Category: Nigeria Decides 2023

Ignore Obasanjo’s call for election cancellation, Gemade tells Buhari, INEC

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Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Chief Barnabas Gemade has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Mahmud Yakubu to ignore calls by former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the cancellation of Saturday’s presidential election. Gemade who was addressing the press on Tuesday in Abuja, said Obasanjo was a meddlesome interloper who had nothing at stake in the election. He said the calls for the cancellation of the elections by the former president was an assault on democracy and the rule of…

2023: Obi beats Tinubu in Rivers with 163,033

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By Godwin Ebiboute Leloh     The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi has established first lead in Rivers State after winning Port Harcourt City Local Government Area with a wide margin.   In Port Harcourt City, Obi polled 62,451 votes to win the council leaving the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar with 7,303 votes and All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu with 5,562.   With the results, Obi, who had won in only five local government areas, overtook Tinubu, who had led Rivers…

Tinubu condemns attack on Igbos in Lagos, urges supporters to maintain peace

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By Ehinomen Azeigbe     The All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to the people of Lagos State to be calm and eschew any act that can lead to breakdown of law and order.   Tinubu said the outcome of the election in Lagos where Labour Party won the presidential election should not be a source of provocation saying that the beauty of democracy is that people have a right to vote for the candidate of their choice.   The APC candidate further said that…

Obasanjo writes Buhari,calls for cancellation of altered results .

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By Ehinomen Azeigbe Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday alleging that Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections were grossly manipulated and results uploaded without due process. Obasanjo in the letter he personally signed on Monday added that some INEC officials had collected “blood money” while noting that the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System and servers had “been manipulated or rendered inactive.” The former president in the release titled, “An appeal for caution and rectification” asked Buhari to order the cancellation of altered results…

No Corps Member caught changing Election result in Enugu – NYSC

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The National Youth Service Corps NYSC has described as misleading, a report trending online stated that a female Corps Member allegedly manipulated election results in one of the polling units in Abakpa Ward in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State to favour one of the presidential candidates.   NYSC statement read in full:   “To put the records straight, the Corps Member in question confessed that she was stressed out in the work and was very tired during the counting of ballots, she admitted making a wrong entry…

Senator Olujimi Loses Return Bid To APC’s Adaramodu

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The incumbent Senator for Ekiti South Senatorial District and former Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi has lost her seat to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and member of the House of Representatives, Yemi Adaramodu.   The APC candidate polled 63,189 as against Olujimi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 36,191.   Notably, the APC cleared all the National Assembly seats in the just-concluded election in Ekiti.   APC’s Opeyemi Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, polled 69,351 to defeat his closest rival Ajijola Lateef…

BREAKING: Tinubu loses Lagos to Peter Obi with 10000 votes

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Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has won the presidential election in Lagos state. He defeated Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state. Tinubu is a former Lagos governor and the state is historically his stronghold. APC: 572, 606. LP: 582, 354 NNPP: 8442 PDP: 75 750 SDP: 772 Accredited voters: 1,347152 Total Valid votes: 1271451 Rejected votes: 64278  

Yemi Ali Taufiq of APC wins Lagos Federal Constituency Mushin 1

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.     Rt Honorable Yemi Ali of the All Progressive Congress has defeated his rivals to clinch Mushin 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos state.   In a result declared by INEC on Sunday and made available to news men stated that the ranking federal lawmaker polled 16,522 to defeat his closest rival of the LP who trailed with 3,906 and PDP with 2,079.   The federal lawmaker is returning to the green chamber for the third time in a row, after serving for many times as local…

#NigeriaElections2023: PDP sweeps Senatorial, Reps seats in Osun

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    The Peoples Democratic Party won all the National Assembly seats in Saturday’s general election.   In the results of the elections obtained at the State Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday, Francis Fadahunsi, the current lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial was reelected.   He polled 127877 to defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Ajibola Famurewa, who garnered 95670.   In Osun Central Senatorial, Senate spokesperson, Ajibola Basiru of the APC polled 117609, losing to Olubiyi Fadeyi of the PDP who was returned…

#NigeriaElections2023: NHRC presents preliminary report … Charges INEC to ensure participation of disenfranchised Nigerians in rescheduled elections

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The National Human Rights Commission has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure that Nigerians who were disenfranchised on last Saturday elections are able to vote in the rescheduled elections.   This was contained in preliminary statement of the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections presented by the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission NHRC,Bar Tony Ojukwu SAN at NHRC Situation Room in Abuja on Sunday 26th February,2023.     Ojukwu said disenfranchisement is a violation of the right to vote and could be a major trigger for…