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APC, PDP Battles For Votes As Polls Results Trickle In
The results are trickling in and so far, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is clearly leading Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West, North-East, North-West and parts of North Central.
So far, Jonathan is only having a good show in Ekiti State in the South-West and Abia State in the South-East from results obtained directly from Polling Units as authorised by INEC.
In the North-East and North-West, Buhari is leading with a wide margin so far.
In fact, in Lagos State, President Jonathan is getting some serious bashing from Buhari.
In Ondo State that is even controlled by a strong PDP governor, the decamping of the deputy governor to the APC is really paying off.
In Oyo State, Buhari is winning. In Ogun State, Buhari is in the lead. In Osun State, Buhari is in clear lead.
However, for Buhari or Jonathan to emerge victorious, he must meet the stipulated constitutional requirements before he can be declared winner. If any of the wo candidates does not meet the requirements, the election will be declared inconclusive by INEC, and a new date set for re-run election.
For instance, Section 134 (2) of the Nigerian Constitution stipulates that: “a presidential candidate will be duly elected after attaining both the highest number of votes cast;
also to have received, at least, a quarter of the votes at each of at least two-thirds of all the states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
“If no candidate satisfies the requirement, a second election will be held between the two leading candidates within seven days from the pronouncement of the result.”
This means that a candidate most have the highest number of the 68,000,000million (suppose every PVC collected ends up a potential voter), he must also get at least, 25% of at least
2/3 of the states of the federation (24 states of the 36 including FCT).
As at the time of filing this report last night, the following results across the country have been announced at either the ward, local government or state levels by INEC officials.
In Borno, confirmed results show that in Marte, APC scored 4262; and PDP got 242 votes while in Kala Balge, APC 1,766; PDP 98 votes.
In Askira-Uba APC 5,220 and PDP 1,308 votes, Ngala, APC 2,764; PDP -241 votes, Kukawa, APC scored 5,662; and PDP – 230 votes, and in Mobbar, APC polled 4,487; PDP – 108 votes.
Also, in Abadam, APC scored 2,657; PDP 70 votes, in Nganzai, APC got 3,521; and PDP got 211 votes, in Kaga, APC scored 6,133; PDP got 202 votes, while in Mafa, APC polled 7,140; and PDP got 178 votes. Bornu has 27 LGAs.
Final results in Ekiti show that PDP has 176,351 while APC has 120,308. INEC officially announced the result in Ekiti State, yesterday.
According to INEC, in Efon, PDP 5,699 and APC 3,103; in Ido Osi, APC 7,433 and PDP 12,479. In Moba, APC 7,492 and PDP 8,687; ACPN 22, AD 26, ADC 19, and in Oye, APC 8,574, PDP 11,262.
Result of Unit 11, Ward 11 was cancelled due to over voting.
In Ikere, APC 7,990 and PDP 14,091; in Ileje Meje, PDP 3,799 and APC 3,000; and in Irepodun Ifelodun, APC 7,970 and PDP 11,395, just as in Emure, APC 5,353 and PDP 6,822.
In Ado Ekiti, APC 14,414 and PDP 25,411; in Ekiti South West, APC 7,195 and PDP 10,220; and in Ekiti West, APC 8,001 and PDP 10,003; in Ise Orun, APC 5,675 and PDP 9,158.
In Ikole, APC 10,026 and PDP 13,306; in Gboyin, APC 6,334 and PDP 8,792; and in Ijero, APC 4,948 and PDP 13,420.
In Ogun State, INEC has confirmed results in 13 LGAs with APC 179,10 and PDP 112,080.
The LGAs include, Odeda, APC 11,102 and PDP 4,456; Imeko Afon, APC 7,657 and PDP 12,153; while Sagamu APC 15,761 and PDP 17,263; Ijebu Ode, APC 14,043 and PDP 8,972.
In Remo North APC 6,164 and PDP 9,278; Ewekoro APC 9,626 and PDP 3,227; Obafemi-Owode APC 15,207 and PDP 5,786; Ijebu North-East APC 7,638 and PDP 6,163; Odogboolu APC 11,623 and PDP 11,405; Abeokuta North APC 21,213 and PDP 5,742.
In Osun State, the full result of the elections have been announced by INEC with APC winning the state.
In Boluwaduro APC got 5,288, and PDP 4,413; Ifelodun APC17,040, PDP9,847; Ila APC 11,576, PDP 7,647; Boripe, APC 12,152, PDP 7,457; Ife North, APC 8,369, PDP 7,921; Ife South, APC 9,793, PDP 9,283; and Ife East, APC 12,513, PDP 15,532.
