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About 50 Youth Corps members and 16 other adhoc staff of the electoral commission, INEC, held hostage in parts of Lafia Local Government Area were on Sunday released after about 20 hours in captivity.
The corps members and others were picked up by security operatives along Ashige, Shendam Road, close to Assakio, were they were held captive.
The hostages, who were brought to the premises of the state headquarters of INEC in Lafia in two Hilux vans, were deployed to three communities – Adogi, Ashige and Assakio – for the 2015 gubernatorial elections.
The hostages, looking pallid, said they were kept under lock and key without food and water.
Adamu Anzalu, who spoke on behalf of the hostages, told the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Abdullahi Nayaya, that they were released following the intervention of some elders in the communities, after they promised the results would be collated as voted.
Mr. Anzalu explained that they were held hostage because the collation and returning officers absconded and the villagers insisted that until the officers arrived, they would not be released.
“I have to persuade the villagers that the results would not be altered before we were released 20 hours after,” he said. “It was after my plea that the people released us and we called on security operatives who picked us on our way out of the village.”
Mr. Nayaya, assured the hostages of their security and ordered for food for them. He promised to liaise with his officers on the way forward.

Ola Ajayi, Ibadan
Governor Abiola Ajimobi has become the first governor to govern Oyo State twice.

Gov Ajimobi
He defeated two other former governors in the state to clinch victory in a keenly-contested election.
This came as Accord refused to sign the result sheets saying he had th‎e directive of his party not to sign.
The secretary of the party, Nureni Adisa, the mandate of his party had been stolen.
The former governors who contested with the incumbent governor are Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala of Labour Party and Senator Rashidi Ladoja of Accord.
As at the time of filing this report, Ajimobi had won 20 out of the 33 local governments in the state leaving Ladoja with only seven and Akala with six.
Before the announcement of the results, there was tension in the metropolis as some members of Accord were reportedly celebrating after knowing that their preferred candidate was leading with a wide margin in just one local government.
Violence
Over 500 armed youths in Ogbomoso North Local Government ambushed INEC officials and forced the officials to show t‎hem the results sheets.
According to Dr. Akin Ademuyiwa, the council’s collation officer, the youth barricaded the road.
After showing them the results sheers, they were allowed to go.
He commended the maturity displayed by the security agents attached to the officials who did not struggle with them.
The results are as follow:
AFIJIO
Accord-4,590
APC-‎5,087
LP-3,743
PDP-1,735
SDP-‎433
‎SAKI EAST
Accord-2,955
APC-4,746
LP-3,078
PDP-1,598
SDP-‎928
EGBEDA
‎Accord-1,5811
APC-13,495
LP-2,097
PDP-‎2,625
SDP-‎2,625
OORELOPE
‎Accord-3,802
APC-4,730
LP-6,255
PDP-1,452
SDP-‎572
KAJOLA
‎Accord-2,827
APC-13,436
LP-3,544
PDP-6,123
SDP-‎1,205
ATISBO
‎Accord-3,257
APC-7,132
LP-2,862
PDP-2,339
SDP-‎1,156
IBARAPA CENTRAL
Accord-5,921
APC-5,084
LP-2,187
PDP-3,201
SDP-826
‎ATIBA
Accord-3,734
APC-10,396
LP-7,656
PDP-1,396
SDP-‎587
‎ONA ARA
Accord-8,887
APC-7,434
LP-1,592
PDP-2,512
SDP-891
IBARAPA NORTH
‎Accord-4,509
APC-5,317
LP-3,317
PDP-3,373
SDP-‎776
AKINYELE
‎Accord-4,509
APC-5, 317
LP-3,842
PDP-3,373
SDP-‎776
OLUYOLE
‎Accord-10,535
APC-11,903
LP-1,542
PDP-1,953
SDP-‎1,687
‎IWAJOWA
Accord-2,980
APC-‎7,990
LP-1,478
PDP-4,198
SDP-‎719
ISEYIN
‎Accord-8,410
APC-19,547
LP-4,136
PDP-1,663
SDP-‎1,504
OGBOMOSO ‎SOUTH
‎Accord-2,097
APC-3,571
LP-19,351
PDP-1,647
SDP-‎224
‎ITESIWAJU
Accord-1,404
APC-5,661
LP-2,805
PDP-‎4,773
SDP-‎822
IBADAN NORTH WEST
‎Accord-9,826
APC-12,491
LP-4,413
PDP-2,164
SDP-‎3,959
‎IDO
Accord-8,194
APC-10,912
LP-2,856
PDP-1,724
SDP-‎1,292
‎OYO WEST
Accord-5,865
APC-10,337
LP-3,771
PDP-1,416
SDP-‎690
OYO EAST
Accord-8,472
APC-10,037
LP-2,765
PDP-1,393
SDP-‎785
‎IBADAN SOUTH EAST
Accord-16,460
APC-16,411
LP-5,335
PDP-2,937
SDP-‎2,150
LAGELU
‎Accord-10,787
APC-10,286
LP-1,601
PDP-1,776
SDP-1,076
ORIIRE
‎Accord-3,836
APC-7,014
LP-9,543
PDP-‎3,978
SDP-‎2,815
OGO OLUWA
‎Accord-3,169
APC-5,012
LP-5,974
PDP-848
SDP-‎377
OLORUNSOGO
Accord-3,284
APC-4,471
LP-3,527
PDP-‎434
SDP-‎176
‎IBARAPA EAST
Accord-5,383
APC-6,963
LP-1738
PDP-2,497
SDP-‎3,021
SAKI WEST
Accord-7,702
APC-13,093
LP-8,368
PDP-3,782
SDP-‎1,259
‎IREPO
Accord-4,770
APC-6,448
LP-2,389
PDP-494
SDP-‎1,754
‎SURULERE
Accord-4,052
APC-5,284
LP-‎9,675
PDP-2,575
SDP-‎676
‎IBADAN SOUTH WEST
Accord-16,219
APC-26,962
LP-7,478
PDP-3,688
SDP-4,785
IBADAN NORTH ‎EAST
Accord-24,485
APC-14,671
LP-4,833
PDP-2,450
SDP-‎6,780
‎OGBOMOSO NORTH
Accord-2,151
APC-‎3,747
LP-29,010
PDP-1,450
SDP-365
IBADAN NORTH
‎Accord-23,443
APC-25,275
LP-11,048
PDP-2,347
SDP-‎5,743

