The presidential election petitions tribunal has postponed the Atiku Abubakar and Allied Peoples Movement petitions hearing.
On Monday, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammni, the presiding judge representing the tribunal panel members, postponed the hearing of their petitions to Tuesday.
As the Presidential election Tribunal pre-hearing commences tomorrow, it’s pertinent for Nigerians to be reminded of what the constitution of Nigeria says about who would be declared the President-elect of Nigeria.
Former INEC REC of Akwa Ibom, Mr. Mike Igini earlier warned that no one would be declared a winner without satisfying the requirements of getting 25% in FCT.
It’s different from Winning or losing in FCT, it’s mandatory that the President-elect must have 25% in Abuja.
Peter Obi’s emergence has made majority of Nigerians to become lawyers without necessarily going to the laws school. Yes, most Nigerians now have THE CONSTITUTION OF Nigeria downloaded and reading it daily like a Bible.
Fortunately enough, it was written in English not French.
Section 134 is that favorite verse that’s the crux of the whole case.
25% in FCT.
APC government who obviously selected A Bola Ahmed Tinubu via Mahmood Yakubu might be feigning Ignorance of the law but cannot fool Nigerians.
They know already that going ahead to swear in Tinubu without concluding with the Tribunal is total disregard to the constitution of Nigeria.
Mahmood Yakubu already violated so many Electoral laws which is also a part of the Constitution of Nigeria.
Charles III on Saturday finally met his date with destiny after a lifetime as heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, as he was officially crowned king in the first coronation in Britain since 1953.
At 12:02 pm, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the solid gold St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head as a sacred and ancient symbol of the monarch’s authority.
Cries of “God Save the King” rang out from the 2,300-strong congregation at Westminster Abbey and trumpet fanfares sounded at the climax of the solemn religious confirmation of his accession.
Outside, ceremonial gun salutes blasted out across land and sea while bells pealed in celebration at churches across the country.
The build-up to the Christian ceremony of prayer and praise — steeped in 1,000 years of British history and tradition, with sumptuous robes and priceless regalia — has been mostly celebratory.
But even before Charles, 74, and Queen Camilla, 75, left Buckingham Palace for a rainy procession to the abbey, police arrested dozens of protesters using new powers rushed onto the statute book to crack down on direct action groups.
The anti-monarchy movement Republic — which wants an elected head of state — said six of its organisers were detained, while climate activists Just Stop Oil said 19 of its number were held.
Nevertheless, dozens of Republic activists held aloft banners on the route of the procession route, declaring: “Not My King.”
Both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International voiced concern at the arrests. “This is something you would expect to see in Moscow, not London,” HRW said.
London’s Metropolitan Police has some 11,500 officers on the streets in one of its biggest ever security operations. It has warned that it has an “extremely low threshold” for protests.
As well as being the first coronation in 70 years, it was the first of a king since 1937. It was only the second to be televised and the first in colour and streamed online.
Much of the two-hour Anglican service, in which Charles pledged “I come not to be served but to serve”, would have been recognisable to the 39 other monarchs crowned at Westminster Abbey since 1066.
But while many of the intricate rituals and ceremony to recognise Charles as his people’s “undoubted king” remained, the king sought to bring other aspects of the service up to date.
Women bishops participated for the first time, as did leaders of Britain’s non-Christian faiths while its Celtic languages — Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic — featured prominently.
A gospel choir sang for the first time at a coronation while a Greek choir intoned a psalm in tribute to Charles’s late father, Prince Philip, who was born on the island of Corfu.
As king, Charles is supreme governor of the Church of England and has described himself as a “committed Anglican Christian”.
But he heads a more religiously and ethnically diverse country than the one his mother inherited in the shadow of World War II.
As such, he sought to make the congregation more reflective of British society, inviting ordinary members of the public to sit alongside heads of state and global royalty.
In another change, the coronation themes mirrored his lifelong interest in biodiversity and sustainability.
Seasonal flowers and foliage were brought, from the wind-battered Isle of Skye in northwest Scotland to Cornwall at the tip of England’s southwest coast, to fill the abbey.