In Olorunda, APC 26,342, PDP 7,958; Atakumosa West, APC 6,639, PDP 4,734; Atakumosa East, APC 8,668, PDP 5,418; Orolu, APC 8,466, PDP 6,360; Isokan, APC 10,187, PDP 6,974; Ifedayo, APC 3,824, PDP 3,786; Egbedore, APC 9,577, PDP 6,507; Ayedade, APC 13,560, PDP 9,466; Ola-Oluwa, APC 8,125, PDP 5,910; Odo-Otin, APC 13,351, PDP 10,230; Ilesa West, APC 11,714, PDP 5,145; and Irepodun, APC12,485, PDP 7,750.
In Ayedire, APC 8,280, PDP 6,323; Obokun, APC 10,506, PDP 9,325; and Oriade, APC 12,724, PDP 10,490.
Situation report from Lagos shows results from 161 wards at APC444,273 while PDP has 300,838 votes.
We also noticed that the Director General of PDP Campaign Organisation, Ahmadu Ali’s Polling Unit, G.R.A, Idah, Kogi State failed to deliver victory to the PDP, with APC 173 and PDP 128.
In Sokoto, National Security Adviser to President Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, lost his polling unit with APC getting 155 and PDP scored 2.
Some key Jonathan’s men in the South West also failed to deliver victory to the PDP. Senator Obanikoro, Governor Mimiko, OPC leader, Ganiyu Adams, Lagos State governorship candidate of PDP, Jimi Agbaje and PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation’s Media Director, Femi Fani-Kayode lost their wards to APC.
Obanikoro lost Ikoyi Polling Unit with Presidential having APC 62; and PDP 38; Senate APC 58 and PDP 44; Reps APC 56 and PDP 38.
Mimiko lost Presidential election with APC 72 and PDP 22; Adams lost Presidential poll with APC 115 and PDP 45; Fani-Kayode lost Ife unit in the Presidential poll with APC 127 and PDP 45; and Agbaje’s unit also went to APC 126 and PDP 60.
In Ogun State, former president Olusegun Obasanjo delivers his ward to Buhari, with APC 100 and PDP 26.
The APC presidential candidate, Buhari scored 100 per cent of the votes in his Polling Unit, Sarkin Yara ward in Daura with 499 votes to PDP’s 0. There was no invalid vote. Also, Buhari’s running mate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo delivered his ward PU – 240804033 to APC. In the unit, APC got 718 and PDP got 138.
Similarly, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George lost his PU001 Evans Street, in Lagos Island, Lagos State to the All Progressives Congress, APC, by one vote.
The outcome of the presidential polls declared by the electoral officer, showed that the PDP scored 108, while the APC pulled 109.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar also delivered his Ajiya unit in Ward 02 to Buhari with APC 280 and PDP 60.
Buhari further beat President Jonathan at the Aso Rock Villa PU 022, with APC 334 and PDP 241. Buhari also won in Abuja Barracks with APC getting 280, and PDP 213 votes.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, Senator Bashir Lado of PDP and Senior Special Assistant to President Jonathan on School Agric Programme, Hajiya Baraka Sani, who are all residents of Kawaji Ward in Kano State also lost to APC.
Results declared by INEC officials at the unit level indicate that Buhari scored 514 while Jonathan scored 15. APC also won the Senate poll with 442 votes to PDP’s 84, just as APC scored 474 and PDP 47 for the Reps poll.
In Kano, of the seven local government areas, where votes have been released by INEC, APC has polled 213,287 while PDP scored 28, 901.
In Kwara, Buhari scored 211,513 votes against Jonathan’s 90,826. All the three senatorial districts were won by APC.
Ondo State’s Presidential results show that Akoko North-West got PDP 12,048, and APC 17,997; Ose PDP 13,466 and APC 11,300; Ondo West PDP 20,243 and APC 18,923; Owo
PDP 13,757 and APC 27,290; and Irele PDP 11,639, and APC 9,969.
In Akoko South-East, PDP 6,769 and APC 7,245; and Idanre PDP 12,290, and APC 12,654.
The Rivers State Chief judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi has granted pardon to six inmates standing awaiting trial at the Port Harcourt maximum correctional center.
The six lucky inmates granted pardon on Tuesday by the state Chief Judge included Nwekeala Chizoba, Samuel Emmanuel, Aniete Kelvin, Ebube Fubara and Goddey Okpara who were on awaiting trial as murder suspects and have all spent between 10 years to seven years in the custody without a proper information filed against them in the court.
Justice Amadi during a special gaol delivery exercise last Tuesday at the Port Harcourt Maximum Correctional Centre opined that the special gaol delivery was part of activities lined up to commomerate the 2024/2025 legal year in the State and restated the commitment of the state judiciary in decongesting the correctional centre and ensuring that those inmates who are not supposed to be there are removed from the custody.
