Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the presidential election in Benue state. APC’s Tinubu polled 310,468 votes, followed by Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who secured 308,372 votes. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 130,081 votes, while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) polled 4,740 votes.
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has emerged victorious at the 2023 general elections in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo state. According to results declared at the Imo state’s collation office in Owerri, Obi polled 10,958 votes in the 2023 presidential election. Peter Obi has emerged winner of the 2023 presidential candidate in Ideato North LGA. The former Anambra state governor gapped Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate who came second in the LGA with 10,372 votes. Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 586 votes while Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives…
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has been declared the senator-elect for Ebonyi South Senatorial District. Umahi, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, scored a total of 28,378 votes to defeat his rivals, Linus Okorie of the Labour Party, who scored 25,496 votes and Eleje of All Progressives Grand Alliance who scored 11,398 votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Augustine Ogugua Egwu of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike Ikwo, announced the results in Afikpo North Local Government Area Headquarters, on Monday. He declared that Mr Umahi, having scored the highest votes cast to defeat…
The Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has overtaken his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, Bola Tinubu, in Lagos State with the results of Saturday’s presidential elections declared in 17 out of the 20 local government areas of the state so far. Although Mr Tinubu, a former governor of the state, has won more local government areas, he is trailing behind Mr Obi by a slim margin of 1,686 votes. While Mr Tinubu has triumphed in 10 local government areas, polling a total of 447,192 votes so far, Mr Obi is ahead in only seven local governments, but…
The candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) for Kano south senatorial district, Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, has defeated the incumbent senator, Kabiru Gaya of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Also Read: 2023 Elections: Tinubu Wins 12 LGs In Ekiti Sumaila, a former legislative aide for President Buhari and former House of Rep member, defeated Gaya, who has been in the red chamber for 16 years. According to the final results announced Monday morning by INEC returning officer, Professor Ibrahim Barde, Sumaila polled 319,857 votes to defeat Gaya who polled 192,518 and Galadanci Murtal Bashir of the PDP who polled 14,880…
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is coasting to victory in his stronghold in the South West region comprising Ekiti, Ondo, Ogun, Lagos, Osun and Oyo states. According to the results declared by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) so far, Tinubu has won in Ekiti, Ogun and Ondo states and maintained a landslide lead in Oyo State. He was, however, defeated in Osun State by the his rival in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Also Read: Enugu gov loses Senatorial Election to Labour Party’s Ezea In his state in Lagos, he is…
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in President Muhammadu Buhari’s state, Katsina. Abubakar secured a total of 489,045 to edge out the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. Candidate of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, came in at third with 69,386, followed by Labour Party flagbearer Peter Obi who secured 6,376 votes. Mr Abubakar was declared winner of the poll by the Returning Officer of the state, Professor Mua’zu Abubakar Gusau, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau, at the INEC Presidential…
YIAGA Africa said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls in Nigeria functioned properly in 88 per cent of the polling units it monitored across the country. There are 176,606 polling units nationwide. Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote in its preliminary findings released in Abuja on Sunday, said it observed that BVAS was deployed for the accreditation of voters and matching of the results in the 99 per cent of the polling units its election observers monitored. “In 88 per cent of polling units, the BVAS functioned properly. However, in nine per cent…
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Labour Party has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, to as a matter of urgency, upload the Presidential and National Assembly election results from across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state on the commission’s server. The party also urged its supporters to remain calm and not embark on protests due to INEC’s delay in uploading the results. Also Read: INEC Officials held in C’River over missing Declaration Form State Chairman of the Labour party, Alexander Emmanuel, made the appeal in a press conference on Sunday night in Lafia, the Nasarawa state…
Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has lost his senatorial ambition to the candidate of the Labour Party, Okechukwu Ezea. Ugwuanyi, who is currently completing his eight years of two tenures as the governor of Enugu State had represented Udenu/Igbo-Eze North Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives for three terms of 12 years.
Some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission have been held in the commission’s office in Ogoja, Cross River over an alleged missing “Declaration Form.” The News Agency of Nigeria reports that trouble started when after the declaration of Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe as the winner of the Cross River North Senatorial District election, he could not issue the winner the “Declaration Form” upon demand. The Ogoja Electoral Officer, Mr Peter Kolo, tried to convince the senator that it would be issued later since the one meant for the senator-elect was not readily available. This, however, infuriated supporters of the senator…
In Bayelsa State, two women sustained gunshot injuries during a violence that broke out in Ofoni Ward, the home town of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, during the governorship election. An eyewitness, who is a voter at the polling unit, told Daily Trust on Sunday that three irate youths from the community had shot a lady over some misunderstanding, which stalled the election process in the area. According to him, the bullet hit another middle-aged woman who was rushed to a nearby clinic for treatment. Two of the three thugs, who masterminded the uproar, were said…