Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has been declared the presidential election winner in Kebbi State. Returning officer for the election, Professor Yusuf Sa’idu, declared that the PDP candidate polled 288,175 votes to defeat Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 248,088 votes. He said the Labour Party’s candidate Peter Obi polled 10,682 votes, while NNPP’s Musa Kwankwaso trailed with 5,038 votes. He said the total number of registered voters in the state is 1,983,985, while the number of accredited voters is 599,201.
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Katsina State has expressed disappointment over the outcome of last Saturday’s elections in the state, especially the National Assembly results. The Director-General of the Atiku-Lado Campaign Council, Dr Mustapha Inuwa, expressed his disappointment on Monday in Katsina while briefing newsmen. He described the outcome of the elections, especially the senatorial and House of Representatives polls, as disappointing. He said that the party had earlier lauded the effort of President Muhammadu Buhari on the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, which aimed at staving off vote buying. He said as a result…
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu is in the lead after Saturday’s general election. As of Monday night, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared collated results in 20 states. Tinubu is ahead with 5,862,453 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has secured 4,288,434 votes so far. Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, is currently in third place with 2,834,932; Rabiu Kwankwaso, New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, polled 1,315,549. Interestingly, Tinubu is the only top contender that failed to win home state, losing Lagos to Obi. Atiku won in President…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has urged the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to accept defeat amid the ongoing collation of Saturday’s presidential election. While appealing to Atiku to exhibit maturity in accepting defeat, Fayose, who belongs to the same party as the Presidential Candidate, advised that he should take a break and retire to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The Ekiti ex-Governor disclosed this in a tweet he posted on his verified Twitter handle on Monday evening. The tweet read, “Our candidate, H.E. Atiku Abubakar (aka ‘Atiku is coming’) should…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi is currently leading his opponents, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress in the Saturday’s presidential election in Delta State. Delta is the home state of Atiku’s Deputy and the current governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. Out of the 16 LGAs so far announced by INEC, Obi won 11. See results below. Ika North-East APC – 1902 LP – 8980 PDP – 16696 Ika South APC – 3290 LP – 17868 PDP – 7485 Aniocha North APC – 1146 LP – 11678 PDP – 3783 Ethiope West…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked that results from polling units where the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) was not used should be nullified. Obasanjo also requested that results that were not uploaded on the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should not accepted. Obasanjo said this in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, while speaking on Saturday’s presidential election. “Whereas, BVAS and Servers have been manipulated or rendered inactive, such results must be declared void and inadmissible for election declaration,” Obasanjo told Buhari and the Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu. The Balogun Owu alerted Buhari…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has appreciated Nigerians for coming out in large numbers to vote in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Mr Dele Alake, the Special Adviser, Media and Communication, APC PCC said this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has appreciated Nigerians for coming out in large numbers to vote in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Kashim Shettima (left) and Bola Tinubu (right) [Twitter/@officialABAT] Mr Dele Alake, the Special Adviser, Media and Communication, APC PCC said this at a news conference…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday cancelled the results of 74 polling units in six local government areas of Kogi State over thuggery and failed BVAS that characterised Saturday’s polls. The LGAs involved include Okehi, Umala, Ulama-Boro, Ofu, Yagba East and Ibaji. The most affected was Okehi LGA, which the state government had dug some of its roads, a few days before the election, to ward off criminal elements from gaining access to the area. Dr Emeka Oguju, Okehi Collation Officer, while presenting the results to the State Collation Officer, Prof. Wahab Egbewale at the Kogi Collation Centre,…
Peter Obi of Labour Party is currently leading his opponents in the Saturday’s presidential election in Benue State. The Collation Officer, Prof Faruk Adamu Kuta, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology Minna, announce the results from each local government as follows. 2023 Presidential Election: How Benue LGAs Voted *Gwer West Lga Reg Voters: 74,579 Accre: 26,612 APC: 7,332 LP: 17,417 PDP: 838 Total valid votes: 25,949 Rejected votes: 632 Votes cast: 26,581 *Ushongo LGA Reg Voters: 117,469 Accre: 38,048 APC: 20,060 LP: 7,324 PDP: 7,264 Total valid votes: 36,038 Rejected votes: 1007 Votes cast: 37,045 *Konshisha LGA, RAs Reg Voters:…
