By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Desmond Elliot as the winner of the Surulere State Constituency I election. INEC Returning Officer, Dr. O.J Fenuga made the announcement on Sunday,19 March, 2023. Fenuga said Elliott of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled 17,837 votes to defeat his closest rival Adebayo Bode of the Labour Party,( LP), who polled 7,822 votes. According to him, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Thompson Sulaimon Abolaji, polled 1,045 votes. Earlier, Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, had congratulated Elliot for winning the election.
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Lawan Musa, a 35-year-old candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defeated the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Hon Ahmed Mirwa Lawan in Nguru II Constituency. The Returning Officer of the election, Dr Habib Muhammad, who announced the results said Musa, scored 6,648 votes to defeat Yobe’s Speaker of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 6,466 votes. According to Muhammed, other candidates of ADC, NNPP and APM secured 3,023 and 14 votes respectively. With his victory at the poll, Musa has ended the Speaker’s six term ambition bid. Yobe’s Speaker has been in the…
All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos West Senator-elect, Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for early arrival of its ad-hoc officials at various polling units in her area. Speaking at Polling Unit 029 Iba, where she and her husband, Alhaji Saheed Adebule cast their votes, the Senator-elect said the exercise was an improvement on the Saturday, 25 February, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly polls. She said: “I must say it has been smooth so far. The electoral officials came early enough to commence the exercise. I say kudos to the commission.” She faulted the allegation…
Former Commissioner for Transport in Lagos, Dr Kayode Opeifa; and the Lawmaker representing Agege State Constituency II in the state House of Assembly, Honourable Oluyinka Ogundimu have both expressed satisfaction at the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly Elections in the areas. Speaking separately to thegazellenews.com at their respective polling in Mulero and Orile Agege respectively, both Opeifa and Ogundimu thumbed up the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for ensuring a smooth and seamless exercise. The duo also expressed confident that the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), competing in the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Cross Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that a party official has been reportedly shot dead in Ogoja, in the state. The official was allegedly shot dead close to a polling unit in the area. The deceased whose name was simply given as Joe was a popular bike rider in Calabar, the state capital. The State Police Public Relations Officer in Cross River, Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident when she featured on a radio programme, said the soldiers were supposed to stay distance away from polling units. The incident has already disrupted the voting process in…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has deployed about 400 officers and operatives across the States of the Federation for the governorship and houses of assembly elections on Saturday, 18 March, 2023. The Commission’s officers and operatives are already at the various wards and polling units to monitor and prevent vote buying and other corrupt practices during the governorship and houses of assembly elections. The Chairman of the ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, OFR, who addressed the election monitoring teams before their deployment, said their participation in the election monitoring was a call to an exceptional…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised an alarm over fake identity cards for security personnel on election duty. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Mr. Fesus Okoye, raised the alarm in a statement issued late on Friday, March 17, 2023. According to Okoye, identity cards for security personnel on election duty were issued by the security agencies and not INEC. “The attention of the INEC has been drawn to an identity card for security personnel bearing the name and logo of the commission with the inscription “Complete Access” boldly…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Seven US police officers and three hospital employees have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 28-year-old Black inmate at a state psychiatric hospital last week in Virginia after intensive public outcry Irvo Otieno, 28, died on March 6 while at Central State Hospital in Petersburg after being transferred from a local prison because of his mental condition. According to preliminary autopsy results, the Black man died of asphyxiation while being “physically restrained,” Dinwiddie County District Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill said in a statement, as reported by media. On Thursday, video footage of Otieno’s death…