Buhari rejects results in 22 states and FCT
On April 19, 2011 · · In Headlines

By EMMANUEL AZIKEN, Political Editor, BEN AGANDE & DAPO AKINREFON

ABUJA – CONGRESS for Progressive Change, CPC, Presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, called for the cancellation of results of the election saying that computers used in compiling the votes were programmed to rig the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, back to power.

Center Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari’s assertion was backed by a petition submitted by his party to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in which the party demanded an investigation into the allegation that the Excel computer programme installed in the INEC computers were manipulated to give Dr. Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP an advantage.

Intimidation of voters

The petition signed by the CPC’s National Chairman, Prince Tony Momoh and National Secretary Engr. Buba Galadima, equally alleged intimidation of voters, multiple voting among other reasons why the results from the South South and South East geopolitical zones should be outrightly cancelled.

The petition by the CPC was immediately challenged by the party’s erstwhile National Publicity Secretary, Dennis Aghanya, who said the election as attested to by international observers was free and fair even as he alleged that Buhari was sabotaged by fifth columnists from within the party.

Chief Press Secretary to INEC chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, was not available to respond to the issue yesterday.

Alleging what he described as systematic rigging in the election, Buhari in an interview with Al Jazeera said: “We have evidence in our hands that the computers were programmed to produce rigged results.”

His petition on the alleged irregularities was submitted to INEC by the CPC National Secretary Galadima, who equally demanded that further collation of the results of the election should be postponed pending the forensic analysis of all the ballots in the two zones.

Galadima who stormed the National Collation Centre for the presidential election with the three_page petition to the INEC chairman was, however, stopped at the entrance of the centre by security operatives because his name was not among those accredited to entre the complex.

Affirming that Buhari won the election based on the party’s independent result collation, he said:
‘We (CPC) are also disagreeing with results from Sokoto, Adamawa, Plateau, Nasarawa, Benue, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Jigawa among others. All results must be subjected to forensic analysis before it is announced. If it is announced without forensic analysis, we will not accept it.”

Foreign observers

The petition copied to foreign observers and local diplomatic missions read thus: “Our attention has been drawn by our State collation officers, polling agents, and election supervisors in the states of the South-South and South-East and some other states that the presidential elections held on April 16, 2011 in Nigeria were conducted in substantial non-compliance with the principles of the Electoral Act with the effect that the results handed down were substantially affected by massive irregularities that include the following:

1.Members of the public in the areas mentioned were at most polling stations intimidated and driven away from the polling units with the effect that the ballot papers in ballot boxes were printed and stuffed in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

2. Opposition voters were directly and indirectly kept away from polling units through threats of force, violence and death in consequence of which they were disenfranchised.

3. There was clear absence of accreditation of voters in most of the polling units and the regulated procedure for the conduct of the purported election was as a result violently breached to the advantage of PDP.

Computer application

4. There is strong suspicion, supported by reasonable grounds, that the Excel computer application installed in the computers of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, across the nation was deliberately designed to short change the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC. This can be attested to by the unfolding situation of Katsina and Kano where the manual calculation of the results reveal that our Party was short changed by hundreds of thousands of votes when the results were manually reviewed.

Appeal: Our Party, the Congress for Progressive Change, is in consequence of the above, humbly appealing to the Chairman to:

1.Order the respective Chief Electoral Commissioners and such other custodians of all presidential election documents including statement of results, ballot papers and voters registers which are returned to the Commission by the Returning Officers to produce them to be analyzed in line with our allegation on multiple and alien voting by voters not registered at the polling units.

2. Investigate the allegation of manipulation of Excel Application Programme installed in the field computers of INEC deliberately designed to favour PDP and short change CPC.

3. Order for the cancellation of the results handed down from the South_South and South East in the event the investigation revealed the alleged breaches.

4. Order for concurrent manual recalculation of the result across the country alongside the Excel Application calculation.

