"Your trust in me to continue leading our dear State is both inspiring and deeply appreciated. Together, we have achieved a resounding victory and I am committed to delivering on the promises made during our campaign."
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has thanked supporters following his re-election.
Uzodimma became the Imo governor in 2020 after the Supreme Court nullified Emeka Ihedioha’s victory.
But on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as the winner of the Imo governorship election after he cleared all 27 local government areas of the South-East state.
“My good people of Imo State, I am humbled and honored by your overwhelming support in yesterday’s election,” he said after the victory.
“Your trust in me to continue leading our dear State is both inspiring and deeply appreciated. Together, we have achieved a resounding victory and I am committed to delivering on the promises made during our campaign.”
Source: Channel TV
“INEC officials and youth corps members were caught yesterday with prepared result sheets even before the commencement of the processes. A youth corps member was arrested with a prepared result and N1 million in his bag.”
Dino Melaye has called for the cancellation of the Kogi State governorship election, describing the conduct of the exercise as “shameful”.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate in the election said this during a press conference in Lokoja on Sunday just as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collates results for the poll.
“I will start by condemning in its totality the conduct of the elections yesterday and outrightly call for the total cancellation of the election because that was not an election,” the PDP candidate said.
“It is shameful that the unhealthy INEC refuse to realise, ameliorate or palliate the problems they created in the last presidential and governorship elections.
“Yesterday in the five local governments of the central senatorial district in Kogi state, there was no election. Surprisingly, accreditation was done manually, the BVAS was not used. Prepared sheets manifested even before accreditation took place and evidence is all over the media.
“So, INEC as a matter of urgency must cancel the election. In many areas where I won, my agents were told there were no available result sheets to enter the result and we have evidence to back up these claims.
“As I speak to you, it is shameful that this is what our democracy has descended to. INEC has manifested more than before, that they cannot be trusted, they are biased, they are compromised, and they cannot be a neutral umpire.
“INEC officials and youth corps members were caught yesterday with prepared result sheets even before the commencement of the processes. A youth corps member was arrested with a prepared result and N1 million in his bag.”
Melaye’s comment came hours after social media became awash with result sheets for the Kogi governorship election even before the exercise commenced.
But the commission was swift to respond to the matter, assuring Nigerians that it would probe the issue.
“Our attention has been drawn to a report that filled result sheets were discovered in some polling units in Kogi State,” the commission said on X. “The Commission views this situation seriously.”
Source: Channel TV
The national leadership of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has called for the cancellation of election in Kogi central, where incidences of over-voting were reported
Briefing newsmen in Abuja, national chairman of the party, Shehu Gabam says SDP rejects the election in five local government areas in Kogi central senatorial district.
He said collation of results in the disputed areas is unacceptable and urged INEC not to reward bad behaviour in the conduct of the governorship election in Kogi state.
Gabam called on president Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene and ensure justice is served.
Source: AIT
The Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded Imo state Governorship election Athan Achonu has accused security operatives of colluding with the ruling All Progressives Congress to manipulate the result in the state.
Scores of protesters trooped to the Bayelsa office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Yenagoa, demanding the cancellation of results in Nembe Bassambiri as well as that from Ologbobiri and Ologboboro communities in Southern Ijaw local government area.
They marched from the Peace Park through the major roads and converged around the INEC office.
The head of Voter Education and Publicity for Bayelsa state INEC office, Wilfred Ifogah, who addressed the protesters, said the electoral body will look into the complaint.
Collation of results is still ongoing as at the time of filing this report, with a few local governments so far announced as of Sunday morning.
Source: AIT
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