otokx:
We do not want people saying that Buhari or his wife voted for PDP by mistake.

ozoigbondu:
APC are proffesional riggers

Everybody should be peaceful and should allow peace to reign,” he said, adding that the will of God would prevail

lilmagambo:
Jimi we want
Jimi we knw
Jimi we ll vote 4
Up up jk 4 lagos state

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel, refused to grant newsmen interview on Saturday after his accreditation at Awa-Iman Ward 1, Unit 2 at Onna Local Government Area.

“I cannot talk because PUNCH hates PDP,” he said.

Having said, he quickly walked away in the midst of heavily armed security operatives.

In Onna LGA, voters are seen to be roaming about without getting accreditation as electoral materials have been hijacked.

Electoral materials were being carted away in Akwa Ibom Transport Company buses labelled UDOM EMMANUEL.

Emmanuel came with over 100 of security operatives to his polling unit.

A visit to the house of the Chairman of the local government area, Mr. Ufot Sunday, also revealed that ballot boxes were being taken to his home in Onna.

Voters alleged that electoral materials were being thumb printed in the Chairman’s home.

Security operatives also barricaded the streets leading to the LGA chairman’s home, preventing movement in the area.

Report just reaching DAILY POST indicates that electoral materials meant for Saturday’s elections have been hijacked in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.

According to one of the Presiding officers, who spoke with our Correspondent on phone, the materials were snatched early this morning by suspected thugs loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.


He noted that the materials hijacked were for five poling units in Ugbo ward- Ayetoro community, Ilaje local government.

