Faber:
Very good...waiting for Kwankwaso to also claim election Victory...


Omo, this year go choke o

Jeweltz:
Those of you asking what am I bringing. I give him peace of mind and be his support

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has called on the presidential candidates of Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his counterpart for the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to accept defeat by calling to congratulate the APC flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The APC PCC Special Adviser on Media and Strategic Communications, Dele Alake, made the call at a press conference in Abuja to address the calls for the Independent National Electoral Commission results to cancel the election.

The development is coming in the wake of the demand by the PDP, LP and the African Democratic Congress for INEC National Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, to step aside.

The three parties had in a joint press conference on Tuesday alleged that the February 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections were marred with violence, rigging and intimidation of voters.

In the same vein, the PDP vice presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa, had asked Yakubu to cancel the results of Saturday’s elections.

Okowa claimed that there was no transparency in the process because the results were not transmitted electronically from polling units.

But the APC PCC rejected the call and rather urged Atiku and Obi to borrow a leaf from former President Goodluck Jonathan, who, in 2015, called to congratulate the APC candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, even before INEC finished announcing the results of the election.


He said, “We call on Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan by conceding defeat. This election has already been won by our candidate, according to the results declared at the collation centres in the state. In 2015, President Jonathan did not wait for INEC to finish collation before he called President Muhammadu Buhari and congratulated him in the true spirit of democracy and sportsmanship.

“We urge Atiku Abubakar and Obi to follow the same path of honour, instead of attempting to heat the polity via the reckless statements by surrogates. Let Atiku and Obi call Tinubu now.”

Alake, an ex-Lagos commissioner, took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for literally calling for the cancellation of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

According to him, Obasanjo’s demand was anchored on unsubstantiated claims, rumours and allegations of fraud by the opposition parties after observing that they have lost the election.

While saying he was disappointed in the elder statesman’s statement, the PCC Special Adviser on Media noted that even Obasanjo himself once admitted in an interview that there is no ‘perfect’ electoral system anywhere in the world.

“The APC-PCC wants to say emphatically that former President Obasanjo has no moral right to meddle in this election, let alone calling for its cancellation because he is an interested party having publicly, on January 1, this year, endorsed the candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi,” Alake said.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has advised aggrieved political parties to seek legal redress if not satisfied with the electoral process, adding that calls for the resignation of INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, by the parties is out of place.

It would be recalled that the national collation agents for the Peoples Democratic Party, Dino Melaye and Emeka Ihedioha on Monday walked out of the International Conference Centre in Abuja over alleged rigging.

Agents of some other parties, including those of the Social Democratic Party, Labour Party and Action Democratic Party had pointed out same views.

They had accused INEC of violating the Electoral Act by going ahead with the result collation and announcement despite not uploading the results on the INEC Result Viewing portal.

Addressing the matter on Tuesday, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said that “results emanating from the states point to a free, fair and credible process.”

He however urged parties to allow the conclusion of the electoral process and if not satisfied, they could approach the court.


He noted, “The call by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Democratic Party on the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to resign is misplaced. The allegation by Dino Melaye that the INEC chairman allocated scores to parties is unfounded and irresponsible.

“At the same time, contrary to the insinuation by both parties, results emanating from the states point to a free, fair and credible process.

“There are laid down procedures for aggrieved parties or candidates to follow when they are dissatisfied about the outcome of an election. Such procedures do not include calling on the INEC chairman to resign or for the election to be cancelled.

“To be sure, aggrieved parties are free to approach the courts to ventilate their concerns and wait for the matter to be resolved. Making inciting comments capable of causing violence or unrest is unacceptable.

“The 2023 general election processes are in their final stages of completion. It is only fair for aggrieved parties to allow the conclusion of the process and approach the courts with their evidences to pursue their cases.”

The collation officer appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the Presidential election in Rivers State, Prof Charles Adias, has suspended the collation of results over alleged threats to life.

Prof Adias who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke in Bayelsa State, said this at the resumption of collation at the INEC headquarters in Port Harcourt on Tuesday morning, saying the threats were from supporters of a particular political party.

He stated, “I have been receiving threats, messages and calls to my life and that of my family for two days now. My picture is all over the social media that I was sent to rig the elections in Rivers State.


“Every one hour, I receive more that one million calls of threats to my life and other things. I hereby stand down collation until the INEC and security agencies can guarantee my safety to continue this national assignment.”

OlawaleBammie:
Someone should tell Mr Obasanjo to always summarize his story abeg

Baba should be writing content for opera news instead of this.

buzmanjohn:
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in Abia State.

The results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday showed that the LP polled a total of 327,095 voted, way ahead its closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party, which polled 22,676 votes.

The distribution of the presidential election results across the 17 LGAs of Abia State is as follows:

1. ISIALANGWA NORTH

APC. 742
LP. 14336
PDP. 5964

2. ISIKWUATO LGA
APC. 472
LP. 16,038
PDP .607

3. IKWUANO LGA
APC.407
LP. 14997
PDP. 1065

4. UKWA WEST LGA.
APC. 591
LP. 9557
PDP. 918

5. UKWA EAST LGA
APC. 264
LP. 5819
PDP. 1200

6. BENDE LGA
APC. 1545
LP. 18446
PDP. 973

7. UMUAHIA SOUTH LGA
APC 475
LP 25017
PDP 1156


8. ISIALANGWA SOUTH
APC. 772
LP. 14125
PDP. 2691

9. UGUNAGBO LGA
APC. 195
LP. 7066
PDP. 930

10. OBINGWA LGA
APC. 564
LP. 23687
PDP. 2747

11. UMUNNEOCHI LGA
APC. 608
LP. 11782
PDP. 320

12. Osisioma LGA
APC 158
LP 19,680
PDP 610

13. Aba North LGA
APC 190
LP 35,898
PDP 428

14. Umuahia North LGA
APC 795
LP 51,318
PDP 1529

15. Arochukwu LGA
APC 601
LP 14,287
PDP 526.

16. Osisioma
APC 301
LP 11573
PDP 2754

17. Aba South LGA
APC 215
LP 36717
PDP 580


https://punchng.com/nigeriaelection2023-obi-wins-in-abia/

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Delta State has rejected the presidential results of the local government area of the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and governor of the state, Ifeanyi Okowa, citing over-voting.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission arrested nine persons for vote-buying in Osun, Ondo, Borno, Akwa-Ibom and Sokoto states during the presidential and National Assembly Elections on Saturday, The PUNCH reports.

Four vote buyers were arrested by the Osun State office of the ICPC. Two persons were arrested by the Sokoto State office, while one person each was arrested by the Ondo, Akwa-Ibom and Borno states offices of the anti-graft agency.

The spokesperson for the commission, Azuka Ogugua, revealed this in a Saturday night statement obtained by our correspondent.

Ogugua said, “The four vote-buyers arrested in Osun State are Adewale Teslim, 32 years, Yemi Adebiyi, 42 years, Shake Idris, 36 years, and Emiola Oluwole, 69 years. The suspects, who are in the Osun state office’s custody, were found with documents containing lists of names, phone numbers and account details of voters during the election in the state.

“Operatives of the commission retrieved a list of names and phone numbers of voters from Adewale Teslim at Polling Unit 07, Ward 07, Ile Aganna in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun state.

“The officers also recovered a list of people who had voted with their phone numbers and account details from Yemi Adebiyi at Polling Unit 06, Ward 04 at Ikirun Junction, Ikirun while Shake Idris was arrested at Polling Unit 6, Ward 10, Ofatedo area of Osun State with a notebook containing over 100 names and account numbers.”

The anti-corruption agency also recovered a notebook containing a list of voters’ names and account details from Mrs Afolabi Adijat at Ward 5, Polling Unit 04 of Ansar-ud-deen Mosque area of Olorunda Local Government.

“The agency’s officers, however, couldn’t arrest Mrs. Adijat due to the volatility of the area and insufficient armed personnel,” Ogugua noted.

The Ondo state office of the ICPC arrested one Mrs Idowu-Yemi Omolere at Polling Unit 12, Ward 12 behind Dada Estate Police Station in connection with the distribution of recharge cards to voters.

Ogugua noted that the ICPC personnel recovered 24 pieces of N500 recharge cards, a list of voters and their phone numbers as well as a techno phone.

Also, the Borno state office of the ICPC arrested one Garba Bahausa at the Bulunkutu Ward in possession of four PVCs and the sum of N49,000. The suspect distributed the money, food items and 20 wrappers.




In the course of his interrogation, Bahausa confessed that the money was given to him by a lawmaker to distribute to voters.

The Akwa Ibom state office of the ICPC arrested a woman, Mrs Idara Umoren, for collating the names and account details of voters suspected to have voted for her preferred candidate.

Umoren was arrested at the Signature Hotel Polling Unit on Plot 48G Line, Ewet Housing Estate, Akwa Ibom.

In Sokoto State, ICPC operatives arrested two persons Hassan Muhammad and Nafisa Sani for vote-buying at the Rabah Local Government Area.

Hassan Muhammad was caught in possession of signed tickets which were given to voters that voted for his party.

The ticket enabled the voters to be given women wrappers and bags of rice. Nafisa Sani was intercepted while giving wrappers to voters at a polling unit in Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto.

The spokesperson for the anti-graft agency further noted that the ICPC team also monitored the election in the Federal Capital Territory where it observed that INEC officials exhibited pronounced slackness in the administration of the elections in Lambata and Yebu Polling Units of Kwali Area Council.

She added, “Accreditation and voting were yet to commence in many polling units of the Kwali Area Council due to inadequate supply of electoral materials.

“The ICPC operatives visited the INEC office in Kwali Area Council to compel the officers in charge to provide voting materials which aided the commencement of the exercise in the area council.”

The PUNCH reports that the commission had on Friday taken into custody one Hassan Ahmad who was in possession of the sum of N2 million cash in both old and new currencies in Bauchi state.

Ahmad was arrested by the Troops of 33 Artillery Brigade Operation Safe Conduct deployed to Alkaleri in Bauchi State and handed over to the Bauchi state office of the anti-corruption agency.

PPIA:


Indomie and egg

compton11:
Well this can only happens in Zambia, Zimbabwe,Kenya, South Africa and East Congo Nigeria

mjuvey3:
Can a blinker of electricity generated from this method roast a corn?

BeMyQueen:
that money can only afford coff**n for yourself

Adesina18111:
Rashford baby..

Omo mi ti mo train

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CoronaVirusRelo:
Another malnourished set of people!

Why are Peters supporters always looking hungry!

Peter should be feeding them before the long walk in harsh weather.

phorget:
See better occupation!

Make I run enter yankee so I go fit run this kain package.

wunmi590:


Good for him, opportunity abound here in NPFL here in Nigeria, we would gladly welcome home with open arms

No cone try that for Nigeria, nah from stadium dem go don kill you with stone