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There is anxiety in Ekiti as the Supreme Court in
Abuja would on Tuesday deliver judgment in the
appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress against
the victory of Governor Ayodele Fayose in the June
21, 2014 governorship election.
Fayose, in a statewide broadcast on Monday asked
residents to maintain peace and go about their lawful
duties.
The governor, who thanked the people for voting
overwhelmingly for all the Peoples Democratic
Party’s candidates in the Saturday House of Assembly
elections, said the victory had confirmed that he had
a genuine mandate of the people.
Expressing belief in God, he said he was sure that he
would be vindicated at the end of the day and
triumph over whatever plans launched to truncate
his tenure by individuals or groups.
A commercial driver, Ade Bamdele, expressed
confidence that the governor would win the case.
A trader, Esther Orji, said the Ekiti people required
peace, saying the judgment would remove the
tension associated with the election.
The Ekiti Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal
had on December 19, 2014 upheld Fayose’s victory
and dismissed the APC petition for lack of merit.
Dissatisfied, the Appellant went to the appellate court
to challenge the victory of Fayose on the grounds that
he was not qualified to stand election as a candidate
because of his impeachment of October 16, 2006.
The APC also alleged that the Governor forged his
academic certificates and violated the Code of
Conduct Rules.
The five-member panel chaired by Justice Abdu Aboki
in its judgment on February 16 upheld the judgment
of the Tribunal which affirmed Fayose of the PDP as
the winner of the June 21, 2014 poll.
Though the Justice Abdul Aboki-led five-man panel
dismissed the appeal filed by the APC, it found merit
in the appellant’s complaints that the military was
used to harass and intimidate its supporters and
leaders during the polls.
Dissatisfied, the party went to the Supreme Court.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had
declared that Fayose polled 203,090 votes to defeat
the then incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, of
the All Progressives Congress who polled 120,433
votes in the election. www.punchng.com/news/anxiety-as-supreme-court-decides-fayoses-fate-tuesday/

DUTSE – The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) Jigawa state has announced
Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad Badaru as the winner of
the 2015 gubernatorial election.
Declaring the result, the Returning Officer, Professor
James Ayatse said the APC governorship candidate
scored a total 648,045 votes defeating his PDP
opponent, Malam Aminu Ringim who scored a total
479, 447 votes.
Eleven Members of the Jigawa State House of
Representatives and 25 members of the state
assembly lost their seats at the state and federal
chambers, as APC is leading in 20 local government
out of the 27 LGA’s of the state.
Result of gubernatorial election from Jigawa as
released by INEC
Hadejia APC- 28,143 PDP-5,798
Roni APC- 15,273 PDP-9,882
Gagarawa APC-12,382. PDP-11,696
Kiyawa APC-22,628. PDP-22,818
Gwaram APC- 38,655. PDP-29,378
Auyo APC. 19, 254. PDP 18,081
Babura APC 36,911. PDP 18,542
Buji APC 13,570. PDP 17,220
Gumel APC 19,921. PDP 6,197
Miga APC 10,993 PDP 13,531
Birnin-Kudu. APC. 45,258. PDP. 31, 166
Jahun. APC. 29,785. PDP. 26,563
Gwiwa. APC. 13,547. PDP. 15,842
Taura. APC. 24,448. PDP. 18,912
KafinHausa. APC. 33,045. PDP. 25,983
Ringim. APC. 30,984. PDP. 32,861
Dutse. APC. 38,437. PDP. 24,462
Malam Madori. APC. 25,458. PDP. 14,485
Kirikasamma APC. 19,659. PDP. 16,931
Yankwashi. APC. 12,089. PDP. 6,393
Kaugama. APC. 23,737. PDP. 14, 403
Kazaure. APC. 24,828. PDP. 7,004
Guri. APC. 15,343. PDP. 13,898
Maigatari. APC. 20,649. PDP. 18,242
Suletankarkar APC. 23,964. PDP. 19, 863
Birniwa. APC. 22, 423. PDP. 16,838
Garki. APC. 27,161. PDP. 22,458. www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/apc-wins-as-inec-announces-jigawa-gov-election-results/