Prospective voters for tomorrow’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections should not approach polling units with temporary voter cards (TVCs), as doing that constitute an electoral offence, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) warned yesterday.
INEC said only voters with the Permanent Voter Cards would be allowed to vote, dispelling a call by a north-central governor urging electorates otherwise.
This is just as INEC said it has directed the Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hussaini Halilu Pai to oversee and conduct the tomorrow’s polls in Kano, following the death of the state’s REC, Munkaila Abdullahi in a fire accident last weekend.
The commission, in a statement yesterday by the spokesperson of the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, frowned at such orders from a political leader, and warned that police would not hesitate to arrest whoever appears with TVC for election tomorrow.
“A particular state governor in the North Central geo-political zone is reported to have assured voters in the state that they could come out to vote on Election Day with TVCs if they do not have the PVC, and that INEC will not be allowed to insist on the use of card readers for voter accreditation.
“Members of the public are strongly advised to disregard false assurances that contradict the regulations INEC has outlined for the Governorship and State Assembly elections.
“The Commission reaffirms that only voters with genuine PVCs should come out to the polling units on Election Day, and that guidelines issued on the use of card readers for the April 11 elections will be strictly applied,” it stated.
The electoral body added that any action infringing on the stated guidelines would constitute an electoral offence by any person found culpable.
Resilience of the Nigerian voters to remain peaceful despite the recorded challenges during the presidential polls was exemplary and deserves commendation, the commission said.
“It, however, considers it unfortunate that some leaders would misguide the public and thereby prepare ground for needless disruptions to the polling process on April 11.
“INEC hereby warns that any obstruction to the processes it has put in place for the elections by any person, no matter how highly placed, will constitute an electoral offence punishable in law,” added the commission.

mikron:
I thought we were told that sambisa forest, damboa and gwoza were the last strongholds of Boko haram before damboa fell to d military then a day before the elections we heard of the capture of gwoza believed to be the last stronghold of Boko haram then after d elections we heard of the capture of alagano believed to be another stronghold town then this news again of further captures, and to think that d dreaded sambisa forest has still not been liberated is confusing to me, except I'm wrong a NAIRALANDER posted pictures of the military and joint task force liberating the sambisa forest with gory pictures of slain insurgents, so which other sambisa forest is the OP refering to here as not been liberated? Besides how many strongholds do these insurgents control? Dem no dey finish?

adorablepepple:
Ope o,









....Oga Jonathan is working
......Nigerians are watching
.......hopefully chibok girls will show face

“The tradition of lagoon water threat was directed only to those present at the meeting as culture demands. Though he appeared serious but we all understood it as a joke, that was why we all applauded him and made fun of it there.

A 39-year-old trader, Anayo Ibe, who allegedly had an unlawful carnal knowledge of an 11-year-old girl, was on Thursday in Lagos docked at a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos .

The accused, a resident of No. 11, Anuoluwapo St., Shomolu in Lagos State, is standing trial on a charge of child rape.

The prosecutor, ASP Godwin Anyanwu, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Nov.17 at about 5.30 p.m. at the accused’s residence.

He said that the accused, who was living in the same building with the parents of the victim, lured his victim into his room under the pretext of sending her on an errand.

The prosecutor said that when the victim entered the accused’s apartment, the accused forcefully had a carnal knowledge of her.

He said that the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 137 prescribes imprisonment for life for any person who has sexual intercourse with a child.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The chief magistrate, Mrs A.O. Soladoye, ordered that the case file be duplicated and be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs) for legal advice.

She urged the court not to grant her husband’s plea because she was still in love

richidinho:
The taxi driver of this taxi robbed a woman he picked up somewhere in Abuja this morning and pushed her out of his taxi while it was still in motion around Yaradua center and climbed over her. Other commuters saw what happened and chased the taxi driver down and caught him. They took him to Mabushi Police Station. After searching ‎his car, they discovered his name is Collins Eze. See more photos from the scene below...

arsetalks:
such a shame. He not only lost a daughter, but everything he has in life and possibly his wife.

Life is unfair sometime.