The state chief judge stressed the need for all stakeholders to work together to build a society that supports rehabilitation and gives a second chance to anyone or group of people who have fallen short of the expectation of the law and have been punished accordingly.
He stressed that the National Judicial Council(NJC) encourages judges to pay more attention to criminal matters to enable them to decongests the correctional facilities, noting that since his assumption into office, his administration has been able to reduce the number of inmates in Nigerian Correctional Centres and the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre in particular, to less than 2,000 as against the over 4,000 inmates previously in the faculty.
According to him, “as they release the deserving inmates, they affirm their commitment to justice, compassion and rule of law but that they must not forget the fundamental principles of justice delivery system which is truth and fairness, integrity and equality before the law.”
I encourage you all the released inmates to return to your families and become better citizens. You must not engage in action that will return you all back to prison. Let me say that while the judges show empathy to you all, it does not absolved individuals from being held accountable for actions against individuals, corporate organisations and state which the law frowns at, ”he stated
The Chief Judge thereafter stood down the exercise to enable the DPP to intervene to case files following the fact that majority of the persons listed to benefit from the exercise are facing murder charges and adjourned to a date that will come before December.
Earlier in his goodwill message, the outgoing state Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Centre, Port Harcourt, Felix Lawrence, who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Controller General, commended the state judiciary led by Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi for their continuous effort aimed at ensuring justice and decongesting the facilities.
Other activities lined up for the event included special church service at St Paul’s Cathedral , Anglican Communion, Rebisi Port Harcourt, inspection of guard of honour by the state Chief Judge mounted by officers of the Nigerian police and a special court session held at the ceremonial court hall.
By: AkujobiAmadi
The Director General of Rivers State Bureau on Public Procurement (RBoPP), Dr. Ine Briggs, has explained that the Sir Siminalayi Fubara administration plans to enforce transparency in governance through public procurement.
Speaking at a one-day Public Procurement Enlightenment workshop organised in collaboration with the State Local Government Service Commission for newly elected chairmen, vice chairmen, secretaries and leaders of legislative assemblies, Dr. Briggs said it is key for grassroot development.
She stated that the Sir. Fubara administration plans to reduce wastage and at same time infuse efficiency in public expenditure.
The RSoPP DG said the local government political office holders remain key drivers in the new vision hence the workshop is to arm them with knowledge on how to execute projects in tandem with needs of the people.
“ Your role in the prudent management of public resources is, therefore, not just administrative it’s the cornerstone of delivering the dividends of democracy. Every procurement decision you make must reflect a commitment to fairness, transparency and accountability” Dr. Briggs submitted.
One of the key goals of the administration she further reminded the participants was to use their offices to foster economic growth through public procurement.
She warned that the law establishing the agency empowers it to penalise defaulters, but that what is more important is voluntary compliance to the laws.
In addition to that, she said urged the local government council leaders that champion the practice and implementation of public procurement law.
On his part, Acting Chairman of Local Government Service Commission, Pastor GoodLife Ben Iduoku averred that the aim of the workshop is to arm key stakeholders in the local government system to generate new ideas, innovation and strategies in tandem with government policies and programmes.
The workshop dealt on various topics on procurement planning, methods, Understanding Bid Process, including types of Construction Contracts and law.
Some participants were awarded excellence and meritorious awards as part of the programme.
By: Kevin Nengia
The 19th anniversary of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Rivers State Chapter, recently ended in Port Harcourt in grand style, with participants from various schools including proprietors, the academia, civil society groups and top government functionaries charting the way forward for educational improvement.
The 19th NAPPS anniversary christened, ‘Innovation and Adaptation: Transforming Challenges Into Opportunities’ was held at Casoni Hotels, Port Harcourt.
In his remarks, the Chairman of the Rivers State Chapter of the association, Dr. Jaja Adafe Sunday expressed gratitude to the members and executives for their untiring efforts towards the achievements of the body.
He sought the intervention of government on the lingering crisis on the economy as it is affecting the running of schools.
He decried high cost of things including fuel and raw materials which has adversely affected the running of schools and payment of teachers.
Dr. Sunday hinted that the current economic situation in the nation is biting hard on the operations of schools, saying inflation, removal of fuel subsidy, fuel scarcity, poor electricity supply, tariffs and lack of government grants are some of the challenges faced by schools, and urged the members to brace up to the challenges, as it is the panacea to building a brighter future.
Guest speakers from the health sector and the academia thrilled the gathering on the essence of basic education which they said is the key to national development.
Former Dean of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Professor Azuru and the Chief Medical Director of Meridian Hospitals, Dr. Odo Iyke were some notable guest speakers who delivered lectures at the occasion.
Some distinguished proprietors also got special recognitions and awards.
The 19th anniversary cake was cut by the Rivers State NAPPS Chairman with representatives of the state government assisting.