Ceremonial vestments from previous coronations were reused, and the anointing oil — created from olives on groves on the Mount of Olives and perfumed with essential oils — was vegan.
Charles was anointed out of sight of the congregation behind a three-sided screen in front of the High Altar to the strains of Handel’s soaring anthem “Zadok the Priest”, sung at every coronation since 1727.
Opposition
Rishi Sunak — Britain’s first prime minister of colour, who gave a reading from the Bible at the service — has described the coronation as “a proud expression of our history, culture and traditions”.
But not everyone is convinced: polling indicates waning support for the monarchy, particularly among younger people.
Charles’s eldest brother Prince Andrew — sidelined due to his friendship with the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein — was booed as he headed to the abbey.
Another royal exile Prince Harry, who has criticised the family since leaving for the United States in 2020, attended the coronation on his own.
Overseas, Charles’s position as the hereditary monarch and head of state of 14 Commonwealth countries looks increasingly fragile.
Jamaica and Belize both signalled this week that they are moving toward becoming republics, while Australia, Canada and others may eventually follow suit.
Britons struggling with the soaring cost of living have meanwhile questioned why taxpayers should stump up for the coronation, with the bill estimated to be over £100 million ($126 million).
Support
Yet the huge crowds of royal fans that have been building all week on The Mall outside Buckingham Palace indicate that the royals still have a central role in British culture and history.
Many of those camping out to watch have flown in from abroad, underlining the royal family’s untouched position as Britain’s leading global brand.
Christine Wilen travelled from Niagara Falls in Canada for the event.
“I’m very excited to be here, to be part of this history,” said Wilen, wearing a visor and sweatshirt in Canadian colours.
“It’s just too good an opportunity to miss,” said Nick Demont, 60, outside the abbey. “There’s a good chance I won’t see another one.”
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A former three-term Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, 60, was on Friday jailed in the United Kingdom for nine years and eight months for an organ trafficking plot.
His wife, Beatrice, 56, was also jailed for four years and six months due to her “more limited involvement” in the plot, as the court described Ekweremadu as the “driving force throughout” the process.
A medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, 56, also bagged 10 years after the judge found that he had “targeted the potential donor, who was young, poor and vulnerable”.
Meanwhile, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has berated the Federal Government for not helping the embattled senator.
The prosecutor, Hugh Davies KC, said the three defendants were guilty of trafficking with ‘the highest level of culpability’.
Saturday PUNCH reported how Ekweremadu, who served as the Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the Economic Community of West African State Parliament, was arrested on June 23, 2022, by the London Metropolitan Police for reportedly ‘conspiring to bring a child to the UK for organ harvesting’.
The police said investigation into the matter was launched after detectives were alerted to ‘potential offenses under the modern slavery legislation in May 2022’. It said the child had been safeguarded and it was working closely with partners on continued support
His case was scheduled for further hearing on July 7, 2022, after which he was said to have been found guilty of the allegations and remanded in prison, awaiting sentencing.
Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor and National Modern Slavery Lead at the Crown Prosecution Service, Lynette Woodrow, said it had been “our first conviction for trafficking for the purposes of organ removal in England and Wales”.
“With all trafficking offenses, the consent of the person trafficked is no defense. The law is clear; you cannot consent to your own exploitation,” Woodrow said.
The court said the doctor lied to doctors and falsely claimed the young potential donor was a cousin of the senator’s daughter, Sonia, who urgently needed a transplant.
The judge said the three left the potential donor facing a “substantial and long-term impact on his daily life”.
“People trafficking across international borders for the harvesting of human organs is a form of slavery,” the judge added.
In a victim’s personal statement, the 21-year-old Nigerian market trader, who was not named, told the court he used to pray every day to be given the opportunity to come to the UK to work or study.
He said to make it happen, he agreed to medical tests in Lagos and meetings with doctors in London, believing that they were required for his UK visa during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 21-year-old said he only realised what was planned when he met doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in London who began discussing a kidney transplant.
