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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday presented certificate of return to Kano State Governor-elect, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.
Similarly, the state deputy governor-elect, Dr Nasiru Gawuna and 23 state Assembly members-elect were also presented with the certificate.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 13 state Assembly members-elect of the people Democratic Party were conspicuously absent during the occasion which was held at the Sani Abacha Indoor sports Complex in Kano.
Speaking shortly after receiving the certificate, Ganduje promised to lay a solid foundation for the social and economic development of Kano state through the provision of quality education.
According to him, the state government would soon unveil its plans for partners and private investors to enable them come to the state and invest.
Ganduje said the state government would provide the incentives and the enabling environment to enable investors wishing to establish their businesses to do with ease.
“Anybody who wants to set up innovative businesses or educational institutions, Kano is waiting to welcome him or her.
“We must ensure that all our youths receive quality education. We must ensure all our girls are also educated, so we can unlock the 50 per cent of economic output currently not being accessed by our society due to the low participation of women.
“We must also make sure that our state becomes an attractive destination for investment and business, with a focus on the investments that will improve our human capacity.
“Agriculture is already the mainstay of our economy – our plan is to attract Investment which increases our outputs and unlock economic growth for all of us,”he said.
He said the government would also partner with local communities to ensure even the poorest of the communities have access to schools to educate their children.
He therefore, called on the people of the state to give the state government the necessary support and cooperation to move the state to next level.
Earlier, the INEC Resident Commissioner, Prof. Riskuwa Arab-Shehu said the commission would continue to partner with relevant stakeholders on the issue of voter education.
Also speaking, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa, Engr. Abubakar Nahuce urged politicians to embrace the spirit of sportsmanship for the development of democracy in the country.
NAN reports that the PDP state Assembly members-elect that were absent during the occasion are for Dala, Nasarawa, Kano Municipal, Gwale, Fagge and Tarauni constituencies.
Others are for Kibiya, Kumbotso, Dawakin Kudu, Gezawa, Ungoggo, Bebeji and Rogo constituencies. 
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Protesters, who were supporters of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party were dispersed on Friday with tear gas by a team of police operatives.

The police had stormed the Polo Club axis of Port Harcourt, where both supporters had surprisingly gathered.

It was gathered that the PDP supporters were angry that their counterparts in the APC disregarded the no-protest directive of the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and planned to move to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

One of the protesters, who identified himself as Oruwari, said there would have been a clash between the PDP supporters and their counterparts in the APC if the police had not dispersed the crowd.
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Unknown gunmen on Saturday night shot Comfort Dooshima, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, collation officer for Gboko Local Government Area in Benue State.

It was gathered that, Dooshima a lecturer at the University of Agriculture, Benue, was attacked on her way to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) head office in Markurdi.

Confirming the incident, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Benue, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, said the commission’s convoy was attacked on Gboko-Makurdi road by unknown gunmen.

Yilwatda told Journalists in the early hours of Sunday at the INEC headquarters Makurdi, that the Returning Officer for the Governorship supplementary polls in Gboko, Prof. Comfort Tuleun was hit by a bullet during the attack.

”At about 8:30pm this evening an attack was launched on a convoy of INEC personnel returning to Makurdi Collation Centre from Gboko LGA after the close of the Governorship and State Assembly Supplementary polls by unknown gunmen.

”In the course of the attack on the convoy, including INEC permanent and ad hoc staff as well as security agencies at Tarka LGA, Prof. Comfort Tuleun, the Gboko LGA Collation Officer for the governorship election was hit by bullets and she is currently receiving treatment.

”The wounded collation officer is from the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM).

”INEC regrets this unfortunate incident and calls on security agencies to work tirelessly to apprehend these miscreants and bring them to judgment.

