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2023 Elections Kaduna Govt bans protests

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2023 Elections Kaduna Govt bans protests

The Kaduna State government has reminded residents that protests of any kind are still absolutely forbidden in the state throughout the process of tallying the election results.

Samuel Aruwan, the state’s commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said in a statement on Sunday that the state government was pleased with the largely peaceful way in which the elections were conducted throughout the state and that it commended the people for exercising their right to vote.

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In order to maintain the atmosphere of calm, the statement pleaded with citizens to refrain from participating in any type of street protests in response to election results.

“Actions which may disturb public peace will be handled decisively by security agencies,” the statement continued.
“It must be emphasized that the Independent National Electoral Commission has sole responsibility for the announcement of election results. People and organizations engaged in the publication of results in an unofficial manner ought to be aware that doing so poses a serious threat to public peace and order.

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Individuals or groups with questions about the officially announced results are urged to use the legal resources made available by the Electoral Act.
Aruwan continued by saying that Governor Nasir El-Rufai and the state’s security agencies continue to closely monitor the security situation related to the conduct of the elections.

Cross River State Governor loses Senate race

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Cross River State Governor loses Senate race

Ben Ayade, the governor of Cross River State, was defeated in his bid to become a senator again by Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe, the current senator for Cross River North.

With 76,145 votes, Agom-Jarigbe won the Saturday’s election for the National Assembly. 56,595 people voted for Ayade.

On Monday, February 27, the results were announced by the returning officer, Emmanuel Emanghe.

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After the passing of former senator Rose Okoh in September 2021, Agom-Jarigbe, a two-term member of the House of Representatives, won a byelection to the Senate.

Ayade, who represented Cross River North in the Senate from 2011 to 2015, ran to take Agom-place. Jarigbe’s

However, there was an issue with the declaration form, which prevented Agom-Jarigbe from being officially declared as the winner. Upon demand for the declaration form, he was told that it was mistakenly taken to Obudu by the electoral body in the state.

The form was inadvertently delivered to Obudu, according to Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Gabriel Yomere, who also said that Agom-Jarigbe could be given a temporary declaration form until the original one arrived.

Godwin Offiono of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated Jude Ngaji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by a margin of 36,651 votes in the Ogoji/Yala Federal Constituency election. The outcome was announced by Wakasor Ofem.

Read Also: In Cross River, lecturer detained with 17 BVAS machines

Cross River State, a historically stronghold for the PDP, remained under its control.

In Cross River, lecturer detained with 17 BVAS machines

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In Cross River, lecturer detained with 17 BVAS machines

Gabriel Agabi, a lecturer in the philosophy department at the University of Calabar, has been taken into custody by security personnel in the state of Cross Rivers for having access to 17 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) voting machines.

Agabi, who was detained on Sunday, February 26, is also charged with impersonating Dominic Abakedi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation officer for the Yache ward in the state’s Yala Local Government Area.

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When Agabi was detained, he was donning an INEC reflective jacket.

He was reportedly apprehended at the Okpoma collation center, where the BVAS machines were not set up for the ward where he was detained.

Agabi allegedly confessed to impersonating Abakedi while being taken by police to the Ogoja Area Command for further investigation by the CID unit. Agabi was reportedly taken to the Ogoja INEC office after this.

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Zannah Shettima, the regional commissioner of police in charge of the elections, reportedly declined to comment on the situation.

Kogi Assembly member dies in Lagos

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Kogi Assembly member dies in Lagos

Hon. Jimoh Musa Omiata, a member of the Kogi State House of Assembly who represented the Yagba East local government area, has passed away.

Omiata was the first person to ever be re-elected to the State House of Assembly from the State constituency. Omiata was a two-time member of the State House of Assembly and was from the Igbagun community in the Yagba East LGA of the State.

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The lawmaker passed away in Lagos while receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness he had been battling for some time, according to a family source who confirmed his death.
Up until his passing, Musa Omiata served as chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy, and Publicity.

Obi Leads Tinubu with over 1,000 votes in 17 Lagos LGAs

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Obi Leads Tinubu with over 1,000 votes in 17 Lagos LGAs

In 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Lagos State, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is ahead of Bola Tinubu, the APC’s nominee, by more than 1,000 votes.

