The Governorship election results in 19 states in Nigeria with APC winning 13 states including Lagos while PDP won 4 states including Rivers
www.odogwublog.com reports that All
Progressives Congress has shown it is a bad loser all the time.
Despite topping
the Peoples Democratic Party in the results so far released by the Independent
National Electoral Commission from the last Saturday’s governorship polls with
13 states while PDP only won 4 states, it is still kicking against those
results it did not win whereas PDP candidates are accepting defeat.
There were however
still pockets of protests and killings in a few states even as the results were
being announced and collation taking place in many other states.
The first to be
officially announced victorious was Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, who
defeated PDP’s Ganiyu Isiaka. Amosun of the APC is therefore set for a second
term in office.
The Gboyega Nasir
Isiaka Campaign Organisation rejected the result of the governorship poll,
saying it was “unfortunate and a travesty staged to help the APC achieve
victory.”
It claimed that
the outcome of the election was clearly not a true reflection of
Ogun people’s wish and said that the result would be challenged as appropriate.
In the neigbouring
Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, also of the APC became the first governor of the
state to clinch a second term in office.
He defeated former
governors, Rashidi Ladoja of the Accord Party and Adebayo Alao-Akala of Labour
Party in the race.
While the governor
polled 327,310 votes; Ladoja had 254,520 and Alao-Akala , 184,111.
APC’s candidate in
Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, polled 811,994 votes to defeat PDP’s Jimi Agbaje,who
scored 659,788 votes.
Agbaje accepted
defeat and congratulated Ambode but the state PDP rejected the result,
citing ‘controversial’ circumstances within which the elections
were conducted in the state as reasons.
The media aide of
the governor-elect, Idowu Ajanaku, told one of our correspondents
on the telephone that Agbaje called to congratulate Ambode at 6.50pm on Sunday.
“Mr. Jimi Agbaje
called at exactly 6.50pm to congratulate Mr. Ambode. He prayed for Mr. Ambode
and told him that he was looking forward to a more prosperous Lagos, ” Ajanaku
said.
Shortly after
being declared winner, Ambode in his acceptance speech, extended his hand of
fellowship to Agbaje by urging him to join in making Lagos a better place.
The
governor-elect, who commended Agbaje for congratulating him , added that his
government would not victimise those who voted against him.
He said, “To my
main opponent, Mr. Jimi Agbaje of the PDP, I thank you for a keen contest and
invite you, alongside other governorship candidates, to join hands with me in
moving Lagos forward.”
Ambode also
lauded the people of the state for voting him and the APC, adding
that by aligning Lagos with the centre, unprecedented development would come to
the state.
He
gave special thanks to a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
and Governor Babatunde Fashola for believing in him.
Ambode said like
former United States President, Abraham Lincoln, his government would be run
“with malice toward none and with charity for all.”
The Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto); a former Speaker of the
House, Aminu Masari (Katsina); and erstwhile Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory, Nasir el-Rufai(Kaduna) also emerged victorious.
El-Rufai floored
Governor Mukhtar Yero of the PDP.
The other APC
governorship election winners are Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed (Kwara), Abdullahi
Ganduje (Kano), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi), Ibrahim
Geidam(Yobe) and Jibrilla Bindow (Adamawa).
Bindow handed
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission a shocking defeat.
Ribadu conceded
defeat when results
from most of the LGAs showed that he was trailing behind in results
from the LGAs.
Ganduje, who is
the current deputy governor of Kano State polled 1,546,434 votes. His PDP
rival, Salihu Tokai had 509,726 votes.
The governorship
candidate of the APC in Benue State, Samuel Ortom, raced to victory by polling
387,753 votes as against PDP’s Terhemen Tarzoor, who scored 296,189
votes.
Geidam
polled 334, 847 votes to defeat Adamu Waziri of the
PDP,who had 179, 700 votes.
PDP’s candidates
Udom Emmanuel, Ibrahim Dankwambo, Dave Umahi, and
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi triumphed in Akwa Ibom,
Gombe, Ebonyi and Enugu states respectively.
Umahi
garnered 289, 867 votes as against Labour Party’s Edward Nkwegu,who came second
with 124, 817 votes.
Ugwuanyi
polled 482,227 votes to defeat Okey Ezea of the APC, who got 43,839 votes.
Results from 16
out of 18 LGAs in Cross River State showed that the PDP candidate,
Ben Ayade, was leading clearly.
From the results
announced as of 11pm on Sunday, Ayade secured 283, 549 votes, while the APC
candidate, Odey Ochicha and his Labour Party counterpart, Fidelis
Ugbo, polled 52, 562 and 35, 848 respectively.
Imo State Governor
and APC candidate, Rochas Okorocha, was clearly winning in 20 out
of 27 LGAs in the state as of 8pm on Sunday .His PDP counterpart and Deputy
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, was trailing behind.
INEC later
declared the announcement of the results inconclusive.
The results of the
election in Abia ended in a deadlock midway following the reversal of the
cancellation of three council results by the Returning Officer,
Prof. Benjamin Ozumba.
Ozumba had
announced the cancellation of results from Osisioma, Obingwa and Isialangwa
North Local Government Areas on the grounds of “incontrovertible evidence of
violence’’ and reports from international observers.
The returning
officer reversed the decision after Governor Theodore Orji-led chieftains of
the PDP consulted with the Resident Electoral Officer, Prof. Selina Oko and
Ozumba.
The governor was
in company with the Minister of State for Defence, Col. Austin
Akobundu(retd); the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh and Chief
Onyema Ugochukwu .
Ozumba said the
cancellation was reversed due to fresh information concerning the conduct of
the election in the three councils.
He said that
polling centres with issues would be isolated and decisions taken on them
later.
The pronouncement
heightened tension at the centre, leading to the adjournment of further
announcement of results.
The controversial
result from Osisioma, which had earlier been announced, showed that PDP scored
42,442 while APGA polled 1, 017.
Meanwhile, results
from 10 LGAs have so far been announced.
In his reaction,
All Progressives Grand Alliance governorship candidate, Alex Otti,
described the governor’s appearance at the collation centre as ‘‘an abuse of
power, designed to intimidate and exert undue influence on the electoral
officials.’’
The PDP lost its
grip also on Plateau State as its candidate, GNS Pwajok was defeated by APC’s
Simon Lalong.
As of last night
Lalong scored 537,050 votes while Pwajok had 501,938 votes.
Results from 16
out of 18 LGAs in Cross River State showed that the PDP candidate,
Ben Ayade, was leading comfortably.
From the results
announced by INEC, on Sunday, Ayade secured 283, 549 votes, while the APC
candidate, Odey Ochicha and his Labour Party counterpart, Fidelis
Ugbo, polled 52, 562 and 35, 848 respectively.
In Gombe State,
Governor Ibrahim Geidam of the PDP had an easy ride as he coasted to victory by
beating his APC counterpart, Inuwa Yahaya. He scored 285,369 votes while Yahaya
had 205, 132 votes.
Also in Delta
State, INEC adjourned further action on the results till 7am on Monday. Before
then, PDP’s Ifeanyi Okowa was leading in 20 out of the 24 LGAs in the state.
There were earlier
reports on Sunday that the APC had made history by producing the first elected
female governor in Nigeria in the person of Jummai Aisha Alhassan of Taraba
State. But as 12 midnight her reported victory had yet to be confirmed.
Adapted from Punch
The Governorship election results in 19 states in Nigeria with APC winning 13 states including Lagos while PDP won 4 states including Rivers
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Monday, April 13, 2015
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