Haters keep on hating... APC for life

Bayswater:
Which Boko haram are we even talking about sef? The ones that have largely been chased out of our borders? Boko haram has factions now, Buhari's boys have multiplied.

haters should keep on hating....na lagoon u go end up

jacksparrow1207:
We be waiting and watching. One thing I know for sure is, it's never gonna be easy for him to call 'his boys' to order. E easy to give arm illiterates but to unarm them no be beans o

yeye dey smell

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship
candidate in Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has
been declared the winner of the governorship
election in the state, having polled 342,016 votes,
ahead of the All Progressives Congress candidate in
the state, Odey Ochicha, with votes totalling 53,983.
The Labour Party candidate, Fidelis Ugbo, garnered
36,918 votes.
State Collating Officer, Prof. Comfort Ekpo, declared
Ayade the winner in the early hours of Monday in
Calabar. www.punchng.com/news/pdps-ayade-wins-cross-river-gov-election/

ULSHERLAN:
What is d name of the prophet that said El Rufai wont win for abusing Jesus.?

Too much fake prophecies for this year...

let me help u,he is called APOSTLE SULEIMAN

kristisking:
We've forgotten this fanatic for mocking Jesus christ and christians will foolishly vote for him,a bigot for that matter.

if El-Rufai will better the lives of Kaduna People,I don't give a shit about ur post... Religion will cause u more harm than good..

Where is Apostle Suleman that said El-Rufai will never rule Kaduna? All this our pastors ehn....

El-Rufai for Kaduna...Welcome our new governor....

Boobs-toting Nollywood diva and singer, Cossy
Orjiakor, is never one to go missing in a crowd. Not
by a long shot. Her humongous mammary has
become such a legend, that both men and women
cannot ignore her. Though many may find her
repulsive but it doesn’t seem to take any hair off her
skin as she flaunts them readily anywhere the
opportunity presents itself.
The Nutty Queen crooner recently took to her
Facebook page to tell her fans how much she
cherishes her boobs by heaping praises on God for
bestowing her with such gift of life. “ I am so grateful
to God for this lovely boobs. Though sometimes they
are such a burden. The load gets big but I love them”
she says.
“ In ten years my boobs will still be firm and good
because I will use sucker to pull the milk for my kids.
No direct sucking. No breastfeeding” she quips. Then,
she added a line that must have got some guys day-
dreaming “OMG My boobs fell out again yesterday at
TBS. I was so shy of myself as a guy helped package it
for me “ www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/no-breastfeeding-for-my-kids-cossy-orjiakor/

Wife of National leader of All Progressives Congress,
APC, and Lagos Central senator, Sen Remi Tinubu,
won her polling unit.
Ward 09 PU34, Bourdillon
Gov APC99 PDP24 Assembly APC 91 PDP31. www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/remi-tinubu-wins-polling-unit-2/

Wife of National leader of All Progressives Congress,
APC, and Lagos Central senator, Sen Remi Tinubu,
won her polling unit.
Ward 09 PU34, Bourdillon
Gov APC99 PDP24 Assembly APC 91 PDP31