In 17 local government areas in Lagos, as of the time of filing this report at 7:30 am on Monday, Obi had received 448,878 votes while Tinubu had received 447,187.
The figures come from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) tallies for the Lagos, Nigeria, presidential election held on February 25.

The state collation center in the Yaba area of the state opened its doors on Sunday, and the collation continued there until midnight on Monday. Olusegun Agbaje, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner.

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The results for 17 of the state’s 20 LGAs presented by 3:40 am on Monday including Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island, Badagry, Agege, Ikeja, Shomolu, Kosofe, Amuwo Odofin, Eti Osa, Surulere, Apapa, Ifako Ijaiye, Ajeromi, Oshodi Isolo.

Results presented for Mushin LGA have yet to get cleared by the state collation officer as they are being contested by the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) and thus had yet to be signed by most party agents.
INEC asked that they be presented afresh.

The only two LGAs left to be announced are Ojo and Alimosho. For the final results tally, the state’s REC is anticipated to reconvene later on Monday.

Lagos collected 6,214,970 of the 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) that were collected nationwide for the election. Kano, with 5,594,193, and Kaduna, with 4,164,473, are the next two largest cities.

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From 1999 to 2007, the state’s governor was based in Lagos. Other presidential contenders in the race include Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in addition to Tinubu and Obi, a former governor of Anambra State (NNPP).
See results:

Lagos Mainland LGA
APC – 20,030
PDP – 3,005
LP – 18,698
NNPP – 257

2. Epe LGA

APC – 19,867
LP – 3,497
NNPP – 76
PDP – 5221

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3. Lagos Island LGA

APC – 27,760
LP – 3,058
NNPP – 79
PDP – 2521

4. Ibeju-Lekki LGA

APC – 14,685
LP – 10,410
NNPP – 104
PDP – 2,329

5. Ikorodu LGA

APC – 50,353
LP – 28,951
NNPP – 400
PDP – 4,508

6. Ikeja LGA

APC – 21,276
LP – 30,004
NNPP – 337
PDP – 2,280

7. Badagry LGA

APC – 31,908
LP – 10,956
NNPP – 153
PDP – 6,024

8. Agege LGA

APC – 29,568
LP – 13,270
NNPP – 1,513
PDP – 4,498

9. Somolu LGA

APC – 27,879
LP – 28,936
NNPP – 476
PDP – 3,449

10. Amuwo Odofin LGA

APC – 13,318
LP – 55,547
NNPP – 330
PDP – 2,383

11. Kosofe LGA

APC – 36,883
LP – 46,554
NNPP – 902
PDP – 4,058

12. Eti Osa LGA
APC – 15,317
LP – 42,388
NNPP – 381
PDP- 3,369

13. Surulere LGA

APC – 39,002
LP – 36,923
NNPP – 442
PDP – 2,651

14. Apapa LGA
APC – 15,471
LP – 7,566
NNPP – 338
PDP – 2,957

15. Ifako Ijaiye LGA
APC – 30,756
LP – 25,437
NNPP – 232
PDP – 3,258

16. Ajeromi Ifeledun LGA
APC – 25,938
LP – 35,663
NNPP – 435
PDP – 4,680

17. Oshodi Isolo LGA
APC – 27,181
LP – 51,020
NNPP – 413
PDP – 3,139

Obi Defeats Tinubu in Ikeja

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Obi Defeats Tinubu in Ikeja

In the Ikeja local government area of Lagos State, Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, defeated Bola Tinubu, the APC’s candidate. The state’s capital and Tinubu’s local government are located in Ikeja.

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Obi received 30,004 votes, while Tinubu received 21,276. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s nominee, received 2,280 votes to finish third.

Jandor visits Lagos voter who was beaten up during election, blames APC

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Jandor visits Lagos voter who was beaten up during election, blames APC

On Sunday, Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate, paid a visit to Mrs. Jennifer Efidi.

During the presidential and national assembly elections on Saturday, the citizen was beaten up by political thugs at a voting location in Surulere.

As one of the reasons why his party is working to topple the All Progressives Congress, APC, Jandor denounced the violence that was seen in some areas.

The flagbearer claimed that Jennifer became “a victim of the ruling party’s wickedness” months after the PDP first expressed concern about election-related violence.

