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Senator Rafiu Rejects Electoral Outcome, Vows to Reclaim Mandate in Court The Peoples Democratic Party Senatorial Candidate for Kwara South, Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim has rejected the outcome of the National Assembly Elections declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara State with claims of gross electoral malpractice. In a statement released by the Director of Media and Communications of Senator Rafiu Ibrahim’s Campaign Team, Dr. Babatunde Salami, the Senatorial candidate promised to challenge the result in court and reclaim the stolen mandate. The statement reads “The Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Kwara South, Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kogi Central, Mrs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has defeated her major opponent, Ohere Sadiku Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate. She reportedly won with 1,355 votes. Natasha made this known via her verified Facebook account on Monday. She wrote: “🙏🏻We won Ajaokuta🙏🏻 “After cancelling 12 polling unit results due to APC’s meaningless petitions; Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan wins Ajaokuta LGA with 1,355 votes.” She afterwards claimed that Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, in alliance with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reduced her vote. “Gov. Yahaya Bello deals Independent National Electoral Commission. Reduces…

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in Edo State. The results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday. Here is the breakdown of the results. LP ——- 331,163 APC —- 144,471 PDP —- 89, 585 NNPP — 2,743

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in Abia State. The results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday showed that the LP polled a total of 327,095 voted, way ahead its closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party, which polled 22,676 votes. The distribution of the presidential election results across the 17 LGAs of Abia State is as follows: 1. ISIALANGWA NORTH APC. 742 LP. 14336 PDP. 5964 2. ISIKWUATO LGA APC. 472 LP. 16,038 PDP .607 3. IKWUANO LGA APC.407 LP. 14997 PDP. 1065 4. UKWA WEST LGA. APC. 591 LP. 9557…

Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has scored the highest votes in Saturday’s presidential election in Nasarawa State. Obi polled a total votes of 191,361 in the contest to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Ahmed Bola-Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, who got 172,922 votes while Mr. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party secured 147, 093 votes . Daily Trust reports that the presidential election results were collated and announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC), collation officer in Nasarawa State, Prof. Ishaya Tanko. Tanko, who is the Vice-Chancellor University of Jos, Plateau state, saod the…

The House of Reps candidate of people’s democratic party, PDP, Engineer Dare Bankole has rejected the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, declaring the All progressives Congress, Tunji Raheem Ajuloopin, as the winner of Saturday’s election in Irepodun, Isin, Ekiti andOke-Ero federal constituency. Bankole, in a statement through his mandate office , on Monday , said the results were fraught with many malpractices, voter’s manipulations, fraud, over-voting, vote buying among other irregularities The statement said that after careful study of the elections outcome, the results, as announced by INEC do not conform to or reflect the votes and…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has lost a former commissioner for women affairs, Alhaja Ahmed Nike Taibat, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Alhaja Ahmed Nike who served under the previous administration of Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed was one of the political stakeholders of the PDP in Offa Local Government Area. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the PDP in Offa LGA, Honourable Jide Jatto, the former commissioner tendered her resignation from the party with immediate effect. This comes as the state prepares for the gubernatorial and state assembly elections March 11. PDP…

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has lost his senatorial bid to the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the district, Okechukwu Ezea. Mr Ugwuanyi, who is rounding off his second term as governor, is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Enugu North Senatorial District election held on Saturday 25 February. The Returning Officer for the election, Chukwuemeka Ubaka, announced the result at the collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nsukka Local Government Area headquarters on Monday at about 5: 20 a.m. Mr Ezea, the LP candidate, polled a total of 104,492 votes to defeat…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has lost his bid to represent the Benue North West Senatorial District in the National Assembly. Ortom, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the election lost to Mr. Titus Zam of the All Progressives Congress, APC. In the result announced by the Senatorial Collation Officer, Prof. Rufus Shaa’to in Makurdi, the APC candidate polled a total of 143,151 votes to defeat Ortom, who garnered 106,882 votes, while the Labour Party, LP, candidate Mr. Mark Gbillah scored 51,950 votes.

A former chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, Dino Melaye on Monday caused a stir at the National Collation Centre when he rejected the presidential election result declared for Ekiti State, alleging over-voting. The drama started before the beginning of collation when Melaye, who is also the agent ofs the Peoples Democratic Party, raised an observation that the figures of results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission for Ekiti State does not correlate. INEC had declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, winner for Ekiti State with 201,494 defeating his closest…