 against the ruling PDP that polled 251,664.
In the presidential election results for Madagali, PDP scored 4,997 while APC polled 3,331 as PDM scored 0 votes.
In Lamurde LG, APC scored 7,322 votes while PDP polled 17, 919.
In Michika Local Government PDP scored 6,762, APC 3,527.
The result also showed that in Maiha, APC scored 15,432 as PDP polled 2,603. In Hong Local Government, the home town of former minister of Health, Aliyu Idi Hong, APC got the highest votes of 17, 365, while PDP got 16, 662.
Similarly, Mayo Belwa, the local government of impeached Governor, Murtala Nyako, APC polled 24,483 followed by PDP which scored 17, 789.
In Yola South Local Government, Nuhu Ribadu’s home town, APC scored 39,019 defeating PDP which polled 10,988 votes.
The story was also the same in Yola North where both former PDP National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, and Mr. Jonathan’s link man, Hassan Adamu (Wakilin Adamawa), cast their votes. There, APC trounced PDP with 47, 139 against PDP’s 13, 790 votes.
In Toungo, LG, APC got 6,891 against PDP that polled 4,239. In Mubi North, APC also scored the highest votes of 20,641 votes as PDP polled 12,964.
In Shelleng, APC scored 14,656 while PDP polled 9,053. In Guyuk, APC scored 9,575 as PDP took the leade with 19,808.
PDP also won in Song Local Government with 18,495 while APC scored 17, 354.
In Ganye, APC scored highest votes of 24,611 while PDP has 8,551.
In Gombi APC had 13, 603, PDP 12,035 and KOWA 71 votes.
APC scored 27,082 votes in Jada, while PDP had 12,257. However, in Demsa the ruling PDP won with 19,625 votes against its rival APC which has 6,211 votes.
In Numan local government, APC scored 10,501 votes, while PDP secured 19,036 votes.
In Fufore APC polled 32,596 and PDP scored 8,874.
The result also shows that in Mubi South APC scored 17, 655 against the PDP, 5,950.
Activities in the 20 local government areas of Ogun State were paralysed on Monday as the local government workers began an indefinite strike.
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Ogun State branch, had on Friday directed that the entire workforce of the local government areas, Local Government Service Commission and Bureau of Local Government Pensions, to commence an indefinite strike from Monday, March 30.
This directive was contained in a statement issued and signed in Abeokuta, by the state Publicity Secretary of NULGE, Mr. Folarin Osunsanmi, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent.
It stated that the “painful decision” was taken at the state executive council of the union held on Tuesday, March 24.
The union said it decided to embark on the strike following alleged refusal of the state government to implement the agreement reached with it last January.
They said some of the agreements reached include payment of outstanding deductions of workers’ salaries and allowances totalling N1.56bn.
A staff the Independent National Electoral Commission was arrested on Monday at the commission’s office in Asaba for violating INEC’s rule on collation of results.
The INEC staff, who served as the electoral officer for Ndokwa East Local Government Area, was taken away by policemen in a van after he admitted to collating the results for the local government area against the rule of the commission.
The electoral officer came to the state collation centre at INEC, Asaba, to present the result of Ndokwa East without the collation officer for the local government, whose job it is to present the result.
When he was queried by the state Collation Officer, Prof. Bolaji Aluko, the electoral officer said the collation officer for the local government did not show up and due to pressure from party agents, he was forced to collate the results alone in the presence of party agents and security operatives.
The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Anidi Ikowak, who was infuriated by the explanation, declared the results collated by the electoral officer invalid.
The REC said according to INEC’s rule, the electoral officer is not permitted to do the job of the collation officer and faulted the electoral officer for not calling him to report the situation.
Addressing the erring staff, Ikowak said, “There is division of labour in INEC’s activities. The electoral officer cannot stand in the place of the collation officer. If the collation officer did not show up you should have called me and another collation officer would have been nominated from the list of those we have trained. And replacement needs to be approved by me or even the chairman.
“I’m the REC, if this state collation officer did not come I would have reported to Abuja and another one will be sent. I can’t take up that role, I can only assist. So, the result you have collated is invalid.”
Aluko, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Otuoke, asked the electoral officer to submit the result and write a report on the situation, but noted that it had not been officially accepted.
Immediately, the electoral officer was ushered into a police van and driven off.
President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party has won last Saturday’s presidential election in Rivers State with a total vote of 1,487,075.
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) of the All Progressives Congress followed suit with 69,238 votes while KOWA party came a distant third with 2,274 votes.
