The collation of results of the presidential election in Cross River State has again been postponed until Monday.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof Gabriel Yomere, announced this on Sunday night after the result of one local government area, Etung LG, arrived at the INEC office for collation.
Collation was initially scheduled for 12 noon on Sunday and later shifted to 7pm.
It had to be postponed to Monday because only the result of one Local Government out of 18 was ready for collation.
The decent showing of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the election held on Saturday, continued as he beat Atiku Abubakar in the Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
In the result announced by the Collation Officer for Numan Local Government, Prof Reuben Gunnie, the Labour Party candidate polled a total of 10, 229 votes, with Atiku coming second with 8,984 votes. Candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and Dumebi Kachikwu of the African Democratic Congress finished third and fourth on the log with 5,115 and 270 votes respectively.
Meanwhile, in the 11 Local Government Areas results declared so far, Atiku won in 10, losing only Numan to Obi.
The former vice president won in Lamurde, Girei, Shelleng, Toungo, Guyuk, Ganye and Mayo-Belwa Local Government Areas.
Other LGs won by the PDP included Song, Demsa and Fufore Local Government Areas.
As of the time of filing this report, results were being awaited from 10 Local Government Councils.
The Labour Party has polled a total of 27, 534 votes to win Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital.
PDP polled 12245, APC – 7769, followed by NNPP which scored 1044.
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won in all the 17 local government areas, that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared in Ogun State.
Tinubu won all the 17 Local government areas declared so far, while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is trailing behind him.
The Collation Officer for the State, Prof. Kayode Oyebode Adebowale announced the result at the State Collation Centre for the State.
The results declared so far are as follows:
REMO NORTH LG
Registered voters: 48,886
Accredited Voters: 11,148
APC: 5,814
PDP: 3,627
LP: 984
NNPP: 22
ADC: 71
Total valid votes: 10,665
Rejected votes: 478
Total votes cast: 11,143
IKENNE LG
Registered voters: 67,914
Accredited Voters: 20,126
APC: 9,431
ADC: 115
PDP: 6,616
LP: 2,678
NNPP: 39
SDP: 07
Total votes cast: 19,159
Rejected votes: 967
Total votes cast: 20,126
Four polling units cancelled due to violence, destruction of election materials such ballot boxes and papers and over voting.
EGBADO SOUTH LG
Registered voters: 13,3001
Accredited Voters: 31,192
APC: 18,471
ADC: 342
PDP: 5,012
LP: 3,126
NNPP: 117
Total valid votes: 29,518
Rejected votes: 1,672
Total votes cast: 31,190
EWEKORO LG
Registered voters: 94,681
Accredited Voters: 18,411
APC: 9,778
ADC: 1,247
PDP: 3,646
LP: 2,287
NNPP: 79
Total valid votes: 17,521
Rejected votes: 876
Total votes cast: 18,397
ABEOKUTA NORTH LG
Registered voters: 167,753
Accredited Voters: 33,027
APC: 20,094
ADC: 1,285
PDP: 5,057
LP: 4,092
NNPP: 104
Total valid votes: 31,270
Rejected votes: 1,738
Total votes cast: 33,008
Two units cancelled due to over voting.
IJEBU NORTH LG
Registered voters: 133,122
Accredited Voters: 34,035
APC: 21,844
ADC: 300
PDP: 7,233
LP: 2,372
NNPP: 50
Total valid votes: 32,289
Rejected votes: 1,555
Total votes cast: 33,844
Two unit cancelled due to mal-accreditation.
