2023 Elections

NaijaDecides2023: Protest Breaks Out In Imo

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4 weeks ago

February 28, 2023

The people of Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency of Imo State on Tuesday protested the declaration of Canice Nwachukwu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the election in the federal constituency.

Fidel Info reports that the protest was at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri

The people, who protested bearing placards, said no election took place in the federal constituency owing to the insecurity ravaging the area.

They said they were waiting for the arrival of the officials of INEC on the election day but to no avail.

They called on INEC not to cause anarchy in the area by manufacturing figures to declare Nwachukwu the winner of an election that was never held.

Speaking to journalists, one of the protesters, Ozoemena Agbaka, said he waited till 6pm on Saturday at his polling unit without seeing any staff of INEC.

Agbaka said, “We waited till 6pm without any INEC staff in sight. No election (was) held. There was no explanation. The election was not rescheduled.”

“To our dismay, somebody has been declared the winner of an election that (was) never held. INEC should not cause trouble in this country. They should fix a date for our election. We want to vote.”

Another protester, Juliet Chibueze, said it was annoying for the electoral umpire to return a candidate in an election that was not held.”

“We heard that INEC has declared somebody a winner of an election that didn’t hold in our federal constituency. We are here to register our dismay. In the interest of justice, INEC should fix a date for an election in our federal constituency. We want to vote. You can’t declare somebody the winner of an election that never held. This is a constitutional democracy for crying out loud,” she lamented.

2023 Elections

Here’s Why INEC Declared Adamawa Elections Inconclusive

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4 days ago

March 21, 2023

H B. Ray

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Adamawa State governorship election as inconclusive.

Fidel Info reports that INEC state collation officer, Prof Muhammadu Mele of the University of Maiduguri, said he made the decision due to the margin of votes.

“Elections were not held in 47 wards, affecting 69 polling units. So, this gives us a margin of 31,249 [between the leading candidates]. The total number of PVCs collected in places where elections were not held amounted to 37,016,” he said.

Mele said “based on these findings and analysis as stated in the electoral laws” where the margin between two candidates is lesser than the total number of collected PVCs in areas where elections were not held, the election is declared inconclusive.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose candidates are the major contenders in the election, have been trading blames.

Fintiri of PDP scored a total of 421,522 votes, while Binani of APC scored 390,275 votes from the 21 local governments.

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KadunaDecides: Uba Sani Becomes Gov-Elect

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4 days ago

March 21, 2023

H B. Ray

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Uba Sani, the winner of the 2023 governorship election in Kaduna State.

Fidel Info reports that The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Professor Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, made the declaration on Monday night.

Sani polled a total of 730,002 votes to defeat his closest rival, Isa Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 719,196 votes.

The Labour Party (LP) candidate, Jonathan Asake came a distant third after polling 58,283 votes while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Suleiman Hunkuyi scored 21,405 votes.

Sani is a sitting Senator and an ally of the incumbent Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

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ZamfaraDecides: PDP’s Dauda Lawal Becomes Gov-Elect In A Shocking Upset

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4 days ago

March 21, 2023

H B. Ray

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Lawal the governor-elect with a total of 377,726 votes after he defeated Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 311,976.

Fidel Info reports that This announcement took place on Tuesday morning in Gusau, the capital city of the state.

This came after some speculations and confusion over the presentation of the results for Maradun Local Government Area (LGA), where allegations surfaced that the Collation Officer, Dr. Ahmed Kainuwa, had been abducted.