The Federal Government has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 General Elections with his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the elections. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to the President (Media) from the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said what the former President cunningly framed as an ‘appeal for caution and rectification’ is nothing but a calculated attempt to undermine the electoral process and a willful incitement to violence. The Minister expressed shock and disbelief that a former President could throw around unverified claims and amplify…
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APC PCC queries Obasanjo demand on Election Cancellation The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has described as self-serving, mischievous and misleading the call for the truncation of the ongoing election collation process by Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Council in a statement by its spokesman, Dele Alake, accused Obasanjo of plotting a coup against the country’s democracy because his candidate lost an election. The party called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore the former President who has no history of adhering to the rule law. The statement read in full: “Our attention has been drawn to a press…
2023: Atiku Floors Obi in Bayels As collation of results continues for the 2023 presidential elections, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured victory in Bayelsa State. Atiku’s victory was confirmed at the Baylesa State presidential election collation centre in the small hours of Tuesday. The PDP scored a total of 68,818 topping the 49,975 of Labour Party’s Peter Obi and 42,572 of the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) polled 540 votes. Cumulatively, Bayelsa State had 1,056,862 registered voters and 177,368 accredited voters across its…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has defeated the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in Cross River State. The final results, which were announced at the presidential election collation centre in Cross River early Tuesday morning, indicated that Obi polled 179,917, besting Tinubu’s 130,520, Atiku’s 95,425, and Kwankwaso’s 1,644.
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.
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…