•Said the election referee failed the integrity test Leon Usigbe and Taofeek Lawal – Abuja People’s Democratic Party (PDP) national chairperson Dr Iyorchia Ayu has accused the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) of colluding with APC leaders and security agencies to rob the main opposition party of the just-concluded gubernatorial and house elections. Speaking at the party’s national secretariat press conference in Abuja on Monday, he claimed that while the PDP had landslide victories in…
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Atiku/Okowa campaign spokesman Daniel Bwala on Monday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of manipulating the national election results in favor of the All Progressive Congress (APC). In the results announced by the Commission so far, the APC has won in Lagos, Kwara, Ogun, Nasarawa, Sokoto, Katsina and several other states. On the other hand, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates have declared victory in Oyo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Plateau and a few others.…
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Daniel Bwala, spokesman for the Atiku/Okowa campaign group, described this year’s election as one between the opposition, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the police. Bwala made this statement on his Twitter handle on Saturday. The comments by the leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) followed reports of violence during gubernatorial and state assembly elections in many parts of the country. The commission has postponed elections at 10 polling stations in Lekki district…
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Yiaga Africa claimed that some politicians were involved in vote-buying, as party agents distributed food, cash and alcoholic beverages to some voters in exchange for votes. Mr. Ezenwa Nwagwu, Yiaga Africa board member, said this during the group’s press conference on the midday status report on Saturday’s Governor and State Assembly elections in Abuja. Nwagwu said Yiaga Africa Watching The Vote (WTV) deployed the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) method to watch the governorship elections in…
"Politicians now distribute alcohol, food in exchange for votes, Yiaga Africa alleges –"
Nuruden Alimi Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, candidate for Governor of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has declared that the state’s Governor election was irregular and affected by intimidation, manipulation and vote bribery. Oguntoyinbo submitted immediately after voting at polling station 027 Adebimpe in Ofada Ward, Ogun State. The NNPP guber candidates also specifically claimed that there was clear evidence of irregularities in the electoral process. He revealed that the right atmosphere was not provided…
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PDP candidate alleges massive vote-buying in Gombe governorship election, APC, NNPP hail process –
Gombe state has had a mixed reaction to Saturday’s gubernatorial and lower house elections, with political parties expressing disagreement over the election. Elections at most polling stations were peaceful, with large numbers of voters showing up to exercise their civil rights. But after voting at the Usman Memorial polling station in Anguwan Dawaki, Gombe, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Mohammad Jibrin Barde accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of bribery. He said the drill…
"PDP candidate alleges massive vote-buying in Gombe governorship election, APC, NNPP hail process –"
isola michael Gubernatorial candidates from the PDP, APC and NNPP gave mixed impressions of the progress of Saturday’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections despite strong turnout. While most of the polling stations our reporter visited in Gombe state capital Gombe conducted peaceful exercises, PDP gubernatorial candidate Mohammad Gibrin Bader claimed that the ruling APC government had engaged in massive vote-buying . But APC Gombe Governor Mohammad Innuwa Yahya and NNPP candidate Ahmad Hamisu Merantaki, who…
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The Ogun State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of bringing in thugs to intimidate voters ahead of the state’s gubernatorial and House elections this weekend. The state’s PDP gubernatorial candidate, Ladi Adebutu, said this while addressing supporters at a rally in the state capital Abeokuta. Security agents had already arrested some rioters, he said. Adebutu urges people to come out in large numbers on Saturday and report any suspicious thug…
"PDP guber candidate, Adebutu, alleges Gov Abiodun importing thugs to intimidate voters in Ogun –"
On Sunday, the Osun-based People’s Democratic Party (PDP) accused the All Progressive Congress Party (APC) of orchestrating the state police’s arrest of its leader. Osun’s acting PDP chairman, Dr Akindele Adekunle, said in a statement that the move was part of the APC’s efforts to manipulate the state’s House elections next weekend. Adekunle also accused Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba of taking sides, saying the party would protest the arrest of its leader by…
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Adeolu Adeyemo – Osobo Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke accused the state’s previous government of mismanaging the Ilesa water project by more than N12 billion, but nothing came of it. The government led by the All Progressive Congress was also accused of recklessness, financial recklessness and mismanagement of state funds while in office in the state. The governor, who made the allegations during a weekend visit to Ilesha, added that the state lost billions…
"Osun lost several billions of naira to illegal mining under Oyetola’s watch, Adeleke alleges –"