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…
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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,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Ekiti State has announced the result of the presidential election in the state. INEC Collation Officer and vice Chancellor of the federal University of Health Sciences, Ila Orangun, Osun State, Professor Akeem Lasisi announced the result at the state Collation Centre in Ado Ekiti after collation officers from the 16 council Areas presented their results one after the other. He explained that out of the 18 registered political parties that took part in the exercise, APC got the highest number of votes with two hundred and one thousand, four hundred and ninety-four. Professor Lasisi…
Tinubu leads in 10 Ogun local govts Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has won in 10 local governments announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) so far. Also, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is coming second in the 10 local governments announced. The results are as follows: 1. REMO NORTH LG Registered voters: 48,886 Accredited Voters: 11,148 APC: 5,814 PDP: 3,627 LP: 984 NNPP: 22 ADC: 71 Total valid votes: 10,665 Rejected votes: 478 Total votes cast: 11,143 2. IKENNE LG Registered voters: 67,914 Accredited Voters: 20,126 APC:…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State on Sunday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the House of Representatives candidate for Ideato North and South Federal Constituency, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, winner of yesterday’s election without any further delay. The opposition party affirmed that Ideato people have spoken and their voices heard loud and clear. Across the Federal Constituency, the people came out in great numbers and waited patiently and voted for Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as their choice, he said. PDP said this in a statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor made…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken on the violence that erupted in some areas in Lagos during the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. There were pockets of violence in some areas in Lagos on Saturday as thugs attacked polling units and destroyed election materials. . Addressing the press at the International Conference Centre, ICC, in Abuja on Saturday, Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu said that elections have been countermanded in some federal constituencies in Edo State. He said the reason for countermanding the election in Esan North and Esan South was because of the…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, in Cross River State has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to tamper with ongoing collation of the presidential and National Assembly election results. IPAC alleged that there was a purported order from powerful forces within the ruling party in the state which urged the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof Gabriel Yomeri to suspend collation of results. In a statement signed by the state chairman, Anthony Bissong Attah and the secretary, Pastor Ntami Esege, early Sunday morning, they warned that “any attempt to alter, compromise or change the result of any polling unit, ward,…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has defeated his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, Atiku Abubakar at Muchalla Ward, Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The PDP candidate is from Adamawa State and his party controls the state. According to results released from the collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Obi polled a total of 4,524 votes, while Atiku followed with 1,864; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 340 votes, while Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) trailed with 31 votes. Below is the result: APC…
Femi Fani-Kayode has mocked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the announcement of the 2023 presidential election result by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. INEC will commence collation and announcement of results by 12 pm on Sunday and Fani-Kayode is already seeing a victory for Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate. However, the former minister of aviation did not mention the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, who is currently leading in some states. He believes that Tinubu will end up in Aso Rock Villa, while Atiku will head to Dubai, United…
Early results from several polling units in most parts of Cross River State indicated that the Labour Party, LP, is winning the state. The LP won by larger margins in polling units whose results were swiftly available. Closely followed was the APC in some of the units. Some of the results showed that Yakurr LGA, dominantly controlled by APC, LP won. At the Ministry of Agriculture Unit 014 Ijiman Ugep. Presidential APC:27 PDP:12 LP:35 Senate APC: 31 PDP:16 LP: 26 Reps PDP: 11 APC: 22 LP: 42 In Ikom LGA, OFUTOP II ward, Playground Nsimaghe polling unit: presidential total vote…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu has lost the presidential election in his Angwarimi Ward, GRA A1, LERCEST Office in Keffi, Nasarawa State to the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. Obi won the unit after polling 132 votes, while the APC got 85 votes for the second position. In the Senatorial election: APC got 55 votes, LP scored 42 votes, the PDP polled 22 votes, NNPP (4), ADC (1), ZLP (3) and SDP (184). However, seven votes were counted as invalid. In the House of Representatives: APC got 46 votes, PDP…
One of the campaign media aides to Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, AbdulAziz AbdulAziz, has said that reports trickling in from across the country indicate that his candidate is winning the elections. AbdulAziz said it is yet too soon to project what exactly would happen, but according to him, results coming from various angles of the country shows that the APC presidential candidate is ahead of others. The media aide, who congratulated Nigerians for their maturity and sense of belonging through the massive turnout to cast their votes, also commended INEC for excellent preparations. AbdulAziz voted in his Fagge…
Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed on Saturday delivered his polling unit to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Mohammed voted in today’s presidential and National Assembly elections at the Bakin Dutse Polling Unit in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. Results coming from the unit showed that in the presidential poll, PDP secured 103 votes, while the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, got 25 votes. In the senatorial election, PDP scored 101 as against the 32 and 17 got by APC and New Nigeria People Party…