Conclusion: Based on credible information received and intelligence reports in the areas mentioned, we formally write to reject the entire results presented from Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo; Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi states. Others include Ekiti, Ogun, Osun, Lagos, Sokoto, Kaduna, Jigawa, Gombe, Yobe, Zamfara, Adamawa, Nasarawa states and FCT.

“We, therefore, appeal that you demand the ballot papers and result sheets as collated from these zones and states for scrutiny in the interest of peace, prosperity, free, fair and credible elections. We recall that on Sunday April 17, because of reports we received, we issued a press statement that we would accept only collated results from polling stations.

What is being exhibited to the world is not collated from polling units but from the state headquarters where a lot of manipulations, we believe, had taken place.”

The CPC’s immediate past National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Aghanya, however, called on Buhari to draw back from disputing the poll as he affirmed that the election was lost due to internal sabotage in the party.

Sabotage from within

He said: “The CPC was sabotaged from within and as such should direct its anger on such saboteurs within. Gen. Buhari should resist the temptation of being dragged into this mess. The election has been lost and won but we must move ahead.

“The election was adjudged very free and fair by the international and local observers. I want to advise aggrieved CPC sympathisers over the outcome of the presidential election to direct their anger towards those within the CPC who sabotaged Gen. Buhari before and during the elections.

“If at all the election was rigged, these fellows should be held responsible and not those they are burning their houses. They should look inwards and not doing otherwise. We raised alarm earlier over these acts of sabotage and warned our leaders. But no one listened to us. We can now see the end result of their unpatriotic acts.”




I think the bolded should be investigated.I voted in Rivers State and there was an average turn out of 30% from the !0 polling units I have access to.

Here is the article: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/04/buhari-rejects-results-in-22-states-and-fct/

Buhari is correct in rejecting the results.

Abagworo:

I think the bolded should be investigated.I voted in Rivers State and there was an average turn out of 30% from the !0 polling units I have access to.

Lol. And they would have us believe that 76.32% turnout in Rivers is credible.

State	Turnout	PDP Votes
Bayelsa	85.61%	504811
Imo	83.56%	1381357
Abia	77.95%	1175984
Rivers	76.32%	1817762

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en&key=t9noetUMsSmQOtcoi8LF7Xw&authkey=CKfYx4YG&hl=en#gid=0

He is a bad loser. What gave him the assurance that he is going to win. He should accept the result in good faith. If he is interested in serving the nation as he made us to believe, he should put himself at the disposal of the elected president for the service of the nation. I think CPC have hidden agender and all Nigerians should reject the party in the governorship election.

CPC = Party of Violence and Strife

It still amazes me how Buhari, the man who overthrew a democratically elected govt, is here today claiming democratic rights.

Shouldn't he be in jail?

F*ck PDP. They have fooled the majority with their so called 'Free + fair election'. The conduct at the polls may have been ok, but there was blatent manipulation  of the votess AFTERWARDS.

Nobody can tell me 500000 people voted PDP in Jigawa. Jus Jigawa we talking.

Let alone the inflated turn outs in the south 50% turnout in KATSINA (Buhari home state) yet in SS + SE we hearing 75-95% turnouts.

The sad thing is GEJ would probably have won after a run off but his Party chose to put the 419 Machine into action.

For all those turning a blind eye come 2015 when Fashola (or anyone else) runs, watch when they RIG again. DO NOT COMPLAIN cause you took it up the ass now. haha.

no he lost in the SW thats clear

Muk-Ldn:

For all those turning a blind eye come 2015 when Fashola (or anyone else) runs, watch when they RIG again. DO NOT COMPLAIN cause you took it up the backside now. haha.

That is why I am fighting this PDP rigging. For Fashola's sake.

^^ If people dont stand up PDP will RIG again and again. Who is Fashola or Ribadau that people think PDP wont RIG them from power? People dont undesrtand no matter GEJ's good intentions he will be corrupted by the dity hands that feed him.