IJEBU NORTH-EAST LG
Registered voters: 52,457
Accredited Voters: 13,206
APC: 7,430
ADC: 135
PDP: 2,859
LP: 1,779
NNPP: 19
Total valid votes: 12,522
Rejected votes: 683
Total votes cast: 13,205
IMEKO AFON LG
Registered voters: 70,223
Accredited Voters: 18,411
APC: 12,146
ADC: 143
PDP: 4,560
LP: 568
NNPP: 32
Total valid votes: 17,639
Rejected votes: 762
Total votes cast: 18,411
ODEDA LG
Registered voters: 94,048
Accredited Voters: 22,068
APC: 12,945
ADC: 425
PDP: 3,855
LP: 3,064
NNPP: 73
Total valid votes: 20,917
Rejected votes: 1,123
Total votes cast: 22,040
EGBADO NORTH LG
Registered voters: 130,063
Accredited Voters: 33,594
APC: 19,053
ADC: 491
PDP: 9,830
LP: 1,535
NNPP: 478
Total valid votes: 31,972
Rejected votes: 1,438
Total votes cast: 33,410
IJEBU-ODE LG
Registered voters: 90,760
Accredited Voters: 25,028
APC: 16,072
ADC: 188
PDP: 4,057
LP: 3,162
NNPP: 56
Total valid votes: 24,058
Rejected votes: 882
Total votes cast: 24,940
One cancellation due to over voting
SAGAMU LG
Registered voters: 169,347
Accredited Voters: 38,641
APC: 21,118
ADC: 323
PDP: 8,136
LP: 6,437
NNPP: 152
Total valid votes: 36,825
Rejected votes: 1,797
Total votes cast: 38,622
IPOKIA LG
Registered voters: 136,281
Accredited Voters: 39,928
APC: 16,929
ADC: 162
PDP: 16,082
LP: 1,860
NNPP: 186
Total valid votes: 37472
Rejected votes: 2,450
Total votes cast: 39,922
ODOGBOLU LG
Registered voters: 95,530
Accredited Voters: 23,123
APC: 12,374
ADC: 179
PDP: 6,176
LP: 2,688
NNPP: 36
Total valid votes: 22,096
Rejected votes: 1,027
Total votes cast: 23,123
One unit was cancelled due to over voting
ABEOKUTA SOUTH LG
Registered voters: 242,151
Accredited Voters: 50,289
APC: 28,111
ADC: 587
PDP: 7,787
LP: 8,930
NNPP: 137
Total valid votes: 47,768
Rejected votes: 2,454
Total votes cast: 50,222
One polling unit was cancelled due to violence
OGUN WATERSIDE LG
Registered voters: 52,359
Accredited Voters: 15,121
APC: 8,522
ADC: 148
PDP: 5,090
LP: 481
NNPP: 29
Total valid votes: 14,404
Rejected votes: 714
Total votes cast: 15,118
Two units were cancelled due to no access to polling unit and over voting.
IFỌ LGA
REGD VOTERS – 261,988
ACCREDITED VOTERS 49,414
APC – 26,507
LP – 9,751
NNPP 161
PDP 5,760
TOTAL VALID VOTES – 46,013
REJECTED VOTES – 3,401
TOTAL VOTES CAST – 49,414
The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has urged stakeholders and the electorate to remain calm as INEC collated results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Prof. Anthony Olusanya, a member of the Team of Experts for CTA, an election observer group, made the call in its preliminary statement on “The Observations of the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections of Feb. 25.
Olusanya said that as the collation process and election in places where elections were rescheduled continued, all stakeholders should continue to conduct themselves in a peaceful and responsible manner.
He specifically called on INEC to hold itself to the highest level of neutrality and accountability.
Olusanya said the group’s preliminary findings from their field observers showed that INEC officials and materials generally did not arrive on time at the majority of polling units observed.
“Although INEC proposed commencement of accreditation was for 8.30 a.m., on the average, polling officials and materials did not arrive the polling units before 10.30 a.m.
“However, reports from our observers across 982 polling units so far reported across the country showed that INEC officials and materials arrived between 7a.m. and 8.30 a.m. in 53 per cent of the polling units.
“While security personnel were expected to be on ground before the commencement of the voting process, our observers noted that in most of the polling units, security personnel were not present until about 9 to 10 a.m.
“Generally, observers reported that the security personnel behaved and conducted themselves professionally.”
Olusanya also said that voter turnout was generally impressive, adding that in most cases, voters came out earlier than the arrival of INEC officials, materials and security personnel.
“They mostly conducted themselves peacefully and in accordance with voting guidelines.”