He told the court he would not have agreed to it, adding that his body was ‘not for sale’.
The victim is now being helped by a charity in the UK, according to his lawyer in Nigeria.
In his statement, he said he couldn’t think of going back to Nigeria because the people for which he was being prosecuted were powerful people and that he was worried for his safety.
He refused to apply for financial compensation from the Ekweremadu family, telling a detective he did not need anything from them.
During the court proceedings, former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to the UK court, begging for leniency.
Also, the House of Representatives appealed to the court to “temper justice with mercy”, while urging the Federal Government to take diplomatic steps to intervene in his trial. It cited “the predicaments of Ekweremadu’s ailing daughter, who needs financial support and parental love of her parents to scale through her dire health challenge, noting that the Ekweremadus must have learnt their lessons.”
Similarly, the Economic Community of West African States Parliament, where Ekweremadu once served, in a letter by the Speaker of the ECOWAS parliament, Dr Sidie Mohamed Tunis, appealed for leniency, saying it believed lessons had been learnt by everybody.
Reacting to the UK court’s judgment, the spokesperson for Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, said the Federal Government did nothing to help Ekweremadu.
In an interview with one of our correspondents, he stated, “They did not treat him like someone who has served meritoriously in this country. Rather, while he was facing the travails, the Federal Government came out with charges and allegations of corruption and seized his properties.
“This is a man who has been around you, walked with you for years and when he needed your help, there were busy talking about auctioning his properties. All those things indicated that it was not only the UK court that was after him, but the FG was also after him.”
Describing the judgment as ‘shocking’ and ‘painful’, the spokesman said Igbo leaders would pay Ekweremadu a visit soon, adding that the former lawmaker would come out of the experience ‘stronger and better’.
He added, “Before now, although not as Ohanaeze, we have visited him in prison. We still intend to do so even as he begins his sentence. It is shocking and painful that an illustrious Igbo man of that calibre will be involved in this kind of sentencing. However, there is nothing we can do about it for now.
But I believe Ekweremadu will come out stronger and better. He has always been a strong and courageous man. Ohanaeze prays he comes out healthy to face the world again.”
The House of Representatives has urged a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, to appeal the sentencing.
Reacting to the judgment on Friday, the Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, urged Ekweremadu to file an appeal, describing the sentencing as “sad and unfortunate.”
Kalu said, “He should exercise his right of appeal and appeal against the judgment. He has always been a man of dignity. What happened was unfortunate in his effort to be a great father to his sick child.
“I am not sure he hid his intentions for medical tourism to the UK to help his child. What I equally wonder is why the British Embassy failed to deny him a travel visa, knowing that the expressed intention was against their law. The investment of the institution in this man is huge and Nigeria will miss his contributions to the parliament.”
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, could not be reached on the telephone and he had yet to reply to a message from our correspondent as of press time.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, speaking on suggestions on whether an arrangement could be made with the UK for the senator to serve his sentence in Nigeria, stated, “In terms of exchange of ideas and programmes, arresting a person who is trying to escape justice from one place to another and the like; there is mutual legal assistance in that regard to going through the extradition process or proceedings.
Besides, each country is independent in its judicial and legal system. For a Nigerian jailed in the UK, for instance, Nigeria cannot interfere. This is the same case even if a British citizen is jailed in Nigeria. The UK cannot interfere nor can Nigeria be forced to release such a person or commute the terms of imprisonment.
“All that can be done is what I have seen going on, with the appeals by the National Assembly, ECOWAS Parliament, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other great Nigerians.”
Another senior lawyer, Mr Yusuf Ali (SAN), said Nigerians should borrow a leaf from the UK justice system.
He said, “The lesson for all of us is that we must also make our judicial system work. That starts from the point of investigation. Ekeremadu’s matter is a classical case of a working justice system. Before he was even taken to court, proper investigation had already been done.
“In Nigeria, people will first be taken to court before they will start looking for evidence. We should not put the cart before the horse.”
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On Friday, a court sitting in the United Kingdom sentenced former deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months for organ harvesting.