”Meanwhile, as a result of this incident, the commission has no choice but to appoint Dr Joseph Mom of FUAM to replace the wounded official,” NAN quoted him as saying.
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In a split judgment, the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Apo, on Friday, nullified the election of the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately withdraw the Certificate of Return earlier issued to him as winner of the September 2018 Election.
However, the chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Ibrahim Sirajo upheld Oyetola’s election.
In the majority judgment delivered by Justice Peter Obiara, the tribunal set aside the rerun election conducted on September 27, 2018 for being unlawful.
Justice Obiora held that the poll conducted in the seven units is unknown by law because INEC has no power to conduct it.
The tribunal declared candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), Ademola Adeleke in the governorship election as the duly elected governor and ordered INEC to immediately issue him with Certificate of Return.
The tribunal agreed that PDP and Adeleke established beyond reasonable doubt that INEC did not comply substantially with the Electoral Act in 17 polling units.
Consequently, over 2,000 votes credited to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Oyetola by INEC were deducted from the tribunal, while over 1,000 votes said to have been scored by the PDP and its candidate were also removed from their total votes.
The majority judgment held that the returning officer who cancelled the result in the affected units after the announcement had no power to have done so.
NAN reports that Prof. Joseph Fuwape, vice chancellor of the University of Technology, Akure was the Returning Officer for the Sept. 22 election
Fuwape said the election was inconclusive because 3498 votes were cancelled as a result of ballot box snatching that occurred in some polling units during the election.
The affected polling units were Ife North, (one polling unit), Ife south, (two polling units), Orolu,( three polling units) and Osogbo, one polling unit.
According to Fuwape, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 254,698 votes, while Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 254, 345 votes. He thus called for rerun elections at the polling units where results were cancelled.
The majority judgment after deductions of the votes recorded in the rerun poll gave Adeleke’s score as 253777 and Oyetola’s as 253,476.
In the minority judgment, Justice Ibrahim Sirajo, Chairman of the tribunal, held that the petitioners, PDP and Adeleke failed to prove how the non-compliance of non-recording in the columns of accredited votes and account of ballots in the result sheets substantially affected the final results.
He further stated that even when non substantial compliance affects the outcome of the election, the tribunal, by virtue of section 140(2) of the Electoral Act, does not have the power to subtract the votes affected by the non-compliance from the scores of the candidates and announce a winner.
According to him the tribunal only has the power to nullify the results of the Polling units affected by the noncompliance and order a supplementary poll.
He concluded that even if the non-compliance was substantial, it was not proved by the petitioners
Earlier, in a ruling on an objection filed against the petition by APC, Oyetola and INEC, the tribunal held that the objection was misconceived and that the tribunal has jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
The objection was consequently dismissed by the tribunal.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun says it will appeal the tribunal judgment that declared Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the September 2018 re-run governorship election.
Mr Kunle Oyatomi, the APC Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy, said in a statement on Friday in Osogbo that the verdict would not stand superior legal scrutiny.
” We are going to appeal the judgment. The verdict cannot stand superior legal scrutiny. Therefore we will appeal against it,’’ Oyatomi said.
The PDP in the state, however, commended the judiciary on what it called a landmark judgment.
Mr Soji Adagunodo, the Osun PDP Chairman, in his reaction, said the victory was for the people of the state.
Adagunodo said the judgment shows that “ we still have men of impeccable character in the judiciary.’’
” Kudos to the Nigerian judiciary and this shows that we still have men of impeccable character in the judiciary.
“Truly, the judiciary is the last hope of common man,’’ Adagunodo said.
Adagunodo said since the APC had decided to appeal the judgment, PDP would await the outcome at the appellate court.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Friday declared Adeleke winner.
The three-member panel said during its ruling that the rerun election that held on Sept. 27, 2018, was illegal.
The tribunal, therefore, deducted the votes scored by the APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, in the rerun after declaring the rerun illegal.
The tribunal said Adeleke won the election at the first ballot on Sept. 22 and the rerun that INEC devised to reach a final conclusion a week later was illegal.
“The declaration of Oyetola is null and void,” the tribunal ruled in a majority decision with one member dissenting.
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The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared Ademola Adeleke as winner of the September 2018 election in the state and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue him with the certificate of return.
The three-man tribunal upheld the petitions filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke and the PDP, challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the September 2018 governorship election.
PDP and Adeleke asked the tribunal to declare that he polled the highest lawful votes and should be declared the winner.
But Oyetola, APC and INEC had filed their notices of preliminary objection contending among others that the petition was incompetent and that the court lacked jurisdiction.
The tribunal also held that the supplementary election by INEC in seven cancelled units on Sept. 22,2018, was null and void.
The tribunal ruled that the Returning Officer who cancelled the results had no power to do so
The three-man tribunal had earlier dismissed the objections of the APC and Oyetola. It said Adeleke’s petition has merit. The tribunal also declared the rerun election as illegal.
Delivering the‎ ruling, Chairman Ibrahim Sirajo, held that the objections were misconceived and struck them out.
The Tribunal held that the CTC should and must be an exact replica of the EC8A pink copies.
The discrepancies must therefore be explained and justified by INEC.
In this instance, the tribunal held, INEC failed to explain nor justify the alterations and that they failed to call any witness to justify the alterations.
The tribunal held that the attempt to explain the alterations on the basis of mere corrections of errors is not acceptable and the fact that the said errors were consistently made in the disputed areas means it was a deliberate action taken.
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The police said the deputy governor was rescued and not arrested after violence broke out

