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The election at the polling unit of the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, representing Ifo Constituency 1 has been declared inconclusive. The returning officer of the election, Prof. Olusegun Onabanjo, said Oluomo, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, had a total of 7,379 votes while his closest rival, Ogundele Okikiola of the Peoples Democratic Party, polled 6411, and Wemimo Owolabi of the African Democratic Congress polled 3207 votes. The returning officer said, “Due to over-voting observed in unit 04 of ward one, the election is hereby declared inconclusive.” The affected polling unit is the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it would review results from Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State following the invasion of a collation centre by thugs. This was made known this evening by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, at a press briefing on the ongoing collation of the governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Abuja. In his speech, Okoye said, “Earlier today, the commission alerted the nation to the invasion of our Obingwa Local Government Area office in Abia state by thugs during the collation of the governorship…

The Oyo State Accord Party governorship candidate, Adebayo Adelabu, has congratulated his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Governor Seyi Makinde, for his re-election. A statement by the Accord Party’s candidate, on his verified Twitter page, said the victory was a call to do more and serve the people diligently. Adelabu wrote, “Election has come and gone, and we should all go back to our normal daily lives like I always say. It is my strong belief that election should not be a do-or-die affair, as God changes times and seasons, he enthrones and dethrones kings according to his wish. God’s time…

Former Enugu State Governor and Senator representing Enugu East, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani has lost his re-election bid to the Labour Party candidate, Kelvin Chukwu. The LP candidate polled 69, 136 while Nnamani of the Peoples Democratic Party, scored 48, 701 votes. Chukwu replaced his brother, Oyibo Chukwu, who was gruesomely murdered a few days before the February 25, presidential and National Assembly elections. Oyibo’s death led to the postponement of the Enugu East senatorial election to March 18 same day the governorship and State Assembly elections would be held. Meanwhile, Senator Nnamani has sent a congratulatory message to his rival,…

Six persons were feared missing when gunmen attacked six Hummer buses carrying officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kogi State in the early hours of Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident, which occurred around 2 am on March 19 at Obajana, left several officials with gunshot wounds, including policemen and drivers. The six missing persons include two serving members of the National Youth Service Corps and four ex-corps members. The injured persons are already on admission at the Federal Medical Centre, now Federal University Teaching Hospital, Lokoja. Salisu Ibrahim, one of the bus drivers,…

The police in Rivers State said it had launched a full-scale investigation into the circumstances leading to the abduction and killing of the All Progressives Congress Campaign Coordinator in Ahoada-West Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chisom Lennard. The spokesperson for the state Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday. Iringe-Koko said the Commissioner of Police in charge of elections duties in the Rivers State Command, Echeng Echeng, had charged operatives to mobilise all its arsenal and necessary human assets to ensure that the killers were apprehended and prosecuted. The PUNCH reports…

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the attack on the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and some ad hoc staff by armed hoodlums in the state. The attack was said to have occurred on Sunday at Obajana while the INEC team was on their way from Kupa North and South Wards to the constituency collation centre in Lokoja. A statement issued on Sunday evening by the Public Relations Officer of the state command, SP William Aya, stated that, “The police escort attached to the team responded robustly and engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun duel.” He…

Christian Aburime, the Press Secretary to the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said his principal does not have any specific information about any allegation or basis for the arrest of a Twitter user in the state, Nnamdi Chude. Details of the arrest of the Twitter user have been sketchy since he raised the alarm on Saturday in a tweet on his Twitter handle about alleged ballot box snatching during the state assembly election on Saturday. But Soludo, who reacted through a statement by his Press Secretary, on Sunday, confirmed that Chude was arrested on Saturday in the state…

Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has called on the opposition to team up with him and work for the growth of the state. Buni made the appeal shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared him governor-elect on the platform of the All Progressive Congress. “This is the victory for everyone, not for me alone. “I expect everyone to join hands with us and move the state forward,” the re-elected governor urged. He said the victory was encouraging and a clear testimony of his administration‘s outstanding performance in the state. “It is a vote of confidence on me by…