On the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), Olusanya said that in some cases, INEC ad hoc staff demonstrated insufficient familiarity with the operation of the BVAS.
“Observers reported that wrong codes and poor network were some of the challenges faced by the ad hoc staff.”
Similarly, Executive Director of CTA, Faith Nwadishi commended INEC for creating special polling units for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs).
She said that on the whole, all stakeholders on the electoral value chain had put in their best to make sure that the country had free, fair and credible elections.
“However, the political parties and actors seem not to be taking a queue. You go to the field you see a party agent not wearing an INEC approved identity card.
“We commend Nigerians; a lot of them were out to vote even at centres where there was late arrival of INEC officials.
“This shows that the Nigerian voters now understand their role in our electoral history.”
Executive Director, Persons With Disabilities Action Network, Ubaka Betram, recalled that before the commencement of the election, INEC had registered no fewer than 5,362 persons with disabilities.
He said that observers discovered that over 95 per cent of PWDs did not participate in the election.
Betram, however, called on governments and stakeholders to educate the populace against stigmatisation of PWDs.
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has defeated Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in his Ikeja Local Government Area.
Result below
Ikeja LGA
APC 2,1276
LP 30,004
NNPP 337
PDP 2280
Meanwhile, Tinubu won the presidential election in the Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State – he scored a total of 27,760 votes from 19 wards to emerge the winner of the election in the local government.
While Obi came second with 3,058 votes, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP followed with 2,521.
The results show that only 34,989 voters were accredited of the total 200,048 registered voters in Lagos Island. It noted that they recorded 1,052 rejected votes out of the total of 33886 valid votes.
Other LGs announced include — Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe, and Ibeju-Lekki, where Tinubu outperformed Obi.
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has won in Ethiope West, the Local Government Area of the National Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, after polling 10, 199 votes.
Josephine Crossdale who collated the result in the area, said the Presidential candidate of PDP and close friend of erstwhile Governor Ibori, Atiku Abubakar, scored 5,463 votes to clinch second position and Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC, secured 3,850 votes to come third.
Obi has won three out of the four Local Government Areas so far announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Meanwhile, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa won his Local Government, Ika North-East for his party but lost the Ika Federal Constituency to Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
According to the results collated by the Electoral Officer, Mr James Olisa, Okowa won in Ika North-East after polling 16, 696 to beat his closest rival, Obi, who scored 8, 980 votes and Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu of APC, 1,902 votes.
Obi however took a good lead in Ika South, where he scored 17, 868 votes to beat Okowa who secured 7,485 votes for the PDP, while Tinubu came third with 3,290 votes.
In Aniocha North, Obi won with 11,678 votes making it impossible for the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu to deliver his party’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
PDP scored 3,783 to come second, while APC polled 1,146 to come third. The result was announced by the Local Government Electoral Officer, Emeke Onyeme.
Obi took unprecedented lead in Oshimili North, Local Government Area of the Secretary to the State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah and Senator Peter Nwaoboshi of the APC, he polled 14,929.
According to the result, which was collated by Okonta Emmanuel, PDP scored 4,796 and APC, 1,688 to come second and third, respectively.
Meanwhile, the state Collation Officer for the presidential election, Prof. Owuneri Abraham Georgewill, has adjourned for break.
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has demanded immediate upload of Saturday presidential election results on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) server.
Abubakar made the call in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe on Sunday in Abuja.
Abubakar advised INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to instruct the election collation officers to upload the results from the polling units to INEC server immediately.
Abubakar said the call became necessary to checkmate some governors trying to compromise the results at the local government collation level.
“It will be a disservice to Nigerians and a negation to democracy for anyone to subvert the will of the people as freely expressed in their votes of yesterday,” Abubakar said.
He called on Nigerians to be calm but vigilant to ensure that anti-democratic elements who were masquerading as progressives do not steal their mandate.
Abubakar expressed gratitude to the Nigerian people for their support so far and pledged to continue to work hard to earn their trust and confidence.