A commissioner and a local government chairman taken away from the centre are still in police custody

The Kano state police command has denied arresting the deputy governor of the state, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, for allegedly attempting to disrupt election results collation on Monday, March 11.

Although there were videos of him being whisked away from a collation centre by the police and another of him arguing at a police station, the police said the deputy governor was rescued from the collation centre and not arrested as being reported in the media.

Police spokesperson in the state, Abdullahi Haruna, said the deputy governor was at the collation centre to observe the process but was not involved in the alleged result sheets snatching.

However, the commissioner and the local government chief both of whom were chieftains of the APC were still in detention as investigation into the alleged electoral offence commenced, Daily Trust reports.

The two were taken away from the collation centre along with the deputy governor.

Haruna said the two were arrested around 1am Monday morning, after allegedly storming the Nassarawa Collation Centre while collation of results for the governorship election was going on, thereby causing commotion that halted the process.

He said: “They were alleged to have penetrated the collation centre and attempted to destroy the election results sheets. While his Excellency, the deputy governor of Kano state, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna was rescued from the scene."
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The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Dapo Abiodun, is currently leading Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement with over 39,480 votes in 11 of the 20 local government areas in Ogun state.

The data available as at the time of filing this report revealed that Abiodun was leading in 11 local government areas out of the 15 announced so far by the returning officers from the various Local governments.

Ogun State comprises 20 local government areas and three Senatorial districts.

The results released at governorship election collation centre at the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters, Magbon, Abeokuta, showed that Abiodun had polled the highest number of votes in Ijebu-Ode, Sagamu, Ijebu-North-East, Odeda, Obafemi-Owode, Abeokuta South, Ikenne, Ijebu-North, Ijebu-East, Odogboolu and Ogun Waterside.

Akinlade won Egbado South and Ewekoro local government areas, while Gboyega Isiaka of the African Democratic Congress won Imeko-Afon local government.

The state Returning Officer, Prof. Joseph Afuwape, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, is set to declare the winner as soon as the remaining local governments are presented by the collation officers.

Meanwhile, from the results announced so far, APC had 169,984 votes, while APM had 155,102 votes with the margin of 39,480 votes.
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A Police officer, Mannir Usman, has been shot dead by a group of political thugs in Danmusa Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State.

Gambo Isah SP, the State Police Command Spokesman, confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Katsina.

According to him, on Saturday at about 2pm, a patrol team on election patrol along Gobirawa Falale – Maidabino Feeder Road,
Danmusa LGA of Katsina State was ambushed by armed political thugs.

The statement added that the miscreants were led by one Mani Doro, 40, of Dunya village, Danmusa LGA of Katsina State.

The leader of the thugs said to be at large and his gang members shot the driver of the patrol vehicle attached to Danmusa Division.

Similarly, he confirmed that three Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ad hoc staff on election duty were kidnapped by the hoodlums.
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Spokeperson for the Traditional Council of Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Godspower Gbenekama, has warned his Ijaw kinsmen to be wary of soldiers during Saturday polls.

He said the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, Oboro Gbaraun 11, Aketakpe, Agadagba, has admonished that all Ijaws and Itsekiris, in particular, should maintain the existing peace during Saturday polls because, according to him, soldiers are trained to kill.