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I went to see her today to commend her courage and tenacity in using her right to vote to overthrow the current wicked government, he said.Jandor advised Nigerians to draw hope from Jennifer’s bravery and defend their votes now and during the governorship elections on March 11.

Nigerians are calling the woman a hero after going back to her unit to cast her vote despite receiving stitches for a head injury.

El-Rufai, Ganduje, Matawale, other govs putting more pressure on INEC – PDP alleges

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El-Rufai, Ganduje, Matawale, other govs putting more pressure on INEC – PDP alleges

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is allegedly under pressure to rig the results by some governors who were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, which is currently in power.

The accusation was made in a statement on Sunday night by the party’s national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba.

Aminu Bello Masari, Nasir el-Rufai, Abdullahi Ganduje, and Bello Matawalle, the governors of Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, and Zamfara states, respectively, are allegedly pressuring INEC officials to change the results of Saturday’s presidential election, according to reports in the public, according to Debo.

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The statement reads partly, “These desperate APC governors are allegedly pressuring and blackmailing INEC officials to manipulate the results and transfer massive votes validly cast for the PDP and its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar to the rejected APC and its Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Our Party has been informed that this nefarious scheme by the APC governors is responsible for the stalling of collation of election results in Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara and other APC States where the Presidential Candidate of the APC is alleged to have released over N11 billion per State to rig the election in his favour.
“The PDP demands in the strongest terms that Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of INEC, issue a warning to the Commission’s officers in the states of Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, and Zamfara not to tamper with the election results as reported at the Polling Units. The immediate transmission of the results to the INEC Server should also be ordered by the INEC Chairman.

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The APC governors must respect the will of the people as expressed through voting because Nigerians will vehemently oppose anything to the contrary.

To prevent compromise by governors, Atiku asks INEC chairman direct collation officers to upload results right away

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To prevent compromise by governors, Atiku asks INEC chairman direct collation officers to upload results right away

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s nominee for president, has asked Mahmood Yakubu, the head of the Independent National Electoral Commission, to direct the election’s collation officers to upload the results to the INEC server right away.

According to Mr. Abubakar, this is now necessary to thwart some governors who are attempting to tamper with the outcomes of the local government collation level.

Any attempt to undermine the will of the people, as freely expressed in their votes from yesterday, would be a disservice to Nigerians and a negation of democracy, Mr. Abubakar said.

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He urged Nigerians to maintain their composure while remaining vigilant to prevent anti-democratic elements who are disguising themselves as progressives from seizing power.
And in what is already turning out to be a nail-biting race in the 2023 Nigerian presidential elections, early results from polling units and exit polls indicate that Atiku Abubakar is projected to become the first candidate to meet the mandatory 25% requirement of votes cast in at least 24 states.

According to the latest projections, Mr Abubakar is also set to exceed expectations in at least 10 states, where he is projected to garner over 40% of the votes cast.Meanwhile, the PDP presidential candidate has expressed gratitude to the Nigerian people for their support so far and pledged to continue to work hard to earn their trust and confidence.
“The early projections show that the Nigerian people have recognized in Atiku Abubakar the kind of leader they desire to lead them into a brighter future, and we are humbled and honored by this.

“While it is still too soon to predict the election’s final result, Abubakar Abubakar’s early success has undoubtedly given him a competitive edge as the race enters its closing stages.

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“According to the most recent data, Atiku is ahead in most of the six geopolitical zones, with the exception of Lagos and Kano. We admonish our supporters and party officials to remain vigilant and steadfast, he continued.

INEC to begin collation of presidential election results Sunday midday – Yakubu

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INEC to begin collation of presidential election results Sunday midday – Yakubu

On Sunday at noon, the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, says it will start compiling the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2023.

This was disclosed on Saturday in Abuja during a news conference on the general elections of 2023 by INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

Mr. Yakubu stated that starting on Sunday, the commission would be expecting results from the states.

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“I’d like to extend an invitation to you to attend the official opening of the National Innovation Center for the 2023 general elections at noon on tomorrow (Sunday).

“We anticipate some election results from the states, particularly for the presidential election, by tomorrow.

So, tomorrow at noon, the collation center for the presidential election will open, according to Yakubu.He added that there won’t be a need to address Nigerians before Sunday (Feb. 26), except if there was the need to do so.

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