Manchester United clinched their first major trophy in six years with a ruthless 2-0 win against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
Erik ten Hag’s side took control by half-time thanks to Casemiro’s header and a Sven Botman own goal and held firm despite Newcastle’s second-half pressure. United’s first silverware since 2017, when they won the Carabao Cup and the Europa League in the Jose Mourinho era, was just a reward for a mature display that underlined the impressive work done by Dutchman Ten Hag since he arrived from Ajax last year.
The celebrations that accompanied United’s sixth Carabao Cup triumph could be the first of many trophy parades on the evidence of Ten Hag’s transformative first season.
“You have to win the first one and that is what we did today,” Ten Hag said.
“We can get a lot of inspiration from this and more confidence that we can do it.
“We are still at the start of restoring Manchester United to where we belong — winning trophies.”
United remain challengers on three other fronts, sitting third in the Premier League and with an FA Cup fifth round tie against West Ham on Wednesday followed by a Europa League last 16 tie against Real Betis in March.
After 10 years in the wilderness since Alex Ferguson retired having led them to their last Premier League title in 2013, United are finally emerging from one of the darkest period in the club’s illustrious history.
United finished a dismal sixth in the Premier League last season, but Ten Hag has swiftly masterminded their return to relevance
It was fitting that Ten Hag’s maiden trophy success with United came after he met Ferguson for dinner recently and with the Scot watching from the Wembley stands.
Ending United’s longest trophy drought for 40 years is no guarantee of future success, but the steely Ten Hag appears capable of thriving in the unrelenting Old Trafford spotlight.
United co-chairman Avram Glazer, attending his first game since the November announcement that his family are considering offers for the club, might reconsider selling up after viewing what could be the start of a golden era.
Despite failing to win their first major trophy since the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Newcastle can also expect to feature in more showpiece occasions soon.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it will conduct fresh presidential and national assembly elections on Monday in various polling units in seven Local Government Areas of Abia.
INEC Administration Secretary in charge of Abia State, Clement Oha who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Umuahia on Sunday, gave the time for the fresh poll as 8:00 am
He identified the affected LGAs as: Obingwa, Osisioma, Aba North, Aba South, Umuahia North, Ohafia, and Arochukwu.
The Administration Secretary said that the affected polling units in the affected LGAs had been communicated.
He explained that the reported skirmishes in the affected polling units during Saturday’s election necessitated the fresh poll.
” We had various degrees of discrepancies with respect to the procedures that were violent to some extent.
“The Commission in their wisdom felt that the credibility of the election should not be compromised, and that there should be no winner by default. So, election must take place in the affected polling units tomorrow (Monday)”.
When asked to identify the number of polling units affected, the Administration Secretary, said it was still being processed.
On the whereabouts of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in charge of the state, Professor Ike Uzochukwu, the Administration Secretary, said he must have been tired and needed to rest.
” We were in a meeting here up till 2:00 am when I left. I learnt he left by 5:00 am. Certainly, he is a human being, and maybe is tired”.
When prodded further to disclose the exact number of polling units involved in the fresh election so that voters in the affected areas could be properly guided, Oha said such information resided with the REC.
Then he was asked if the REC did not authorize the press briefing, otherwise, he should have equally made available the necessary information, but he said he scouted the information from Electoral Officers.
” We are still gathering the information because it was going to the REC straight. But now that we can’t see him, we are trying to calibrate information from the EOs.
” I’m the Administration Secretary. The REC deals with operational issues. I have not told you I got the consent of the REC to speak. “
When asked if he spoke for the REC he said:” I’m only speaking as the Administrative Secretary of INEC, Abia State in the absence of REC. If the is around I will not be granting press interview”.
Asked what happens assuming the REC counters his position since he did not get his consent, he said:” I don’t think he will counter because it’s the commission’s decision”.
The confusion over the whereabouts of the REC was becoming worrisome.
One of the presidential collation officers who returned from Isuikwuato with the result threatened to go to his house with the result as the REC was nowhere to be seen.
He waited to a point of embarrassment at the presidential election collation centre at the INEC headquarters but no activity was going on at the centre following the disappearance of the REC.
Unconfirmed source said that the REC might have been redeployed.
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