His wife, Beatrice was handed four years and six months in jail while their doctor, Obinna Obeta, was sentenced to ten years Imprisonment; his medical licence was also withdrawn.
The former deputy President of the Nigerian Senate was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police and was subsequently arraigned on organ harvesting and trafficking charges involving a young man, David Ukpo, whom he was said to pick up from the streets of Lagos State for that purpose.
But Ekweremadu and his wife had pleaded not guilty to the charges while Nigeria’s National Assembly pleaded for clemency.
But on Friday, Justice Jeremy Johnson held that the actions of the lawmaker was serious and amounted to a form of slavery because he was wealthy but leveraged on it to arrange the travel of a lad that could not travel from Lagos to Abuja.
In each of your cases, the offence you committed is so serious that neither a fine nor a community sentence can be justified.
“People-trafficking of human organs is a form of slavery.
“It treats human beings and their body
It is a trade that preys on poverty, misery and desperation, ” Justice Johnson said.
Speaking to Ekweremadu, his wife and doctor, the judge described them as accomplices.
The judged frowned on Ekweremadu’s doctor citing the prosecution’s evidence that he lied that the victim was the lawmaker’s daughter’s cousin.
You each played a part in that despicable trade.”
“People-trafficking across international borders for the harvesting of human organs is a form of slavery,” the judge said while sentencing them.
The development drew the reaction of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which is the principal public agency that conducts criminal prosecutions in England and Wales.
“This was an horrific plot to exploit a vulnerable victim by trafficking him to the UK for the purpose of transplanting his kidney.
The convicted defendants showed utter disregard for the victim’s welfare, health and well-being and used their considerable influence to a high degree of control throughout, with the victim having limited understanding of what was really going on here,”Chief Crown Prosecutor, Joanne Jakymec said.
From the UK Met’s Modern Slavery and Exploitation Command, it described the judgement as a “landmark conviction” and commended the donor for his bravery in speaking against the lawmaker.
“We could not have done this without the help of our colleagues in the CPS, Human Tissue Authority and other partners who have worked tirelessly to achieve this result.
“We do understand the challenges around modern slavery cases as no two investigations are the same. Specialist officers from the Met’s Modern Slavery and Exploitation team understand this and we will ensure victims are supported, signposted and safeguarded with the help of partners,” the Command said.
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The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, slated for May 29, 2023.
He made the call in a recent interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme.
The LP VP candidate said the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu was reckless to have issued a certificate of return to Tinubu and “He’s putting all our lives in danger.”
I’m repeating, swearing in anybody who does not meet the constitutional requirements of our country, you are engaging in an unconstitutional act. Mr. President, do not hold that inauguration. CJN, your lordship, do not partake in unconstitutionality.”
He insisted that the APC didn’t meet the constitutional requirement of scoring 25% In the FCT and as such, shouldn’t be sworn in.
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A bill to create a National Centre for Christian Education that will regulate and set standards for the practice of Christianity in Nigeria has passed the second reading at the Senate.
Sponsor of the bill, Sen. Binos Yaroe of the Adamawa South Senatorial District, claimed that the center would aid in resolving the nation’s “inappropriate practice” of religion, which has in the past led to issues.
On his part, Sen. Istifanus Gyang of the Plateau North Senatorial District, weighed in on the discussion, claiming that radicalism has been fostered by improperly practiced religion.
The federal lawmaker noted that, if followed properly, religion could be a source of strength and national solidarity, which is why the bill to establish the center to create a curriculum for Christian education is very necessary.
Sen. Abba Moro, who represents Benue South in the Red Chamber, who also spoke, said the bill was ‘apt’ given that some youngsters had been duped by radical religious figures.
Sen. Moro emphasised that there was no denying that the misinterpretation of the Bible and the Quran was a contributing factor in some of the country’s problems.
After the discussion, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, who presided over plenary, put the bill to a voice vote, and it passed Second Reading.
However, for additional legislative input, Sen. Lawan referred the draft to the Committee on Education.