Gbenekama, who’s the Fiyewei of Gbaramatu kingdom, in a statement made available to Tribune Online on Thursday, urged the soldiers and other security agencies to maintain that sense of professionalism they displayed in Warri South West during the last Presidential and National Assembly elections.

“The Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom has directed that we must ensure that we maintain the existing peace so that we do not give the security agents the opportunity to maltreat us.

“Their training and calling is killing of criminals, that is why they go about with guns to scare and deal ‘ruthlessly’ with ‘criminals’.

“We must not allow ourselves to be treated as common criminals; as law-abiding citizens of this country, we should mobilise to our communities to cast our votes and also ensure that our votes count by peacefully protecting our votes,” the Gbaramatu chief entreated.

He, however, called on those urging the Federal Government to militarise the Niger Delta on Saturday to desist, noting that the region is already perpetually under military siege.
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The police in Kano has apprehended some suspects and recovered about 720 new cutlasses allegedly imported into the state ahead of the governorship elections on Saturday, March 9, 2019.

According to reports, the suspects were nabbed following a tip-off and are currently in police custody for further investigation.
This is coming weeks after the Kano State Police Command said it arrested 950 suspected political thugs in the space of nine days.

According to the police , most of the arrests were made in various parts of the city.
The political thugs, who are known locally as ‘Yan Data’ were arrested for unleashing violence on innocent residents of Kano in the last nine days.

Of the 950 arrested suspects, 750 are in prison, while they await the completion of their trial by the courts.
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is meeting with commissioners of police from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to review the security arrangements of just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections.

The meeting, which is holding at the IGP’s conference room, is also aimed at reviewing the security arrangements for for the March, 9 gubernatorial and houses of assembly elections.

The meeting would also discuss the under-utilization of the Technical Intelligence Unit of the force, general security in the country, amongst others.

The meeting is being attended by all the Deputy Inspectors General of police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), and other senior officers.
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The Ogun State Government has declared March 8 and 11, as holidays for primary and secondary schools in the state.

This was announced on Friday, in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Sefiu Rasheed.

According to the statement, the decision was because of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections, scheduled to hold on March 9 in Ogun and other states.

“Following the Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections rescheduled to take place on March 9, 2019, all Primary and Secondary Schools in Ogun State are to proceed on holiday on Friday, March 8, 2019,” the statement said.

Schools have been directed to resume academic activities on Tuesday, March 12.
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It was the day of long knives as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) suspended governors Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun and Rochas Okorocha of Imo.
The suspension of the governors was confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday by a top party official, even as the NWC was still in session.
Also suspended were Osita Okechukwu, the director-general of the Voice of Nigeria and Pastor Usani Usani, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.
An APC source said the NWC also decided to query Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, where the party lost two senatorial seats and the presidential election to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in the 23 February election.
All the sanctioned party members were indicted for anti-party activities in the run-up to the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections, NAN learnt.
NWC which is currently in a meeting also recommended the expulsion of Okorocha and Amosun from the party. The duo won senate seats in the National Assembly election in their states as members of the APC.
However, both governors are supporting governorship and assembly candidates against the APC.
In Ogun, Amosun is backing AbdulKadir Akinlade as governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement(APM) against the APC candidate, Prince Dapo Abiodun. In Imo, Okorocha is supporting his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu as candidate of the Action Alliance, against Senator Hope Uzodinma, the APC candidate.
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The Imo state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hope Uzodinma, Wednesday assured the Southeast region that the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari would continue to favour the Ndigbo.

Uzodinma spoke through his Director of Media and Special Duties, Declan Emelumba, in Owerri, while reacting to the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari, as the winner of 2019 Saturday’s presidential election.

It was Uzodinma’s view that the second journey of Buhari, would be inclusive based style of governance.

He added that, in order for Imo state to be connected to the center, that Imolites should come out and vote massively for APC, in the forthcoming governorship and House of Assembly elections.

