The Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Council, PCC, Dino Melaye, has said there is no retreat in the party’s search for justice following the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Melaye, who also served as the presidential election collation agent of the PDP, had during the collation of results accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu of having rigged the presidential election. Melaye had led eight other party agents, including the Labour Party to stage a walk out at the national Collation Centre. He pointed out that the BVAS was not…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently in Daura, Katsina State where he is meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu flew in from Abuja on Wednesday night, few hours after he was presented with a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Our reporter gathered that the meeting with the president is probably hinged on the need to pay homage to the outgoing President for the support he received during the electioneering process. Recall that President Buhari, while casting his vote on Saturday at polling unit 003, Sarkin Yara Ward A, Daura Local Government Area had…
Following the outcome of the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections, Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari on Wednesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura. The meeting which lasted for about an hour was held behind closed doors. It was meant to felicitate the president for producing a successor from within the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, as well as review preparations for the gubernatorial elections in Katsina State on March 11. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President-elect following the conclusion of the collation of results in Abuja. Tinubu had defeated two…
Top American lawmakers have described China as an “existential” threat to the US during a first hearing on China by the Republican-majority House of Representatives. They also called for an all-out effort within the country and in coordination with its allies to successfully address the challenge posed by the Communist Party-led China. The US has routinely and historically described Chinese behaviour as aggressive. The name of the newly-constituted committee is House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This is not a polite tennis match. This is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented the Certificate of Return to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima. INEC National Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood presented the certificate of return to Tinubu and Shettima in Abuja on Wednesday. Tinubu emerged winner of Saturday’s presidential election after polling the highest votes to defeat his rival of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party’s Peter Obi.
Ward collation officers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State have called for the cancellation of the just concluded House of Representatives election in Obio/Akpor. The APC Ward 2 Collation Officer, Hanachor Francis-Eleto and Ward 10 Collation Officer, Stanley Worgu, in a press briefing in Port Harcourt, alleged that they were denied access to the collation centre. The two collation officers also said officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, assisted members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to manipulate the process. Francis-Eleto and Worgu, who spoke on behalf of other ward…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to address the irregularities that characterised the just concluded presidential election. The call was made in a press statement signed by the PDP chairman of the Jigawa State Concern Forum, Umar Danjani. . He said the call becomes necessary considering what has happened during the just concluded presidential elections in the state. Danjani accused INEC of some irregularities including election rigging and overvoting during the election. According to him: “We are calling the attention of INEC in Jigawa State to look critically at these irregularities, election rigging…
The Action Alliance (AA) party said it is heading to court to seek nullification of the entire general election, alleging unlawful exclusion of the party from the whole exercise. The party’s authentic National Chairman, Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje, told the media that after the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner and President-elect, the party will be heading to court to seek total nullification of the exercise to ensure a fresh exercise in the country. Omo-Aje explained that he was very determined to ensure justice is done, insisting that his party…
The Bauchi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday called for the redeployment of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) and the Administrative Secretary of the commission before the 11th March gubernatorial election in the state in order to safeguard the sanctity of the election. The opposition party in Bauchi State alleged a “cunning” move by the Peoples Democratic Party-led government in the state “to compromise the security and INEC ad hoc electoral officers in most of the polling units across the state.” The chairman of the party, Hon Babayo Aliyu Misau, stated this while addressing a…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has backed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to continue collating Saturday’s presidential elections results. The council’s chairman, Yabaji Sani, revealed the position during Tuesday’s resumption of the INEC National Collation Centre in Abuja. Sani said the personal interest of politicians should not be allowed to truncate the nation’s democratic process. “Nigerians and indeed Nigerians are very resilient people; we should applaud Nigeria’s journey so far in Democracy. We should summon the courage and determination to continue this critical process. “My members are here to encourage you to go ahead with this process to ensure…
Following the Saturday election in Kaduna State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the three senatorial seats in the state. In Kaduna Central, Lawal Adamu Usman, popularly known as Mr LA, won with over 250,000 votes, to defeat All Progressives Congress candidate, Abdullahi Mohammad Sani who scored 182,035 votes. The Returning Officer, Prof Haruna Aminu, said Usman scored 225,066 votes defeating APC candidate, Abdullahi Mohammad Sani who polled 182,035 votes. Similarly, Sunday Katung scored 138, 246 in Kaduna South to defeat Ayuba Micheal of the Labour Party who scored 101,479 votes. APC’s Bulus Audu came third with 77,753 votes.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reacted to calls by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Democratic Party asking the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to resign. The Commission described the call as misplaced. INEC claimed the allegation by the collation agent of the PDP, Dino Melaye, that the INEC Chairman allocated scores to parties is unfounded and irresponsible. The Commission said contrary to the insinuation by both parties, results emanating from the states point to a free, fair and credible process. “There are laid down procedures for aggrieved parties or candidates to follow when they are dissatisfied…
A member of the Security and Intelligence Committee of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, Abayomi Nurain Mumuni has cautioned former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to use his utterances to set the country on fire. The 2011 gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in Lagos State said this in a statement made available to the media on Tuesday through his media aide, Rasheed Abubakar. Recall that former President Olusegun Obasanjo had alleged irregularities in the just concluded presidential election. In a recent letter, the elder statesman called for the cancellation of the result of the election.…
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.
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…