Recall that a similar bill proposed by Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state in 2021 was described as being “injurious to the Church” and a deliberate attack on Christians in Nigeria by Christian leaders in the country.
The Chairman of the Benue State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Akpen Leva said the proposed bill “is a direct attack on the Almighty God and injurious to the church, not only in Kaduna State but Nigeria and the world in general.”
He said it is “indeed devastating that man would conspire to enact an anti-God legislation to regulate the activities of Christianity.
How can you regulate God? How can you call God to order? The law cannot function in a circular state like Nigeria,” the Christian leader posed and said.
The CAN chairman in Benue State noted that religious leaders in Nigeria “cannot fold their arms to watch the implementation of the law that is anti-God.”
The United Kingdom court has sentenced former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot.
The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while the medical doctor who acted as a ‘middleman’ in the plot, Dr Obinna Obeta, was sentenced to 10 years and his medical licence was also suspended.
The PUNCH reports in March 2023 that the jury found they criminally conspired to bring a 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney.
The young man was said to have been falsely presented as Sonia’s cousin in a failed bid to persuade doctors to carry out an £80,000 private procedure at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
The young man was said to have been offered an illegal reward to become a donor for Sonia after kidney disease forced her to drop out of a master’s degree in film at Newcastle University.
Their conviction was the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act.
The prosecutor, Hugh Davies KC, had told the court that Ekweremadus and Obeta had treated the man and other potential donors as “disposable assets – spare parts for reward”.
He said they entered an “emotionally cold commercial transaction” with the man, The Guardian UK report added.
The behaviour of Ekweremadu showed “entitlement, dishonesty and hypocrisy”, Davies told the jury.
He said Ekweremadu “agreed to reward someone for a kidney for his daughter – somebody in circumstances of poverty and from whom he distanced himself and made no inquiries, and with whom, for his own political protection, he wanted no direct contact”.
Davies added, “What he agreed to do was not simply expedient in the clinical interests of his daughter, Sonia, it was exploitation, it was criminal. It is no defence to say he acted out of love for his daughter. Her clinical needs cannot come at the expense of the exploitation of somebody in poverty.”
On March 14, The PUNCH reported that Beatrice denied involvement in the search for an organ donor for their ailing daughter, Sonia.
The PUNCH also reported that Ekweremadu claimed he involved the young man after he was advised by his doctor against seeking a kidney donor from among his family members.
Details later…
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The table below shows full details of states where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dubiously failed to upload election results on its IREV portal according to the number of the polling units, as the hearings on the petitions before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal over the controversial February 25 election get underway.
We have reported that results obtained from the IREV shows that as at today, May 2, the electoral body has yet to upload results from 9,403 polling units, despite hastily declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the winner of the election.
According to data obtained from the IREV, Kano State topped the table of polling units where INEC failed to upload election results on IREV with 1,101 polling units.
It was followed by Anambra State with 834 unloaded polling units, and Rivers State was third with 793.
Others are Imo State with 620, and Oyo State with 577 unloaded polling units.
Only one state, Ekiti, had a 100 per cent success for uploading results on IREV, followed by Enugu with just two unloaded polling units.