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Mallam Sadiq Umar, the senator-elect for  Kwara North Senatorial District, says  Senate President Bukola Saraki lost his senatorial seat because he was no longer connected with the  electorate.
Umar said this  in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin.
The senator-elect, who was reacting to  the victory of the All Progressives  Congress (APC) in the state, said Saraki’s political relevance  had always been overrated.
He said that the senate president was able to hold  the state in his grips for so  long because elections had always been rigged in his favour.
According to him, Kwara has suffered a protracted leadership problem and now they have  the opportunity to speak out loudly.
“The victory is an anticipated one and we are very happy about it. Everybody is very happy because it was a very free and fair election.
” Kwarans are very clear; enough is enough. They have not had a good leader and those who are ruling Kwara are not giving the best of leadership to the people.
“So the people want a change and we are very happy the electorate have spoken very loudly that they are with APC and all candidates of APC won the elections from Presidential to National Assembly members,’’ he said.
Umar described the development as a new dawn for  Kwara, saying all what the citizens had been deprived would be given to them.
“Kwara will see development in infrastructure, employment, empowerment, prompt payment of salary and improvement in salary among others,’’  he said.
He urged the citizens to keep faith with  the party and the newly elected representatives, assuring that they would not fail the people.
“My message to them is that there is hope for them. We will never fail them.
“We are aware of the nascent experience in Nigeria, particularly in Kwara. We just have to deliver the goods to the people of Kwara or else there will be a judgment day.
“We are aware of that. We are responsible citizens who came into politics for the purpose of serving our people.
“We are very grateful that they kept the faith. They promised they will support us and they did it overwhelmingly.
“We are going to pay them back with good governance and the best service we can render to them.
“So there is hope in Kwara,  particularly in Kwara North that is  backward in everything.
“We need to speed and catch up as soon as we can,’’  said the newly elected senator.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo their Certificates of Return.

The certificates were issued to them at the International Conference Center, ICC, in Abuja by the Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on Wednesday morning declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election.

Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu made the declaration on Wednesday morning at the ICC Collation centre in Abuja.

This follows the official announcement of results from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the commission.

Buhari polled a total of 15,191,847 votes, compared to the 11,262,978 votes recorded by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

While Atiku had gained more votes, winning the incumbent President with wide margins in States in the South East and South-South, Buhari gathered insurmountable strength in the North.

A total of 73 presidential candidates participated in the election which held on Saturday.
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President Muhammadu Buhari was on Wednesday declared winner of Saturday’s presidential elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The Returning Officer for the 2019 presidential elections, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the declaration at 4.37am.

Incumbent President Buhari of the All Progressives Party (APC) polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat the country’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 11,262,978 votes.

Making the declaration, Yakubu said: “That Muhammadu Buhari, having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the provision of the electoral act is hereby declared the winner of the presidential election.’’

He announced that certificate of return will be issued to the President-elect and Vice President-elect by 2 pm on Wednesday.

Yakubu says the parties and their number of votes as follows:

A 19209
AA 14380
AAC 33,953
AAP 8902
ABP 4523
ACD 11,325
ACPN 7223
ABC 97874
ABP 54930
AGA 4689
AGAP 3071
ANDP 3104
ANN 16779
ANP 3586
ANRP 4340
APA 36866
APC 15,191,847
APDA 26558
APGA 66851
APM 26039
APP 3585
ASD 2146
AUN 1092
BNPP 1649
CAP 1111
CC 2391
CNP 1874
DA 2769
DPC 5242
DPP 14483
FRESH 4554
FJP 4174
GDPN 41852
GPN 4924
HDP 1663
ID 1845
JMPP 1853
JP 1911
LM 1438
LP 5074
MAJA 2651
MMN 14540
MPN 2752
NAC 2279
NCMP 1378
NCP 3799
NDCP 1192
NDLP 1588
NEPP 1524
NFD 4096
NIP 2248
NNPP 6111
NPC 10081
NRM 6229
NUP 5323
PCP 110196
PDP 11,262,978
PPA 21822
PPC 8979
PPN 4622
PT 2613
RAP 2972
RBNP 1792
RP 2388
SDP 34746
SNC 28680
SNP 3941
UDP 3170
UP 1561
UPN 1631
WTPN 732
YES 2394
YPP 21886

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Governor Rochas Okorocha

The Returning Officer for the Imo West senatorial election on Saturday, Prof Innocent Ibeawuchi,  has said that the supporters of Governor Rochas Okorocha, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, compelled him to declare the governor winner of Saturday’s elections.