The Independent National Electoral Commission in
Ondo State has cancelled the House of Assembly
election in parts of Ilaje, Ugbo and other parts of the
state where polls were disrupted on Saturday.
Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje,
gave the hint as information filtered in that ballot
boxes and papers, meant for several units in Ayetoro
and Ugbo Ward 2, were snatched by armed men.
Ilepete community, the collation centre for Ugbo
Ward 3, was also reportedly attacked by armed
thugs, who engaged in sporadic shooting at Ilowo to
scare voters away.
INEC confirmed that about 22 units were affected by
the disruptions.
Also at Ute Ward 12, Unit 6 in Ose Constituency,
armed thugs launched an attack, snatching electoral
materials and disappearing with them.
INEC also confirmed that there was no voting at
Itekule, in Ondo East Local Government, as sustained
gunshots kept voters indoors through out the
accreditation and voting period.
Agbaje told one of our correspondents on the
telephone on Saturday that INEC had received
information about the disruptions across the state.
He said the commission had taken a decision to
reschedule the elections in the affected areas,
particularly areas where elections did not take place
at all.
The REC added, “We have the reports already and we
are waiting for the collation officers to finish their
work before we can take a final decision.
“If the votes affected in the area are substantial, we
will reschedule the election. If we have enough ballot
papers after today, we can schedule a bye election
for tomorrow(Sunday).
“If we don’t have enough ballot papers, we will just
wait for Abuja to supply us the materials and then
conduct a bye-election at the same time in all the
affect areas.”
He also confirmed that the police had waded into the
situation to ensure that peace returned to the
affected areas. www.punchng.com/news/inec-cancels-poll-in-ondo-towns-over-violence/

kokoA:
That means if say him, him wife and pikin for no vote Ambode for win very poor..

hahahaha lwkmd...

This is a compilation of results from polling units
monitor by our reporters. However, only INEC has
the power to declare winner.
@PU 017 Joseph St, off Opebi Road,Lagos
Governorship
APC – 51
PDP – 50
HoA
APC – 55
PDP – 44
APGA – 1
Kwara. Unit 15, Police Division A, Ilorin:
Gov poll: APC 39 PDP 27
H’Assembly: APC 37 PDP 2
Obanikoro wins his PU013, Gerard/Alexander road,
Ikoyi. Gov: PDP 50 APC 48. State Assembly: PDP 63
APC 33
APC: 82, PDP 6. Polling unit 019 idiaraba#
governorship result
Assemby poll result for polling unit 019 Idiaraba
mushin. APC 81: PDP 4, APGA 1 #Vanguard

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Senator
Musiliu Obanikoro, has won his polling unit, PU013,
Gerard/Alexander road, Ikoyi.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
Jimi Agbaje scored 50 votes while Akin Ambode of All
Progressives Congress, APC, had 48 votes.
In the State House of Assembly polls, PDP won 63
votes while APC had 33 votes

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Senator
Musiliu Obanikoro, has won his polling unit, PU013,
Gerard/Alexander road, Ikoyi.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
Jimi Agbaje scored 50 votes while Akin Ambode of All
Progressives Congress, APC, had 48 votes.
In the State House of Assembly polls, PDP won 63
votes while APC had 33 votes. www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/obanikoro-wins-polling-unit/

Majority of Igbo people that voted during the last presidential election,have decided to chill at home during the governorship election...Kaduna South..

Low Turn out in Kaduna South....

gregg2:
[size=50pt]Trash[/size]

go and sleep... PDP THUGS...

"A picture that tells stories... "During one of our
presidential campaign rallies,a huge crowd of
supporters gathered around our campaign
vehicle,and General Buhari said to me,Yemi look at
the people,what do you see,and I said to him,I see
our supporters.. Buhari said look again,look into
their eyes,what do you see? And i said your
excellency,I see Nigerians.. Then Buhari said,can you
see these people,look into their eyes,they have high
expectations and hopes on us,they expect us to turn
Nigeria around positively the very first day we get to
office,Yemi we've got a lot of work to do"
Prof Yemi Osinbanjo Narrating one of their campaign
story...