Among the thousands of votes cast in my polling boot, ANPP's Shekarou got three. . . while GEJ got the rest of the votes for my korokoro eyes.

Muk-Ldn:

^^ If people dont stand up PDP will RIG again and again. Who is Fashola or Ribadau that people think PDP wont RIG them from power?  People dont undesrtand no matter GEJ's good intentions he will be corrupted by the dity hands that feed him.

Too many Nigerians lack foresight. Cannot see the future until it smacks them in the face.


Anyway, I'm glad Buhari has rejected the results. At least there is no ANPP this time to take the carrot of a unity government. He will hopefully fight the fraudulent election results until they are overturned.

We know that the elections were rigged by both CPC & PDP - Underage voting up north and thumbprinting down south. If you complain about one, you must also complain about the other.

The real problem is our continued silliness in trying to balance a pyramid on its tip - Nigeria will never work this way. Even if the pyramid MUST be on its tip we have to come up with better arrangements for an always available three-sided support system.

Buhari that truncated democracy yesterday, and didn't think to immediately conduct credible elections, is today the champion of credible elections

Nigeria smells to high heavens!!!

Muk-Ldn:

bleep PDP. They have fooled the majority with their so called 'Free + fair election'. The conduct at the polls may have been ok, but there was blatent manipulation  of the votess AFTERWARDS.

Nobody can tell me 500000 people voted PDP in Jigawa. Jus Jigawa we talking.

Let alone the inflated turn outs in the south 50% turnout in KATSINA (Buhari home state) yet in SS + SE we hearing 75-95% turnouts.

The sad thing is GEJ would probably have won after a run off but his Party chose to put the 419 Machine into action.

For all those turning a blind eye come 2015 when Fashola (or anyone else) runs, watch when they RIG again. DO NOT COMPLAIN cause you took it up the backside now. haha.

koruji:

We know that the elections were rigged by both CPC & PDP - Underage voting up north and thumbprinting down south. If you complain about one, you must also complain about the other.

The real problem is our continued silliness in trying to balance a pyramid on its tip - Nigeria will never work this way. Even if the pyramid MUST be on its tip we have to come up with better arrangements for an always available three-sided support system.

Buhari that truncated democracy yesterday, and didn't think to immediately conduct credible elections, is today the champion of credible elections

Nigeria smells to high heavens!!!

This post just made my day!!! *applause!*

nuzo:

Among the thousands of votes cast in my polling boot, ANPP's Shekarou got three. . . while GEJ got the rest of the votes for my korokoro eyes.

and sincerely, this should be the honest truth for every body who voted outside the North.
In my PU, we didnt even have any ANPP, what we had was about 2 or three ACN

Buhari rejecting the result means nada. It has been announced. GEJ will be in power while any court cases are thrashed out, including the millions of under-aged voters in the North. One thing is clear, though: No SE and SS person (in the East or living elsewhere), except that imbecilic Abagworo, would vote for Buhari for a myriad of reasons,  We have the population to pull this through. If the SW likes, they can join the train, otherwise they can align with the North, once again.

If they continue to disturb the peace, MEND and Egbesu and MASSOB will join the fray and unleash superior mayhem on them.

Buhari is a delusional professional election runner and a serial loser. He's doing what he does best; dream about his imaginary landslide victory without any meaningful campaign, run, lose and then whine. 4 yrs later the circle continues. He really can't see the handwriting on the wall. Nigerians are no longer interested in coup plotters, even IBB has seen the handwriting on the wall but no, not Buhari, his "Born to rule/win" idiocy is a serious impediment to his sense of judgement.

solomonwal:

He is a bad loser. What gave him the assurance that he is going to win. He should accept the result in good faith. If he is interested in serving the nation as he made us to believe, he should put himself at the disposal of the elected president for the service of the nation. I think CPC have hidden agender and all Nigerians should reject the party in the governorship election.

If he is a bad loser, why is he not contesting SW results? If he is going to lose fine, someone must definitely lose. But to cheat is what is not allowed.

gists:

If he is a bad loser, why is he not contesting SW results? If he is going to lose fine, someone must definitely lose. But to cheat is what is not allowed.