The result showed that Okorocha scored  97,762 votes defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party  Mr Jones Onyereri (68,117), and the All Progressive Grand Alliance’s Osita Izunaso (30,084).

Speaking to reporters after the results were announced on Monday in Owerri,  Ibeawuchi said that he was held hostage from 7pm on Sunday till 11am on Monday. He added that policemen and soldiers came to his rescue after the announcement was made.

According to him, he had to make the announcement to save his life. He added that the election was supposed to be inconclusive, because of the electoral fraud  in eight  LGAs.

He said, “I was compelled to announce the result which was inconclusive. I am a man  of integrity and it is not true that the governor slapped me but  I was held hostage by agents working for him. I was manhandled and I thank God I came back alive.”

However, Okorocha dismissed the allegations, insisting he deserved to win the election.

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, the governor described the  returning officer as “a bloody liar who may be acting a script”.

He said, “Having won  in nine out of the 12 local government areas announced, we heard that they were   trying to move the result sheets to Owerri but when we demanded an explanation, the man (Ibeawuchi) said he was  tired and didn’t feel safe, when nobody was threatening him. At the end, we discovered that  he didn’t have the declaration sheet. I wonder where this is taking us. I hope INEC would change this system because we will resist them if they try it in the next election.”

“They should examine the returning officer to know his mental state. If he doesn’t  have a  mental illness, then he must be a criminal to ever think of that. How could someone ask you to change the result of an election he has already won? My score is above 90,000 and the nearest to me is slightly above half of it, when you combine both Jones and Izunaso’s votes. They can’t match or contest against me in Imo State not to talk of Orlu zone,” Okorocha added.

“I asked the  Resident Electoral Commissioner here to quickly correct these anomalies. The returning officer is a bloody liar who may be acting a script.”

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Mr Salihu Adamu Musa, INEC Electoral Officer in Bokkos Local Government of Plateau, on Monday apologised over the “shameful” behaviour of the Returning Officer deployed to the area.
“The Returning Officer’s attitude was appalling; he was drunk and couldn’t do anything at all,’’ he said.
Musa was responding to a question raised by APC Collation Officer in Pankshin, Mr Emmanuel Bok, who sought to know why he (Musa), was declaring the results of elections for Bokkos, instead of the Returning Officer, as stipulated by law.
Musa, in his explanation, told the party agents, observers and INEC officials that the Returning Officer, a university lecturer, was drunk on Sunday and was sacked when he could not perform his duty.
“I took over the job based on instructions from the INEC headquarters in Jos,” Musa explained.
Musa apologised to the election officials on behalf of the electoral body, and promised that the situation would not repeat itself.
Bok, who thanked Musa for the explanation, said that he had intended to reject the result because they were not presented by the officer designated to do so.
“If not for the explanation you gave to us, I would not have accepted the results until we see the Returning Officer.
“But, if that was what happened, then it is very unfortunate and bad for us in our journey toward deepening out democracy,” he said.
In his reaction, Mr Mason Mahli, PDP Collation Officer in the local government, appealed to INEC to always ensure that only reputable people were recruited to assist it in such crucial assignments.
“INEC must always look for credible persons for serious national assignments like this. Electoral duties are sacred assignments that must be handled seriously and with utter commitment,” he stated.
Mr Jonathan Mawuyau, another APC Collation Officer and former justice commissioner in Plateau, who also reacted to the removal of the Returning Officer, regretted the “very bitter experience” elections officials had with the sacked official.
“The officer came to the collation centre drunk. On Sunday, we waited for his arrival up to 2.00 p.m., but when he later arrived and took his seat, he started dozing off before the very eyes of everybody in the hall.
“Shortly after, he woke up and excused us to go ease himself, but the next thing we heard was that he had driven away. He was later accosted and brought back.
“In fact, I had to apologise on his behalf. The official was so drunk that he could not do the Job,” Mawuyau explained.
Mrs. Joan Arabs, INEC official from the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, in her response, assured the party agents, journalists and observers, who had gathered at the senatorial collation centre in Pankshin, that the mistake would not be repeated.
“We have noted this mistake and want to assure you that we will correct it,” she said. 
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