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  • Rivers: PDP wins supplementary elections in 2 Federal Constituencies

    Rivers: PDP wins supplementary elections in 2 Federal Constituencies

    Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were on Sunday declared winners of the just-concluded re-run polls in Khana/Gokhana and Port Harcourt City Local Government Area Federal Constituency 2 (PHALGHA 2) Federal Constituencies in Rivers.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), through its Returning Officer for Khana/Gokhana Constituency, Mr Kingsely Owete, declared the result at Bori, Rivers.

    Owete said that Mr Dunameme Dekor, the PDP candidate in Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency, who won the constituency’s rerun election, satisfied the requirements of the law.

    He said that Dekor won with 18,641 votes ahead of his closest rival, Mr Friday Nkeeh, of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who scored 10,165 votes.

    Responding, Dekor thanked the people of Khana/Ghokana constituency for electing him, adding that he would attract development to his constituency.

    INEC also declared Mrs Blessing Amadi of the PDP, winner of the election in the Port Harcourt City Local Government Area Federal Constituency 2 (PHALGHA 2).

    Amadi, also thanked the people of PHALGHA 2 for their support and pledged her commitment to the development of the constituency.

    She also commended INEC for ensuring that the BVAS machines functioned properly.

    Recall that Mr Collins Owhonda, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers, withdrew from the race 24 hours before the election, and announced his defection to the PDP.

  • INEC releases results of supplementary elections in Bayelsa

    INEC releases results of supplementary elections in Bayelsa

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday declared Rodney Ambaiowei of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the Southern-Ijaw Federal Constituency supplementary election in Bayelsa.

    According to the result declared by the returning officer, Prof. Christopher Onyema, the PDP candidate, Ambaiowei, polled a total of 13,992 votes to defeat the incumbent member of the House of Representatives, Preye Oseke, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 12,992 votes.

    Also, INEC has declared the All Progressives Congress candidate, Godknows Obein, as winner of the Ogbia Constituency 2 supplementary election into the Bayelsa House of Assembly.

    The result declared by the returning officer, Prof. Johnson Ohakwe, indicates that Obein registered 5,291 votes to defeat incumbent legislator, Munalayefa Gibson, of the PDP, who had 4,342 votes.

    With the outcome, the Peoples Democratic Party will be having 17 seats in the seventh Bayelsa House of Assembly while the All Progressives Congress will be having five and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has two.

  • Voters’ apathy mar Ebonyi supplementary elections

    Voters’ apathy mar Ebonyi supplementary elections

    Voter apathy trailed Saturday’s supplementary election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi.

    There was low turnout of voters in some of the polling units visited in Ikwo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

    The supplementary elections are taking palace in some constituencies in the seven affected LGAs in Ebonyi, including Abakaliki, Afikpo North, Afikpo South, Ezza North, Ezza South, Ikwo and Ivo.

    The election is being conducted in Ikwo to elect the representative for Ikwo North constituency in Ebonyi House of Assembly.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the elections inconclusive in the areas due to violence and irregularities.

    In Ndiogadoshi playground, polling unit 017 ward 02 in Ikwo Local Government Area, NAN reports that INEC officials arrived with materials at 9:25 a.m.

    In Ugbodo village hall and Olua playground, INEC Officials were present but voter turnout was low.

    An INEC official, who spoke in anonymity, told NAN that accreditation was on going smoothly but worried by the apathy among voters.

    “The BVAS is working well and accreditation is ongoing,” the official added.

    Some eligible voters cited indifference among other things, as reason for their lack of interest in the process.

    Mrs. Joy Nwanchor, a trader, said she could not have interest any more after the general elections.

    “The voting is just a waste of time and energy because the votes do not count in anyway in this country, Nigeria. So, no need for me queueing for voting,” Nwanchor stated.

    Another voter, Mr Sunday Chukwu, also expressed worry over the election processes, pointing out that there was need to revamped electoral body if we want to have credible and reliable elections in the country.

    “I cannot go out because the last elections were not encouraging. Whether I vote or not a winner will emerge,” Chukwu added.

  • Nigeria holds supplementary elections today across 24 states

    Nigeria holds supplementary elections today across 24 states

    Supplementary elections for governorship, national, and state assembly supplementary elections will take place today Saturday 15th April 2023, in 24 states across the country.

    According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), governorship supplementary elections will take place in a total of 69 polling units (PUs) in Adamawa state comprising 37,706 eligible voters and 142 affected PUs in Kebbi state with 94,209 voters.

    The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Aishatu Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, is in a close race with the current governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Fintiri.

    While Fintiri scored 421,524 votes in the elections held on 18th March, Binani, a former one-term senator who represented Adamawa central senatorial district, polled an impressive 390,275 votes, with a difference of 31, 249 votes.

    This is the closest any female candidate has come to clinching the number one seat in any state of the country and many believe she stands a good chance of becoming the first woman to be elected governor of a state, despite the religious and cultural biases that have long stood against women in contests for power in Nigeria.

    In Kebbi state, the APC’s governorship candidate Nasiru Idris, polled 388,258 votes as against the PDP’s Aminu Bande, a retired Major-General who had 342,980 votes.