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4.06pm: The meeting just ended. The former African leaders adjudged election “peaceful and transparent.” President Goodluck Jonathan is currently in a closed-door meeting with some foreigns observers who monitored Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
The election observers at the meeting include a former Ghanian President, Mr. John Kuffour, who is the leader of the ECOWAS Elections Observers; former Liberian President, Amos Sawyer, who is leading the African Union Election Observer Mission; former Malawian President and Head of Commonwealth Election Observer Mission, Bakili Muluzi; and the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Ambassador Aisha Laraba Abdullahi.
The meeting which started inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja at about 3.30pm is also being attended by Vice President Namadi Sambo and a few presidential aides. The meeting is holding at a time the Independent National Electoral Commission is announcing final results of the election.
Presidential election results for six more local governments in Niger State have been collated in Minna, bringing total LG results announced to 21.
Results for the remaining four LGs have yet to arrive.
The Returning Officer for Niger State, Prof. Abduganiu Ambali, who is the Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, has announced a break pending the arrival of the remaining results.
Buhari has won all the LGs announced so far.
Results of newly collated LGs are
Rijau LGA: APC 17,214; PDP 7,573
Mashegu LGA: APC 27,953; PDP 3,355
Magama LGA: APC 20,761; PDP 11,183
Rafi LGA: APC 36,921; PDP 4,215
Edati LGA: APC 11,691; PDP 7,117
Agaie LGA: APC 18,424; PDP 4,132
As announced by Prof. Adeniyi Daramola, VC of FUT, Akure , the Returning Officer for Ekiti state.
AA – 94 votes
ACPN – 538
AD – 754
ADC- 424
APA – 482
APC – 120, 331
CPP – 330
HDP- 94
KOWA – 108
NCP – 377
PDP – 176, 466 (wins)
PPN – 388
UPD – 60
UPP – 145
Total votes cast: 309, 445
I’m watching the INEC election announcement live on TV and updating. More to come…
As announced by the VC of University of Abuja, who is the Returning Officer for Kogi state
AA – 700
ACPN – 1,089
AD – 427
ADC – 761
APA – 1,001
APC – 264,851
CPP – 967
HOPE – 144
KOWA – 190
NCP – 399
PDP, 149, 987
PPN – 476
UPD – 180
UPP – 156
Total valid vote – 421, 328
Rejected votes – 17, 959
Total votes cast – 439, 287
As announced by Professor Isaac Asusu, VC of the Federal University, Oye, Ekiti, RO for Osun state
AA:377
AD:1667
ACPN:1731
ADC:937
APA:1306
APC: 383,603
CPP:1029
HOPE:132
KOWA:255
NCP:767
PDP:249,929
PPN:599
UDP:124
UPP:159
As announced by Prof. Michael Faborode, former VC of OAU, Ile Ife, the returning officer for FCT
AA – 139
ACPN – 342
AD – 240
ADC – 288
APA – 674
APC – 146, 399
CPP – 347
HOPE – 83
KOWA – 165
NCP – 473
PDP – 157, 195 (PDP wins)
PPN – 269
UDP – 95
UPP – 96
Total valid votes – 306, 805
Rejected votes – 9210
Total votes cast – 316, 015
As announced by Prof Ayobami Salami, the Dep. VC (Academics) of OAU, returning officer for Oyo
AA – 6,331
ACPN – 8,979
AD – 6, 282
ADC – 5,000
APA – 4,468
APC – 528, 620 (APC wins)
CPP – 6, 674
HOPE – 839
KOWA – 1,312
NCP – 1,895
PDP – 303, 376
PPN – 2,842
UDP – 1,069
UPP – 3,665
Total valid votes – 881, 352
Rejected votes – 47, 254
Total votes cast – 928, 606
As announced by the VC of University of Abuja, who is the Returning Officer for Kogi state
AA – 700
ACPN – 1,089
AD – 427
ADC – 761
APA – 1,001
APC – 264,851
CPP – 967
HOPE – 144
KOWA – 190
NCP – 399
PDP, 149, 987
PPN – 476
UPD – 180
UPP – 156
Total valid vote – 421, 328
Rejected votes – 17, 959
Total votes cast – 439, 287
Fashola, Gbajabiamila lose local government. The Peoples Democratic Party has won Surulere Local Government in the presidential election.
The local government is where Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola and the House of Representatives minority leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, hail from.
While the APC got 52,798 votes, the
PDP got 58,649
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hon. Dino Melaye, was on Monday declared the winner of the Kogi West Senatorial District election held on March 28.
