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  • Bayelsa Election: PDP Leads Early Results As INEC Suspends Collation Till 12pm Monday

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) adjourned the collation of results for the Bayelsa State Governorship Election until Monday noon.

    As of Sunday night, results from six out of eight local government areas, including Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nembe, and Ekeremor, have been collated, leaving Brass and Southern Ijaw pending.

    Prof Faruq Kuta, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, and the state Returning Officer, adjourned the exercise for further review on Monday.

     Sixteen political parties participated in the Bayelsa election, where Governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in a contest against Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and former Bayelsa governor.

    Meanwhile, in Imo State, INEC has declared Governor Hope Uzodimma of the APC as the winner, defeating Samuel Anyanwu of the PDP and Nneji Achonu of the Labour Party (LP), along with 15 other opponents.

    Uzodimma secured 540,308 votes, outpacing Anyanwu with 71,503 votes and Achonu with 64,081 votes.

    Stay tuned for the final Bayelsa results and updates on the gubernatorial polls held in Imo and Kogi states.

    Bayelsa Results So Far:

    Sagbama LGA

    APC – 6608

    LP – 217

    PDP – 35504

    Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA

    APC – 5349

    LP – 22

    PDP – 18465

    Ogbia LGA

    APC – 16319

    LP – 57

    PDP – 18435

    Yenegoa LGA

    APC – 14534

    LP – 244

    PDP – 37777

    Nembe LGA

    APC – 22248

    LP – 113

    PDP – 4556

    Ekeremor LGA

    APC – 8445

    LP – 50

    PDP – 23172

     

  • Guber Election: Respect Wishes Of Kogi People, APC Tells INEC

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protect the popular will of Kogi electorate in Saturday ‘s governorship election.


    Mr Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.


    “With the candidate of the APC, Usman Ododo, coasting to spectacular victory in Saturday’s Kogi governorship election, we call on INEC to protect the integrity of the legitimate votes of the Kogi electorate.


    “Announced and uploaded results, so far, show our candidate maintaining a landslide lead in Kogi West and Central, with a competitive showing in Kogi East,” Morka said.


    He said the APC was aware of intense pressure, including violent threats on INEC staff by agents and supporters of trailing opposition parties aimed at unduly influencing or disrupting ongoing collation of results in the state.


    He urged INEC to stand fast in discharge of its constitutional duty to deliver free, fair and credible election in the state, and ensure that the freely exercised will of Kogi electorate prevailed.

  • Imo Poll: Labour Party Demands Voiding Votes In Violence-Affected Polling Units

    Athan Achonu, the Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate in Imo State, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel votes from polling units affected by violence.

    Speaking after casting his vote in Umunumo hamlet, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area, Achonu emphasized the need for transparency in conducting elections, stating that canceling affected units is the only viable solution.

    Expressing concern over reported violence, he decried the assault on party agents and characterized the situation as a departure from democratic norms, vowing to resist such disruptions for the sake of upholding true democracy and ensuring good governance.

    “There is no other alternative than to cancel it so that every person will come there and watch it conducted.

    “They beat up so many of our agents. We are sad, we are going to upload some of their pictures. This is crazy, this is what our democracy has come to.

    “But we are resisting. Can’t you see the people here? They will not allow it. I hope it is the same thing going on everywhere so that we can have proper democracy and bring in good governance,” he stated.