    INEC’s Returning Officer in the governorship election, Professor Yusuf Sa’idu, who declared the election inconclusive said violence, destruction of election materials, disruption of electoral proceedings, and over-voting played a role in the decision.

    Additionally, there are supplementary elections for five senatorial seats: Kebbi North, Sokoto East, Sokoto North, Sokoto South, and Zamfara Central.

    In Kebbi North, a total of 13,243 voters in 23 PUs are eligible to participate in the exercise, just as in Sokoto East, there are 87,138 eligible voters in 169 PUs. Sokoto North also has 115,266 eligible voters in 185 PUs, while Sokoto South has 85,022 collected PVCs across 156 Pus; Zamfara Central, has 83 PUs affected, comprising eligible 47,227 voters.

    Similarly, the House of Representatives polls will be held in a total of 31 constituencies across 15 states, namely Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, and Zamfara.

    As for the state House of Assembly elections, a total of 59 constituencies in 17 states will be involved. They are Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Ogun, Taraba, and Yobe.

    Meanwhile, the Police have warned hoodlums and political thugs to stay off polling units, vowing to deal with anyone who planned to disrupt the electoral process.

    The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba has deployed personnel to 185 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across the 24 states where supplementary polls will hold, to maintain and ensure peace throughout the election.

     

  • INEC fixes date for Rivers supplementary elections

    INEC fixes date for Rivers supplementary elections

    INEC has fixed Saturday, April 15 to conduct elections in polling units where the exercise was suspended in Port Harcourt II and Khana/Gokana Federal Constituencies of Rivers on Feb. 25.

    Its spokesperson in Rivers, Mrs. Geraldine Ekelemu, quoted the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Johnson Alalibo, as saying that elections would be conducted in 42 polling units and at Registration Areas 04 and 07 in Khana/Gokana.

    In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Ekelemu also quoted Alalibo as saying that elections would hold in 377 polling units and in Registration Areas 05, 10 to 18 in Port Harcourt II constituency.

    In the statement, Alalibo enjoined voters to turn out en-masse on Saturday to exercise their franchise in a peaceful manner.

    He assured that INEC was committed to a successful conclusion of the elections in affected areas.

  • INEC to conduct senatorial elections after March 11

    INEC to conduct senatorial elections after March 11

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that the date for the supplementary elections will be announced after the Governorship and State Assembly elections might have been concluded.

    This piece of information was made known via a statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus Okoye, on Thursday.

    The electoral body said that some senatorial districts’ elections are still inconclusive.

    According to Okoye, “The commission is aware that in some Senatorial Districts and Federal Constituencies, Declarations and Returns were not made. The commission is compiling the list of the affected constituencies.

    “A date for supplementary elections will be fixed after the Governorship and State Assembly elections.”\

    Okoye assured that the Governorship and State Assembly elections will be held on March 11, alongside the postponed elections in Enugu and Edo states.

    The statement reads in part, “The commission held its regular weekly meeting today, Thursday 2nd March 2023, and deliberated on several issues, including the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Governorship and State Assembly elections, and the pending elections in Enugu East Senatorial District and the Esan Central/Esan West and Igueben Federal Constituencies in Edo State.

    “The commission assures Nigerians that the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday 11th March 2023 will hold as scheduled and all the processes and procedures leading to the election are being finalised.

    “Furthermore, the commission will conduct the re-scheduled elections in Enugu and Edo states on Saturday 11th March 2023 along with the Governorship and State Assembly elections.”

  • Rivers Rerun: APC rejects INEC’s supplementary election results

    Rivers Rerun: APC rejects INEC’s supplementary election results

     

    The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has rejected Etche State Constituency and Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency rerun election results declared by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that INEC on Sunday declared Jerome Eke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the concluding election into Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency in Rivers.

    According to a statement by the Rivers State APC Chairman, Davies Ikanya, the party was taken aback when it was reported that the National Electoral Commissioner in charge of Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers states, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu,‎ had ordered that the incomplete results be declared despite the earlier declaration by the two Returning Officers on Saturday at Okehi that the elections were inconclusive.

    The statement reads in part: “The APC vehemently rejects the results as declared today (Sunday) at the State INEC Office in Port Harcourt. This action by INEC runs counter and contradictory to earlier announcement on Saturday by the aforementioned Returning Officers who are the duly empowered persons to make such declarations.

    “What INEC did today is a rape on democracy and the APC will surely resist it with every legal window available to it. INEC can only do what it did today because Gov. Nyesom Wike has, as usual, generously compromised key officials of INEC in Rivers State.

    “The APC notes that despite the general outcry concerning Gov. Nyesom Wike’s interference in the electoral process, the governor physically held hostage a Returning Officer to force him announce results in a manner unbecoming of a governor. We condemn this and call on INEC leadership and security agencies to investigate this unfortunate incidence.

    “We recall that this same compromised INEC in Rivers State embarked on the now infamous 2015 elections which is unarguably the worst election in the annals of Nigeria. During the December 10, 2016 rerun that followed, INEC continued to exhibit unwarranted contradictions and unwholesome mishandling of the process which resulted in the further rescheduling of the rerun elections for Etche State Constituency and Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency. Sadly, INEC has, once again, bungled it.”