Our attention has been drawn to the now familiar lamentation and hallucination of the Lagos State Labour Party Governorship Candidate, Chinedu Rhodes-Vivour about winning the March 18 election. While we empathize with the budding politician on the dazing and dizzying impact of the defeat, it is advisable for him to desist from acts that are capable of disrupting the peace of the state. He threatened to make the state ungovernable if the election results did not favour his warped imagination. There is no doubt that his disposition to anarchy is not representative of the position of true and well meaning…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Kano State Police Command has arrested a member of Kano State House of Assembly, Isiyaku Ali Danja Gezawa and 164 others for allegedly trying to set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and a police station. According to the command, Ali Danja of Gezawa constituency, led a team of hoodlums to destroy the INEC collation centre in Gezawa. Already INEC had declared the House of Assembly result of the area inconclusive following the violence that trailed the elections. Speaking, the DIG in charge of Election in Kano, Hafiz Muhammad Inuwa, on Sunday,19 March…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Governorship Election in Kwara, Ogun and Jigawa States, reports thegazellenews.com In Kwara, incumbent Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was declared the winner of the election in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He polled a total of 273,424 to beat his closest, Yaman Abdullahi of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 155,490. In Ogun State, incumbent Dapo Abiodun of APC was declared winner of the election. He polled 276,298 votes to beat his closest rival Ladi Adebutu of PDP who polled 262,383 votes. In Jigawa State, APC also won. Its…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the House of Assembly election in Owode/Onire Constituency, Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu, as winner of the poll. Announcing the results, INEC returning officer for the exercise, Prof Akeem Olasunkanmi Ijaiya, said Shittu polled 7,521 votes to defeat his closest rival, Abdullah Magaji of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 6,957 votes. Prof Ijaiya declared: “Having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the requirements of the law, she is hereby declared the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) raised on alarm in a tweet on Sunday evening, 18 March, 2023, claiming that thugs invaded the Obingwa Local Government Area (LGA) office in Abia State, venue of the collation centre for Gubernatorial and State Assembly Elections. The commission added that the situation was being monitored while security agencies had been alerted. There was widespread violence during Saturday, 18 March, 2023 Elections. Details later…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed that the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Peter Nweke, is dead as a result injuries he sustained during attacks by hoodlums on the Governorship and Assembly Elections day. Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, who confirmed Nweke’s death, said the PDP Chairman was beaten by thugs and rushed to the hospital unconscious where he was later pronounced dead by a doctor. Onome said the police have launched an investigation into the death with a view to arresting and prosecuting…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent Governor, Seyi Makinde as the winner of the Oyo State Governorship Election, reports thegazellenews.com. The Returning Officer for the Oyo State Governorship Election, Professor Adebayo Bamire declared Makinde winner of the election having polled a total of 536,756 votes. All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Teslim Folarin came a distant second while Adebayo Adelabu of the Accord Party was third.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is heading for a landslide victory in the Governorship election conducted in the state on Saturday, 18 March, 2023, reports thegazellenews.com The state Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared results from 19 out of the 20 local governments in the state with the outstanding result from Eti-Osa Local Government being expected. Rerun election is being held in 10 polling units in Eti-Osa Local Government where elections were postponed on Saturday, 18 March, 2023. In the 19 local governments declared so far, Sanwo-Olu and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), have won in…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Cross River State Prof Gabriel Yomeri, has confirmed that an ad hoc official of the commission, Miss Glory Effiom Essien, was shot while on election duty on Saturday, 18 March, 2023. Yomeri said an unidentified gunman shot her on her way to Bakassi Local Government Area, but she is now responding to treatment. According to him, an unidentified gun man shot her on her way to Bakassi Local Government Area, but she is now responding to treatment. “The victim is responding to medical attention at the University of Calabar, UCTH.” It was gathered that one of the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Coordinator in Ahoada-West Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chisom Lennard, has been shot dead few hours after being abducted. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju confirmed the incident to a national newspaper on Sunday, 18 March, 2023. “He was abducted from his polling unit during the voting process and taken away. Nobody knew where they took him to. It was later yesterday evening (Saturday) that his body was discovered. He was the APC LGA caretaker chairman and a PhD student at the Rivers State University,” Nwauju said. Late Lennard’s body…