http://www.titopeblog.com/2019/04/inec-announces-date-for-lagos.html

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, on Wednesday said the supplementary poll in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency would hold on April 27.

The commission fixed the date after complying with a court order directing it to announce results of the Feb. 23 election in the constituency at a stakeholders’ meeting held at the commission’s office located in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Secretariat, NAN reports.

Prof. Olusoji Ilori, the INEC Returning Officer for the federal constituency had declared the Feb. 23 election inconclusive.

Ilori, an academic from the University of Lagos, reeled out the scores of each political party in the election, and said that the margin between the leading candidate, Mrs Rita Orji, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his closest opponent, Mr Kolawole Taiwo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), necessitated the supplementary election.

He said that the PDP candidate polled 31, 982 votes, while Mr Kolawole Taiwo of the APC scored 28, 758 votes.

Ilori said that the difference between PDP and APC was 3224.

The returning officer said that the total number of registered voters for the constituency in the election was 379, 676; valid votes was 63, 049; rejected votes, 2855; while the total votes cast was 65, 904.

He said that the total registered voters for the affected 71 polling units across eight wards in the constituency where cancellation occurred remained 43, 660.

Announcing the date of the supplementary election, Mr Afred Akpojotor, the INEC Electoral Officer for the council, said that the poll would hold on April 27 in the affected areas.

According to Akpojotor, the affected areas include, Awodi Ora, Wilmer, Ilori Apapa, Ojo Road, Mosafejo, Temidire 2, among others.

“I have been directed by my Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) to announce that the commission has fixed Saturday April 27 for the supplementary election in all those affected polling units,” he said.

He said that the results of the supplementary elections would be added to the already collated results for the winner to emerge.

In his reaction, Mr Charles Ejimadu, the Director-General of the Rita Orji Campaign Organisation, described the process as “unfortunate”, claiming that the results for 67 out of 71 affected polling units were available.

“We have 67 of those results. It is under our custody and when the time comes, we shall bring out our facts.

“Of course, we won in the major election, rerun will not be an issue, but we are saying there shouldn’t have been any need for the rerun because we have a clear valid win from our own collation that we have.

‘When the time comes, we will bring out the fact for the whole world to know,” Ejimadu told journalists.

Also speaking, Mr Fatia Ajidagba, an APC chieftain and the Executive Chairman, Ifelodun Local Council Development Area told newsmen that APC would prepare adequately for the supplementary poll and that the party would emerge victorious.

INEC, Lagos, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mr Femi Akinbiyi, on Wednesday, enjoined registered voters in the affected areas to come out in large numbers to cast their votes and conduct themselves in a peaceful manner to ensure the success of the election.

No need for an election we already know the winners.
Just invite them and give them their certificates of return. Stop wasting our precious time on queue to vote for spirits

Ilori, an academic from the University of Lagos, reeled out the scores of each political party in the election, and said that the margin between the leading candidate, Mrs Rita Orji, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his closest opponent, Mr Kolawole Taiwo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), necessitated the supplementary election.

May the best candidate win.

God bless Lagos State.
God bless Nigeria!

raba for hand others follows

A big shout out to all corpers that served during the election. Thumbs up. Corpers wee oo

Elect What?

Hahahahahahaha

The piigiiyyeasternerr approached the court to stop this supplementary election and have INEC declare her winner.

It failed!

Waste of time, waste of resources!!

APC all the way...

Nothing changes

BuhariAdvocate:
Atiku is planning to withdraw his case against president Buhari after he was busted that Atiku is not a Nigerian citizen.

Dont fuuul urself

Hier:
A big shout out to all corpers that served during the election. Thumbs up. Corpers wee oo

It was a privilege.

BuhariAdvocate:
Atiku is planning to withdraw his case against president Buhari after he was busted that Atiku is not a Nigerian citizen.

Atiku has come too far to quit. Moreover, I dont believe that thing about Atiku not being a citizen of Nigeria, rumours flying here and there and false allegations are filling the air recently

PrecisionFx:



The Tally of Atiku's result seems more real because the total vote cast is 35 million votes, more than the total of 2015 elections vote total, unlike the INEC result that gave a total of 26 million, less than total 2015 figures.

More people actually came out to vote jn 2019 than any ither year.

please let them be real oooo. Just the remaining days of Buhari is killing someone here. Fuel scarcity every now and then. Bubu should go home abeg

I really wish HKT can pull this off...16 whole years as HOA member, with 4yrs as Dep Speaker, longest serving member and the HOA speaker would have easily gone to him oo but he's been trounced left, right and center in the same constituency he has represented for almost 2 decades.

PrecisionFx:



The Tally of Atiku's result seems more real because the total vote cast is 35 million votes, more than the total of 2015 elections vote total, unlike the INEC result that gave a total of 26 million, less than total 2015 figures.

More people actually came out to vote jn 2019 than any ither year.

I almost wept seeing the accredited votes from South South, especially Rivers where I was expecting about a million valid votes also showed low turn out.

I was following the statistic to a point that, I assured a friend that Atiku would win, only to see the low turn out, and I believe more people registered and more should have turn out. I was frustrated egbon

I hope another Kano osun treatment will not happen

HKT For Ajeromi Ifelodun Come 27th April. APC For Ajeromi Ifelodun.

We are collecting our seats back from economic refugees. Wanna contest? Go back to your state.

I warned dem severally here on Nairaland but they thought we were joking.

Quidquopro:
Hahahahahahaha

The piigiiyyeasternerr approached the court to stop this supplementary election and have INEC declare her winner.

It failed!

Waste of time, waste of resources!!

APC all the way...

They are joking. We are collecting our seats back from economic refugees. We can't host them and they turn around to insult us.

We have collected all our seats back from them in Isolo, Oshodi and Amuwo, this is the remaining one.

They would pay for their foolishness.

Where is Oluomo? Why can't he send his boys to remind the yam legged Igbo woman to go and represent her homeland.,........abi madness dey worry her for head! HKT all the way!!!!!! APC without fail.....

Lzaa Imhotep

OGHENAOGIE:
I hope another Kano osun treatment will not happen

It will not but its clear that apc will win.43k is a big water to fish,so much room for harvesting votes.but concerning kano,elections were held in over 200 units and there were irregularities in about 20 so why the hullabaloo

PearlStreet:


Igbos didn't win a single seat in Lagos.
Go and ask the Ohaneze.

I warned them but them no listen. Power brokers are here on Nairaland and they should stop insulting Yorubas in Lagos, foolishness no gree them hear.

If they behave funny, Eze Ndigbo title would be banned in Lagos. Not a joke.

Cc immhotep Adaibeku chipink Afonjaconehead sarrki deomelo

Quidquopro:
Hahahahahahaha

The piigiiyyeasternerr approached the court to stop this supplementary election and have INEC declare her winner.

It failed!

Waste of time, waste of resources!!

APC all the way...

That piggyeasterner is going to win the supplementary election. while you locate the nearest Rattack to follow your ancestors