Melaye defeated the candidates of seven other political parties, including the seating senator of the district, Smart Adeyemi, of the Peoples Democratic Party and Aro Bamidele of the Accord Party, who defected from the PDP due to the internal crisis rocking the party in the state.
Returning Officer of the Senatorial District, Mr. Adadi Ameh, in the early hours of Monday declared Melaye the winner at the Independent National Elcectoral Commision’s office in Lokoja Local Government area.
The Lokoja LGA office is the regional office of Kogi West Senatorial District, which comprises seven local governments of Ijumu, Kabba-Bunu, Kogi-Koton Karfe, Lokoja, Mopa Moro, Yagba East and Yagba West.
Melaye polled 41,120 of the total 118, 987 votes cast, while his closest opponent, Adeyemi, polled 38, 148 votes and Aro of Accord had 26,198 votes.
The declaration, which was met with a rapturous applause by Melaye’s supporters, was well received by the agent of the PDP, although with controlled grumblings.
Melaye, who was at the venue of the declaration, told our correspondent that the victory was for the people.
“It is a call to duty and service and I will do my best not to disappoint the people who entrusted their votes in me. The people of Kogi West have made their choice and I promise that they will be given the best of Senatorial representation.”
“I believe I won because I was closer to the grassroots. They had more money than sense and spent it but we spent our brain because we have no money and the people have made their choice,” Melaye said.
Former Aviation Minister and a Senatorial candidate of the PDP in Anambra State , Princess Stella Oduah has won the Anambra North Senatorial seat.
She defeated her major opponent, Chief Dubem Obaze of APGA.
Some women belonging to the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State were on Monday morning teargased by policemen around the INEC headquarters on Aba Road after they tried to take their grieviances over Saturday’s presidential elections in the state to the Commission’s office.
The women, donning black attires and led by House of Representatives candidate for Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area, Maureen Tamuno, came in several buses from various parts of the state as early as 8:30am to pour out their frustrations.
Armoured tanks barricaded the two lanes leading to INEC office while gun-wielding police and military policemen in large numbers were positioned in strategic points in the vicinity.
Monday’s protest by the APC women followed Sunday’s version of the party’s youths from various parts of the state to the Commission’s headquarters where gunshots were fired after the protesters prevented an SUV believed to be conveying the PDP governorship candidate in Rivers, Nyesom Wike, from leaving the area.
The APC youths also attacked other vehicles moving in and out of the area.
Meanwhile Public Relations Officer of the Commission in the state, Anthonia Nwobu, told our correspondent on Monday morning that results of the presidential election from all the local government areas would be made public at a press briefing by 12:00pm.
According to her, Returning Officers from all the areas would hand the final results to the Resident Electoral Commission, Gecila Khan, during the briefing.
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has opened up a massive lead in the presidential race in Niger State with results for 11 of the 25 local governments in the state announced.
So far, Buhari has 296,100 votes, while President Goodluck Jonathan has polled 74,784 votes.
In Bosso LG, APC got 36,951, while PDP secured 6,036.
In Chanchaga LG, APC garnered 58,239 to PDP’s 9,438.
15,972 people voted for Buhari in Gbako with 5,521 opting for Jonathan.
Gurara LG gave Buhari 17,284 votes and Jonathan 7,803 votes, while the APC defeated the PDP with 16,368 to 2,708 votes in Katcha LG.
Mariga LG gave APC 28, 463 votes and the PDP 4,351 votes.
Other local governments where results have been announced are: Munya LG (APC, 12,820; PDP, 7119); Paiko LG (APC, 27,298; PDP, 8,029); Shiroro LG (APC, 27,462; PDP, 7,040). Suleja LG (APC, 38,262; PDP, 9,535) and Tafa LG (APC, 16,981; PDP, 7,168).
The presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress, (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari is leading in Oyo according to results of the local government released by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).Muhammadu BuhariBuhari Support Organizations.
With the results from Oyo, Buhari appears to have won all states in the Southwest save for Ekiti state where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won.
Oyo West:
APC-16,431, PDP-5,381
Atisbo:
APC-9,090, PDP-6,392
Saki East:
APC-7,208, PDP-5,368
Iwajowa:
APC-8,715, PDP-7, 389
Ona Ara:
APC-12,291, PDP-7,175
Ibarapa East:
APC-10,482, PDP 7,009
Atiba:
APC-16,755, PDP-6,443
Oluyole:
APC-19, 642, PDP-6,956
Ido:
APC-17,235, PDP-6,538
Kajola:
APC-14,538, PDP-11,045
Afijio:
APC-8,001, PDP-5,738
The returning officer at Afijio Local Government disclosed that election did not take place in three units because INEC headquarters did not supply election materials for the units and registered voters in the units did not have PVC.