The #BringBackOurGirls group has organised a
protest as parts of its one Week Global Action events
aimed at commemorating the one year the Chibok
girls were abducted from their school in Borno State.
The group which started its march at the Unity
Fountain walked through the Federal Secretariat to
the Police Headquarters and back to the Fountain
while distributing its pamphlets, including its Citizens’
Solution to Terrorism, to the public.
Speaking during the event, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, who
led the group, stated that the protest was to remind
the government and Nigerians that 219 Chibok girls
were still in the hands of their captors even as the
days are rounding up to a year when the incident
occurred.
“Today is the Day 2 of the One Week Global action.
We are heading to one year of the abduction. We
have continued our sit-out for 345 days. We have
been standing. Today is day 360 since their
abduction. In five days, it will be 365, one full
calender. The theme for our one year
commemoration is “365 Days On, Chibok Girls —
Never To Be Forgotten” They will never be forgotten.
“We are reminding people that for 360 days the girls
have not be rescued. We believe that they can be
rescued. We have cities all over the world
remembering these girls. The red ribbons we tie on
the polls is a reminder that our Chibok girls are not
back. People want to move on. But we refuse to move
on,” she said.
Ezekwesili stated that the group believed that the girls
as far as they are still alive will be rescued one day,
which has made it continue with its advocacy even
when most Nigerians have given up hope.
“Our Chibok girls are somewhere in the face of the
planet. We believe that with Military effort and our
collaboration with the world, we must find them. We
refuse to speculate if they are alive or not. Their
parents have not lost hope. They believe that the girls
will be rescued and we are keeping up with this hope,
that they will be brought back to their families alive,”
she said.
The group, apart from distributing pamphlets to
people, also beautified the polls along the road
including the Eagles Square with red ribbons to
remind government and the public yet again about
the girls.
Recall that the Global Week of action started April 8
with a press briefing and it will culminate, April 14
with a Global march, the unveiling of the Chibok Girls
Signpost and the Vigil and candlelight procession.
www.leadership.ng/news/424399/one-year-commemoration-bbog-organises-protest-for-chibok-girls

Kaduna- El-Rufai (APC)
Benue-Samuel Artom (APC)

Nice one

abduljabbar8:
Barcanista will not like this!!!