There will be supplementary elections in Anambra West and Anambra East Federal Constituency as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has detected over-voting in two polling units. The Returning Officer, Dr Ugochukwu Okafor, made the declaration on Monday at Otuocha, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra. He said that while the total number of accredited voters in the two affected polling units was 1,113, the total votes cast were 28,579. He explained that at Polling Unit 004 at Umualum Square in Aguleri Ward, 2,555 voters were accredited, while at Polling Unit 007 at Umugalagu, also in Aguleri Ward 2,…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has won the just concluded presidential election in Yobe State after defeating his closest challenger, All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to results from the 17 local government areas collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the state on Sunday, Atiku polled the highest votes with 198,567 votes, while Tinubu got 151,459 votes. The collation of the results chaired by the state presidential returning officer, Prof. Umaru Pate, also revealed that the candidate of the NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, came third with…
The Labour Party has won seven House of Representatives seats in Enugu State. InfoStride News had earlier reported that the party won the Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency election. Other Federal Constituencies won by Labour Party include Enugu East/Isi-Uzo, where Prof. Paul Nnamchi defeated incumbent Reps member, Cornelius Nnaji. It is the same in Enugu North/Enugu South. Chimaobi Atu of LP defeated PDP Reps member, Offor Chukwuegbo. In other results, the LP also won Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Reps seat. Nwodo Chijioke of LP defeated the incumbent lawmaker, Mr. Martins Oke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. For Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency, Mr. Dennis…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has defeated the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos, his home state. Though Tinubu won more local government areas, Obi defeated him with most of the votes. All the results of the 20 local governments have been declared. Tinubu won in 11, while Obi won in nine local government areas. With the results declared, Obi polled 582,664, while
Results from 38 Local Government Areas in Kano State show that the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is leading with 748,362 votes. Bola Ahmad Tinubu of the APC is giving him a close mark with 464,133 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP got 86,162. Kano State Presidential election results: APC – 464,133 LP – 8,926 NNPP – 742,362 PDP – 86,162 Results of the remaining six LGs are being awaited.
All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council on Sunday said it had noticed the disingenuous attempts by the spokesmen of the opposition parties (PDP and LP) campaign councils and their hired talking heads on Television Stations to discredit the Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted nationwide over the weekend. In a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media & Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council warned the PDP and LP to allow the INEC to perform its duties, adding that any attempt to discredit the polls would fail. The statement read in part, “Two persons we consider as respectable citizens, Prof. Pat…
Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State have cleared all the Senatorial and House of Representatives seats in the just concluded National Assembly polls. The polls were held throughout the country on Saturday, February 25, 2023. While other political parties vied for the seats, the contest was seen to be majorly between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the PDP. InfoStride News reports that in the Senatorial race, Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi of the PDP defeated his opponent, Ajibola Famurewa of the APC who was contesting for the first time in the Osun East Senatorial District. In…
Mr. Okey Ezea of the Labour Party has been declared winner of the Senatorial election held in Enugu North Senatorial zone on Saturday. Ezea defeated Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The result of the election was announced by the returning officer, Prof. Chukwuemeka Ubaka, early Monday morning. He said Ezea polled 104, 492 votes. While Ugwuanyi of the PDP garnered 46, 948 votes, the APC candidate, Eze Simon came third with 6,816 votes.
The Labour Party candidate, Mr Thaddeus Attah has defeated Banky W of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the Saturday election for the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Labour Party winner of the poll during a result collation at the Model Nursery and Primary School, Marwa, Lekki 1. The INEC returning officer, Prof Funmilayo Odukoya made the declaration. Attah won with 24,075 votes, beating his counterparts, Mr Olubankole Wellington (Banky W) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 18,666 votes, and Mr Babjide Obanikoro of the APC, who had 16, 901 votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the collation of the 2023 presidential election results till Monday, February 27, 2023. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu (PT) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the collation of the 2023 presidential election results till Monday, February 27, 2023. The electoral body announced the development immediately after the result of the polls in Ekiti was announced by the returning officer for the state. The reason for the postponement according to INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu was because the results of other states have not arrived in Abuja. Yakubu said collation of results would…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Mr Ismail Dalha-Kusada of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the Kankia/Kusada/Ingawa Federal Constituency seat in Katsina State. Declaring the result on Sunday in Kankia, the INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Saifullahi Ibrahim, said Dalha-Kusada polled a total of 34, 056 votes to emerge the winner. Ibrahim said that Abubakar Yahya-Kusada of the All Progressives Party (APC) came second with 31, 017 votes, while Kabir Abdullahi of PRP scored 8, 613 votes to place third. He said that the total number of registered voters was 224, 542, out of which,…