Orelope:
APC-9,425, PDP-5,384
Irepo:
APC-10, 380, PDP-4,979
Itesiwaju:
APC-7,257, PDP-7,605
Iseyin:
APC-24,075, PDP-10,569
Oyo East:
APC-17,105, PDP-6,326
Orire:
APC-10,161, PDP-13,238
Saki West:
APC-25,965, PDP-7,008
Lagelu:
APC-15,547, PDP-7,366
Swatting aside the Governor Olusegun Mimiko variable, All Progressives Congress presidential applicant Muhammadu Buhari has won the decision in Ondo State.
The aftereffects of Saturday’s presidential challenge in the State declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Prof. Oyewole Olusola, shows APC taking the State by 299,889 votes to 251,368 for the Peoples Democratic Party.
Aftereffects of the Presidential Election in Ondo state Announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Prof. Oyewole Olusola
See results below:
1. AKOKO NORTH WEST LGA
APC- 17, 997 PDP – 12,048
2. AKURE NORTH LGA
APC – 13,092 PDP – 7,817
3. OSE LGA
APC – 11,300 PDP – 13,466
4. IFEDORE LGA
APC – 13,459 PDP – 8,031
5. IRELE LGA
APC – 9,969 PDP – 11,639
6. ONDO WEST LGA
APC – 18,923 PDP – 20,243
7. OWO LGA
APC – 27,290 PDP – 13,757
8. AKOKO SOUTH EAST LGA
APC – 7,245 PDP – 6769
9. IDANRE LGA
APC – 12,654 PDP – 12, 290
10. AKOKO SOUTH EAST LGA
APC – 25,336 PDP – 15, 490
11. ODIGBO LGA
APC – 18,655 PDP – 19,315
12. ILE OLUJI/OKEIGBO LGA
APC – 12,338 PDP – 13,652
13. ESE ODO LGA
APC – 4002 PDP – 24,943
14. ONDO EAST LGA
APC – 5,922 PDP – 8,708
15. AKURE SOUTH LGA
APC – 50,411 PDP – 18,125
16. OKITIPUPA LGA
APC – 17,495 PDP – 19,035
17. AKOKO NORTH EAST
APC- 18,894 PDP- 10, 348
12. Ilaje LGA
APC-14, 907 PDP- 15, 692
The Presidential Elections In Ondo State
APC- 299, 889 PDP-251, 368
Total Registered Voters- 1,501,804
Total Accredited Voters- 618, 040
Total Valid Vote Cast- 561, 056
Total Void Votes- 21, 379
Total Vote Cast- 582, 435
Aa press conference yesterday, Umana Okon Umana, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, showed thousands of ballot papers that voters actually cast for his party in Ibesikpo local government area, but which were isolated and thrown away by rogue staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission in collusion with officials of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Umana Okon Umana
The discarded ballots, which were just for the Ibesikpo local government area alone, offered an indication of the depth of electoral malpractice that characterized the polls in Bayelsa State on Saturday.
The All Progressives Congress in Anambra State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of using residential houses, hotels and other secret places for collation of electoral results.
The party also said that most of the legitimate collation centres were left empty without any sign of electoral activities.
The senator representing Anambra Central and who is also seeking reelection, Dr. Chris Ngige, who spoke for members of the party in Awka on Sunday, said powerful persons in the state had held on to the results of the elections, hence the delay in announcement of electoral results.
He also said results sheets were also not made available at the centres. Ngige, who called for the outright cancellation of elections in the state, said to further compound the situation, the number of people accredited and expected to vote during Saturday’s election at different polling stations were not made public by INEC officials.
“In some places, the accreditation was done alongside the voting proper. People voted as many times as possible,” he alleged.
According to Ngige, the accreditation was done with a view to manipulating the results, adding that in most places, the fingers of voters were not inked.
He said names of voters were being written on fresh sheets of paper during the accreditation, which gave room for serious manipulation.
He said over 200 policemen were accompanied by some PDP stalwarts to some local government areas with the intention of forcing electoral officers to sign blank result sheets.
But speaking to our correspondent in an interview on Sunday, the Residential Electoral Commissioner, Anambra State, Mr. Edwin Nwatarali, said no report had been brought to him showing that fingers were not inked during the elections.
He said the commission had to move collation centres from troubled zones to other collation centres that were peaceful after a clash occurred on Sunday in one of the collation centres.
He said threats to lives of INEC personnel and materials had been reported to him, and the situation was under control.