R.I.P pdp.
The same people that thought they. Will rule for the next 60 years

shey Barcanista was once pro - apc

At least one person has been reportedly killed in Efon
Alaaye, Ekiti State, as the move to impeach the State
Governor, Ayo Fayose, by the state House of
Assembly gathers momentum on Tuesday.
The victim of the protest to stop the lawmakers from
sitting to continue with the impeachment move,
Modupe Olaiya, was said to have been killed in a yet-
to-be-ascertained circumstances while the 19 All
Progressives Congress members of the House
attempted to enter the state capital, Ado Ekiti,
through the Efon Alaaye area.
UPDATED at 11am:
A huge protest is currently ongoing in Ado Ekiti,
capital of Ekiti State, against the move of Ekiti State
House of Assembly to impeach the state Governor,
Mr. Ayodele Fayose, over alleged constitutional
breaches.
Heavy security has been put in place in strategic
locations in Ado Ekiti, while entry routes have been
blocked and taken over by security operatives.
Details later. . .
————————————————————————
——–
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti
State on Monday blocked the two major roads
leading to the state House of Assembly following
rumours that 19 All Progressives Congress
lawmakers were planning to hold a sitting to impeach
Governor Ayodele Fayose.
The party loyalists were led by the Deputy Governor,
Kolapo Olusola; a former Speaker, Tunji Odeyemi;
the Special Assistant to the governor on Information,
Lanre Ogunsuyi, and Fayose’s Public Communications
and New Media aide, Lere Olayinka.
Although nine Toyota Hilux vans carrying men and
officers of the Police and the Department of State
Services manned the main entrances to the
Assembly, the PDP members erected canopies about
200 metres away from the Assemby’s premises.
Some of them sat quietly under the canopies erected
by the Secretariat Road while others danced to music
supplied in front of the old complex.
A bus was used by the PDP members to prevent
movement into the Assembly premises from the
same road.
On Iyin Road, many of the party supporters also
ensured that no one was allowed into the complex.
The APC lawmakers, who had since November 17
stayed away from the House proceedings, had served
Fayose with an impeachment notice. They cited
impunity, brigandage, stalking and other
constitutional breaches by Fayose as reasons for the
impeachment notice.
But Ogunsuyi told journalists on Monday that the
APC lawmakers led by the Speaker, . Adewale Omirin,
erred in law by sending a notice of impeachment to
Fayose.
He added that Omirin could not claim to be the
Speaker while still challenging his own impeachment
in the court.
The governor’s information aide said, “The new
Nigeria which President Goodluck Jonathan and Maj.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) all campaigned for
is the one that would respect the rule of law. With
this convergence, you can see that the people are
standing by their governor. They are ready to defend
their mandate.
“Nobody asked Omirin and other APC lawmakers not
to come to the Assembly; they only decided to
abdicate their duties since November 17, 2014.
Impeachment procedure does not start and end with
the Assembly alone. The Judiciary is involved; so
their action or plan is highly condemnable.
“We want to emphasise that they are welcome as
long as they are concerned about making laws for the
progress of the state; but if it is meant to come and
impeach Governor Fayose, we won’t allow that.”
Ogunsuyi, however said the governor, as the leader
of the state, would continue to extend the olive
branch to the lawmakers.
He said, “We don’t want any unwholesome issue
because the task of developing Ekiti is an onerous
task that needs to be pursued with vigour. The
governor doesn’t want any distraction and that is why
he has been pursuing peace at all times.
“We want some measure of decorum in Ekiti. We are
not proud of the era whereby we had three
governors within a week. We want a stable
government and that we will continue to pursue for
Ekiti to be at peace.”
Odeyemi advised the APC lawmakers to sheathe their
swords and allow peace to reign by putting the
interest of the state above theirs.
He said,”The entire issue calls for concerns. As a
former legislator, I am quite aware of the rudiment
of impeachment process, but far from this, the issue
of the news any impeachment will bring to Ekiti’s
credibility is uppermost in my mind.
“How would they perceive Ekiti as a people
nationwide? So, I am calling on my colleagues to have
a rethink because we are duty bound to contribute to
the development of this state. I plead with them to
embrace reconciliation and forget about heating up
the polity unnecessarily.”
Olayinka said he received a call from an unknown
person on Monday who claimed to be an official of
the DSS .
Olayinka added that the caller whom he described as
an impersonator, said his office received a report
that he was inciting people of the state to violence
with the state-owned radio.
He said, “I received a call today (Monday) from a
number, 08141602777, claiming that it was from the
DSS headquarters in Abuja. I was told that a report
was made in the DSS office that I was inciting Ekiti
people to violence with the Ekiti Radio.”
According to him, the general manager of the
Progress FM, Ado Ekiti, also received a similar
message from same number.
The aide stated that he later contacted the DSS office
in Ado Ekiti to verify the claim and identify the caller
but was told to disregard the call.
However, the APC lawmakers, in a statement said
Fayose was compounding his problems by inciting
people,who they called thugs, against the Assembly.
They advised him to note that violence would not
solve the burden of constitutional breaches that he
had placed on himself.
The lawmakers, in the statement by Omirin’s Special
Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, wondered why a
governor that had questions to answer would get
involved in other unlawful conduct such as the
invasion of the Assembly by thugs.
The statement read in part, “It is shocking that the
governor would start any act of illegality bordering
on public disorder when he is having a load of illegal
acts on his head upon which he is facing removal
from office.
“Ekiti people were shocked when news spread that
the governor had asked his thugs to invade the
Assembly and occupy the place to prevent the
lawmakers from performing their legal duties.
“These PDP members were holding their meeting in
their secretariat when instruction reached them that
they must relocate to the Assembly premises where
thugs were beating passersby and molesting
motorists and residents. All these illegal acts cannot
save the governor.
“This is the way a court in the state was invaded by
thugs who beat up the judges. They tore court
records in the Chief Judge’s office and beat up his
secretary.
“Now is the turn of the House of Assembly. What the
governor is doing is a confirmation that he does not
believe and cannot tolerate democratic practice. But
democracy is what Ekiti people want and so we
expect people of conscience and good will to support
the efforts to allow Ekiti people enjoy democratic
governance.”
The lawmakers advised the governor to defend the
allegations against him in the impeachment notice
instead of resorting to self-help that offered nothing
but unnecessary venting of anger on the peaceful
people of Ekiti State.
They also confirmed in the statement that the
security details of the Speaker had been restored by
the Police and the DSS.
Jonathan didn’t ask me to resign
–Fayose
Meanwhile, Fayose has debunked a rumour that he
had been advised by President Goodluck Jonathan to
resign.
He also denied receiving impeachment notice from
the 19 APC lawmakers who accused him of
committing eight impeachable offences.
Fayose stated these on Monday during a media chat,
Meet Your Governor, monitored in Ado Ekiti.
He boasted that nobody could remove him from
office because he was holding a mandate given to
him by the people of the state. He added that before
anybody could remove him, such individual would
have to remove God first and the people of Ekiti
State.
Responding to questions from viewers on the
blockage of roads leading to the Assembly complex ,
the governor said all the attacks on him were
because of his support for President Goodluck
Jonathan .
He said, “I don’t know of any invasion; I don’t know of
any threat to the House of Assembly and I am not
aware of any impeachment process. I am aware the
House is on recess and Omirin is in court challenging
his impeachment in Lagos and Abuja.”
“They claimed to have served me on Easter Day, can
you imagine that? Who did they serve and who
received it (the impeachment notice)?
“The enemies of Ekiti people are at work again. I left
in 2006, eight years ago and God in his infinite mercy
brought me back the same day and the same month
that I was removed.
“They are waging war against my people, those who
voted me in; nobody has served (impeachment
notice). I read it on the Internet the same way you
read it on the Internet.”
Fayose said he had no regret supporting and
campaigning for Jonathan.
“Because Buhari won an election, they are waging
war against me. When I won election, that was the
same thing they did. They are not doing it for the love
of Ekiti people but for their personal interest.
“Omirin wanted to become Acting Governor but the
Bible says who art thou oh mountain before
Zerubbabel, thou shall be removed. They employed
every trick to frustrate my inauguration but they
failed. I know hey will fail again.
“If you will remove me, you will have to remove God
first who put me there. You can’t unseat God; nobody
can unseat me. No matter their number, they can’t
remove me.’’ www.punchng.com/news/impeachment-deputy-gov-others-block-ekiti-assembly-entrances/