Makes sense to challenge where the most rigging in the south happened. . . namely the SS and SE.

EDIT: Misread your post, we are saying the same thing.

gists:

If he is a bad loser, why is he not contesting SW results? If he is going to lose fine, someone must definitely lose. But to cheat is what is not allowed.

And my question again to U is , can we safely conclude that CPC did no rigging of thier own?  

Dude won in the SW, SE and SS. So I dont really get this rigging was done in the SE and SS and not in the SW bull shyte.

Or maybe the contest is not really about weather he lost, but more about thye margin of the loss?

I'm still amused at how Ibos always manage to get themselves in the middle of every trouble. How do these fo.ols always end up getting used?

$10000 to every $1 you put up says when the spoils of this war are being shared in terms of Federal Goverment appointments, Ibos will still be shortchanged while the Yorubas and Hausas continue the business as usual! Who wants to take on the bet?!

You are not suggesting Buhari was going to win in the SS & SE, even without rigging. Are you?

Remember, PDP cleared the SS, SE & a lot of the North in the first election. If this was a real democracy, as we question the large voter turn out in the SS & SE, we will also question how everyone suddenly started voting CPC up north. We know the voting pattern changed in the SW as well, but there were two factors:  1) PDP had a respectful showing in the SW legislative election; 2) Voter turnout in the SW was not very enthusiastic.

On the other hand, the SS & their latter-day SE compatriots were extremely motivated - a little too much, aka extra thumb-printing. The North did their own rigging with underage voting, but CPC does not seem to consider that rigging (plus PDP probably benefited as well). A lot of these underage voters may have been scared away by the prescence of extra-security, hence the low "voter" turnout.

Either way, Nigeria is never going to work this way.

ekt_bear:

Makes sense to challenge where the most rigging in the south happened. . . namely the SS and SE.

EDIT: Misread your post, we are saying the same thing.

koruji:

You are not suggesting Buhari was going to win in the SS & SE, even without rigging. Are you?

You miss the point. The voter turnout is what is being questioned here, not who would have won in the SS and SE.

Remember, PDP cleared the SS, SE & a lot of the North in the first election. If this was a real democracy, as we question the large voter turn out in the SS & SE, we will also question how everyone suddenly started voting CPC up north. We know the voting pattern changed in the SW as well, but there were two factors:  1) PDP had a respectful showing in the SW legislative election; 2) Voter turnout in the SW was not very enthusiastic.

On the other hand, the SS & their latter-day SE compatriots were extremely motivated - a little too much, aka extra thumb-printing. The North did their own rigging with underage voting, but CPC does not seem to consider that rigging (plus PDP probably benefited as well). A lot of these underage voters may have been scared away by the prescence of extra-security, hence the low "voter" turnout.

I can believe 90% votes going to GEJ in parts of the SS and SE. But I cannot believe that AND 80%+ voter turnout. High turnout will take what might be 30% or 40% of eligible voters coming out into 40 or 50. Maybe even 55%. But 83.56%, as in Imo? Something that wasn't replicated in Ebonyi (47.87%), btw?

This same Imo state where media reports observed "low turnout"? Low turnout = 83.56% of all eligible voters came out and voted Na lie! It is fraud. Shoddy and crude fraud at that; not even clever or elegant fraud.

If it had been me rigging for GEJ, I'd have reported roughly 60% turnout. That'd be enough to get the job done w/o raising too much ire or suspicion.

Either way, Nigeria is never going to work this way.

Agreed. Current system is unsustainable.

Buhari's rejection of this result shows that the guy doesn't belong to 2011.
For a presidential candidate that totally rejected, ignored, and dismissed Igbos, he's got to be kidding to say that the Enugu result should be discarded, because of high turn-out report
The guy must have thought Igbos are still part of his civil war victory booty.
He doesn't need Igbo vice pres. candidate, doesn't need Igbo party chair(poor Mike Ahamba), and defintely saw no need to campaign vigorously in Igboland. He actually got what he ordered

Walahi I won't take part in analysing any result! If the buhari wants to reject results, na for im empty pocket.
Make e go cry for front of INEC office!

