Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was losing the parliamentary election in an embarrassing fashion in places where yesterday’s National Assembly elections took place, according to preliminary election numbers obtained by SaharaReporters from Kaduna, Benue, Gombe, Katsina, Nassarawa and Lagos.

From Gombe State, SaharaReporters obtained the following vote tally from Kofar Ajiya: PDP 10, ANPP 19 and CPC 121; Kofar Shetima: PDP 5 votes, ANNP 10 and CPCP 117; Kofar Sadauki: PDP 12 votes, CPC 132; and at Kofar Sarkin Dabe: PDP 1 vote and CPC with 48 votes.

Of equal interest, in Kaduna State, in Vice-President Sambo's own neighborhood of 500 voters, the PDP received only 100, and in Suba LGA, Kaduna out of 10,000 votes PDP only managed to get 500.


The elections were in progress before an unprecedented logistical collapse compelled the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel them as the agency had failed to deliver voting materials to millions of voters across the nation on Saturday.

Meanwhile, major opposition parties met in Abuja earlier today and plan to meet with INEC chairman, Mahmud Jega later to deliver a unanimous request that the election, now rescheduled for tomorrow, April 4, be cancelled by INEC and postponed for at least one week.