Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman has congratulated Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo over his re-election in Saturday’s governorship poll. Ganduje said this in a statement signed by Mr Edwin Olofu, his Chief Press Secretary in Abuja. He also expressed happiness with the overwhelming support exhibited by Kogi electorate in electing Alhaji Ahmed Ododo in the state’s governorship poll. He said the electoral feats of both Uzodimma and Ododo reinforced the fact that Nigerians were well at home with the APC. He added that the victory of the APC in both states underlined the fact that…
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Kogi State Governor, Alh. Yahaya Adoza Bello on Sunday evening revealed that he started planning for who will succeed him the very day he was sworn in for the second term as governor of the state. The governor stated this while addressing newsmen in Lokoja, the state capital, immediately the Governor-Elect, Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo, was declared winner of yesterday’s off-cycle governorship election in the state, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He noted that anything that has a beginning must also have an end. Governor Bello also appreciated the governor-elect and the deputy governor-elect, Comrade Joel Salifu Oyibo…
APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protect the popular will
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has warmed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protect the popular will of Kogi electorates. The warning was made on Sunday via the press statement signed by the party’s national secretary, Felix Morka. While reacting g to the call by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) that the electoral umpire should cancel all the votes from the central senatorial district of the state, Morka said with the candidate of his party, Usman Ahmed Ododo is coasting home to victory in the governorship election. He then warned that the INEC should protect the integrity of…
APC) is leading by a significant margin in the results of the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kogi State so far declared by the Independent National
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel election results from Kogi Central. Presenting the letter of the petition of the SDP to the State Returning Officer, the agent of the party, David Edibo, said his party did not accept the outcome of the election in the five local government areas in the senatorial district. However, the APC agent, Idris King objected once again to the petition by the SDP. Some of the top contenders in the November 11, 2023 poll in Kogi include Murtala Ajaka of the SDP; Leke Abejide…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Hope Uzodinma as winner of the Imo state Governorship election. Uzodinma was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s off-season election held in the state. The Governor won in all 27 local government areas of the state polling 540,308 votes. His People’s Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Sam Anyanwu, got 71,503 votes to come second. The Labour Party (LP) candidate, Althan Achonu, came third with 64,081 votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started uploading the results of the governorship elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states to its result viewing portal (IReV). According to TheCable, in a tweet, the commission has uploaded at least 70.98% of the votes cast in Imo; 72.73% of the votes in Bayelsa have been uploaded, and 65.14% of the votes in Kogi state have been uploaded. This was the state of the result uploading at about 6:53 pm on Saturday, November 11, the day of the election. There have been reports of violence and vote buying in several parts…
People and residents of Kogi state have stormed their various polling units to cast their votes for their preferred candidate in the ongoing off-cycle governorship election. While the election is still going on, photos of pre-filled results sheets have surfaced online. In a post shared by an advocacy group, YIAGA Africa on its X page (formerly known as Twitter) @YIAGA, showed that the sheet of polling unit 020 in Eika/Ohizenyi, Okehi Local Government Area of the state has been filled Another case of pre-filled results sheet in PU 020, Eika/Ohizenyi, Okehi LGA of Kogi state.”
member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, has vowed to ask President Bola Tinubu, what he did with the trillions of
Troops impound three strange security vehicles in Okene Soldiers on election duty in Okene, Kogi State have intercepted and arrested three ‘strange’ black colored security vehicles. The arrest was effected by soldiers that mounted a barricade at Itakpe Junction shortly before Okene main town.
INEC debunks Withdrawal of Passwords for Results Upload The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied a report alleging that the commission has withdrawn the password for the uploaded election results from the Local Government Supervisors in Imo. The commission in a “fake news alert” released to journalists by Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said on Friday midnight described report as untrue. “The attention of INEC has been drawn to a story attributed to unknown “concerned workers” of the Commission that passwords for result upload have been withdrawn from LGA Supervisors for use by APO1s in…