WTF? MS Excel was rigged to support the PDP? Buhari really is a relic that belongs in the 20th century. I see he is contesting the results in almost all the states he didn't win. Even in those he didn't campaign in. Words are just not enough.

I am a honest nigerian, looking at the figures and looking at satellite pictures and with my knowledge of Nigeria. some state were rigged.

Look let be honest with ourself. Even the Awo and zik, never got 300,000 in sokoto. If you people put the figure of the  North west together. they are claiming the PDP got 4 million vote. that is not possible from my knowledge of Nigeria.  80% of the voters in that area would vote for CPC. That I can tell you. With confident.

On the issue of vote in the south, I can tell you from satellite pictures , It is possible in some state. 

It is obvious from the figures, there is rigging.


This bring us back to the same issue. it is impossible to conduct free and fair election in nigeria , without remove edo,delta and Yorubas into Benin republic.

All these people alleging low turnout in the east should just go and rest.
How do u establish low turn out?
By the number of people u see when u visited?
Thats lame cos people didnt care much to stay back and protect their votes in the east as it was obvious that votes are secure.

Alleging low turn out is a very shallow excuse.

22 states? That's over doing it.

Why not count the states that he also won ?

Over doing it.

this

ekt_bear:

You miss the point. The voter turnout is what is being questioned here, not who would have won in the SS and SE.
I can believe 90% votes going to GEJ in parts of the SS and SE. But I cannot believe that AND 80%+ voter turnout. High turnout will take what might be 30% or 40% of eligible voters coming out into 40 or 50. Maybe even 55%. But 83.56%, as in Imo? Something that wasn't replicated in Ebonyi (47.87%), btw?
This same Imo state where media reports observed "low turnout"? Low turnout = 83.56% of all eligible voters came out and voted Na lie! It is fraud. Shoddy and crude fraud at that; not even clever or elegant fraud.

If it had been me rigging for GEJ, I'd have reported roughly 60% turnout. That'd be enough to get the job done w/o raising too much ire or suspicion.Agreed. Current system is unsustainable.

U cant beat nothing with nothing.

U cant just submit "I dont believe these figures" without putting forth a coherent argument.

U are comparing the turn out in IMO state and the turn out in Ebonyi. Actually thats consistent. I remenber a thread that YOU were on comparing the literacy level bw states in SW, SE and the North. The gulf in difference in literacy level bw IMO and Ebonyi state is alarming. I would have been concerned if the turn out levels in Ebonyi was similar to that of Imo.

And I know I sound like a broken record, but why oh why are we very selective in apportioning rigging? Did CPC not partake in any?

^-- It is very rare to see such high turnout figures. I can either believe that this is one of those rare events, or instead think that it is fraudulent. For a variety of reasons (including that extra-high-turnout wasn't reported in the SE, no reports of the streets completely shut down with the traffic of 83%+ of all eligible voters in Imo State turning out), I'm strongly inclined to believe the latter.

In any case. . . no real point debating now. Buhari has rejected the results, will challenge them, and we will learn what is what.

Regarding underage voting, PDP should challenge that too. Let both sides expose all the rigging techniques used, so that in future elections it will never happen again.

bk.babe97y:

I'm still amused at how Ibos always manage to get themselves in the middle of every trouble. How do these fo.ols always end up getting used?

$10000 to every $1 you put up says when the spoils of this war are being shared in terms of Federal Goverment appointments, Ibos will still be shortchanged while the Yorubas and Hausas continue the business as usual! Who wants to take on the bet?!

for once in your miserable existence think before you post, were you expecting us to vote buhari? i dont blame you after all you have never been to nigeria and i pray you never will.