The Deputy Governor of Jigawa, Alhaji Ahmad
Mahmud, has defected to the All Progressives
Congress. But the state Peoples Democratic Party
stated that he was expelled for alleged anti-party
activities.
This was contained in a statement by the PDP
chairman of Galagamma ward in Gumel, Jigawa,
Alhaji Ibrahim Kafinta, made available to the News
Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Dutse.
The chairman said the decision to expel Mahmud
was taken during a stakeholders meeting held in his
ward.
Reports had earlier indicated that Mahmud had
dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress,
which won the March 28 election in the state.
Kafinta did not say when the stakeholders meeting,
which ratified the expulsion, held.
The ward chairman alleged that the deputy governor
“sabotaged PDP” during the recent National
Assembly election.
He added that the Gumel Local Government Area
headquarters of the party, had endorsed the
expulsion.
Efforts by NAN to get the comments of the deputy
governor on the matter failed as he neither picked a
call nor replied a text message sent to him. www.punchng.com/news/jigawa-dep-gov-defects-to-apc/

rokiatu:
Now white guys too are going g crazy for big booty. Who would have thought.

babe this ur booty na die ooo...

sherrylo:
You guys should calm down and allow GMB to be sworn in first name

Why una wan kill una self?

I tire ooo... Lies everywhere and some folks are already saying fake change..

Is anybody watching(A.I.T) how pdp rigged the election in Imo state? PDP is cancer...