Tag: 2023 Election

INEC to issue Certificates of Return to Govs-elect, others from March 29

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has fixed Wednesday, March 29 to Friday March 31 as days for the issuance of Certificates of Return to Governors, Deputy governors-elect and States Houses of Assembly members-elect. Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday. “By the provisions of Section 72(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, the Commission is mandated to issue a certificate of return within 14 days to every candidate who has been returned elected under the law.…

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Tinubu expresses ‘fear’ over alleged plots to truncate his swearing-in

Aminu Imam

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has raised the alarm over plots by some aggrieved partisans to truncate the transition process, particularly his expected swearing-in on May 29. Tinubu, in an issued statement by his Director, Public Affairs and Minister of State Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) also warned the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, against taking to the streets while also pursuing their cases in court. In the statement issued Saturday in Abuja, the President-elect…

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2023 Elections: ‘Politicians plan to sponsor violent protests’ – Kaduna State Govt.

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Government has raised the alarm that some politicians in the state are planning to instigate their followers to embark on public protests aimed at breaching public peace. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in an issued statement yesterday, said that the State government is in receipt of credible intelligence reports of such plans which include storming the streets in a manner which could lead to a breakdown of law and order in the State. This is coming two days after the Independent National…

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Abia: INEC declares LP’s Alex Otti Gov-elect

Aminu Imam

Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got 28,972. The LP candidate also won 10 of the 17 local government areas in the state, PDP got six while the YPP got one. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti declared Otti…

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2023: ‘G-5 Governors never agreed to support Peter Obi’ – Wike

Aminu Imam

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed that the disgruntled governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) refused to support the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, in the recently concluded presidential election. Wike announced this during a live media chat yesterday in Port Harcourt, the State capital. According to the Rivers State governor, the G-5 governors only reached an agreement and devised strategies to ensure the election of a Southern President. According to him, “There was never a time the integrity Group met and say it must be…

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Governorship Elections: Collation of results continues

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…As voter apathy observed across states The collation of results of the 2023 Governorship elections held in 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states on Saturday is still on-going, even as the supporters of the different governorship candidates anxiously await the final results. The governorship and State assembly elections were held a week later than initially scheduled after a court case forced INEC to move them forward. Eight of the 36 states — Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Osun, and Ondo — have governorship elections “off-season” due to litigations and court…

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Kaduna 2023: Trouble for Uba Sani, as PDP candidate, Ashiru takes early lead

Aminu Imam

As the 2023 Kaduna State governorship election results were being collated on Sunday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rt. Hon. Isa Ashiru Kudan has won in five local government areas out of the seven LGAs announced so far. According to reports, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Uba Sani, is trailing behind by winning in two of the local government areas announced so far. Results officially announced so far showed that the PDP won in Kaura,…

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INEC declares Makinde winner of Oyo governorship election

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…Declares APC winner of Kwara state governorship election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde winner of the governorship election in the State. With this win, Makinde will be the second governor to serve for two terms in the State. The first governor to serve for two terms was late Abiola Ajimobi, who governed the state between 2011 and 2019. Recall that the gubernatorial election was held in all 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. There were three major candidates…

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Election: Mai Mala Buni re-elected Yobe Governor

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…Inuwa Yahaya also re-elected in Gombe The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the State. Announcing the result at the INEC headquarters in Damaturu, the State Returning Officer, Prof. Umar Pate said Buni, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 317,113 to defeat his closest rival, Sheriff Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 104,259. Buni, a former caretaker chairman of the APC, is returning as the governor of…

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Ogun: INEC declares Abiodun winner of governorship poll

Aminu Imam

The incumbent Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has been declared the winner of the just concluded governorship election in the State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Abiodun, who is standing for a second term defeated his closest rival, Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Abiodun polled 276,298 votes while Adebutu scored a total of 262,383 votes. The duo were trailed behind by the Africa Democratic Party, ADC’s, Biyi Otegbeye who polled a total of 94,754 votes. It earlier reported that INEC had declared Pastor Umo…

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