Result Stats for the Presidential election – 2023-02-25, is as follows:
Total number of polling units — 176846
Total number of uploaded/submitted results — 167443
Total number of expected results — 9,403
Percentage of uploaded results — 94.68%
Last upload time — March 25, 2023, 10:36:31 PM
Total number of Local Government Areas — 774
See the full table below:
State LGA Wards Polling Units Uploaded Unloaded
Abia Aba North 12 503 387 116
Arochukwu 11 183 174 9
Bende 13 214 210 4
Aba South 12 518 453 65
Isiala Ngwa North 10 185 183 2
Ohafia 11 282 196 86
Obingwa 11 312 239 73
Osisioma 10 301 255 46
Umuahia North 12 378 371 7
Ukwa West 10 129 109 20
Total 428
Adamawa Fufore 11 274 269 5
Ganye 10 198 197 1
Jada 11 215 214 1
Lamurde 10 152 151 1
Madagali 10 160 157 3
Michika 16 223 222 1
Mayo-Belwa 12 206 187 19
Mubi South 10 143 142 1
Yola North 11 377 376 1
Total 33
Akwa Ibom Eket 11 203 202 1
Eastern Obolo 10 57 56 1
Ibiono Ibom 11 199 174 25
Ibesikpo Asutan 10 180 174 6
Abak 11 186 180 6
Essien Udim 11 219 216 3
Mbo 10 100 95 5
Etim Ekpo 10 111 92 19
Uruan 11 166 165 1
Udung Uko 10 61 60 1
Itu 10 140 139 1
Mkpat Enin 14 145 137 8
Nsit Ubium 10 117 116 1
Ukanafun 11 134 129 5
Oruk Anam 13 221 196 25
Uyo 11 424 410 14
Total 122
Anambra Ayamelum 11 191 54 137
Ekwusigo 12 193 106 87
Dunukofia 14 165 164 1
Idemili North 12 467 161 306
Nnewi North 10 318 317 1
Njikoka 18 231 224 7
Idemili-South 12 243 113 130
Nnewi South 20 297 278 9
Orumba South 18 208 206 2
Ogbaru 16 383 311 72
Anaocha 19 320 288 32
Oyi 15 207 193 14
Awka South 20 390 389 1
Ihiala 20 323 188 35
Total 834
Bauchi Dambam 10 163 162 1
Darazo 11 270 269 1
Gamawa 11 289 288 1
Ganjuwa 11 253 252 1
Misau 10 256 252 4
Ningi 11 371 370 1
Zaki 11 261 260 1
Total 10
Bayelsa Nembe 13 228 224 4
Ekeremor 12 258 215 43
Brass 10 172 156 16
Ogbia 13 301 294 7
Sagbama 14 244 243 1
Yenagoa 15 427 420 7
Total 78
Benue Gboko 17 475 332 43
Gwer East 14 189 163 26
Gwer West 15 123 122 1
Logo 10 184 164 20
Ohimini 10 87 86 1
Ado 10 157 147 10
Otukpo 13 280 268 12
Vandeikya 12 286 274 12
Guma 10 200 155 45
Kwande 15 339 334 5
Ukum 13 272 240 32
Total 207
Borno Shani 11 144 125 19
Abadam 10 93 89 4
Dikwa 10 107 99 8
Jere 12 386 379 7
Monguno 12 109 108 1
Total 39
Cross River Akamkpa 10 195 194 1
Total 1
Delta Ethiope East 11 220 189 31
Oshimili 10 165 164 1
Isoko South 11 257 250 7
Oshimili South 11 319 312 7
Ughelli North 11 400 365 35
Sapele 11 268 249 19
Ughelli South 11 244 243 1
Warri South 12 351 339 12
Uvwie 10 327 300 27
Ethiope West 11 220 217 3
Okpe 10 236 231 5
Ndokwa East 10 158 154 4
Udu 10 265 257 8
Patani 10 99 98 1
Warri North 10 192 190 2
Ukwuani 10 168 142 26
Total 189
Ebonyi Ezza North 11 207 188 19
Ikwo 20 308 306
Onicha 12 217 216 1
Ohaozara 11 170 168 2
Total 22
Edo Akoko Edo 10 241 233 8
Total 8
Ekiti
Total
Enugu Igbo Eze North 20 266 265 1
Oji-River 20 175 174 1
Total 2
FCT Gwagwalada 10 338 335 3
Abaji 10 135 134 1
Kwali 10 201 196 5
Kuje 10 262 248 14
Bwari 10 485 484 1
Municipal 12 1401 1366 35
Total 59
Gombe Gombe 11 408 405 3
Total 3
Imo Ezinihitte Mbaise 12 175 100 75
Aboh Mbaise 12 212 107 105
Ikeduru 12 227 203 24
Ideato South 13 152 143 9
Isiala Mbano 12 196 185 11
Mbaitoli 12 287 245 42
Isu 11 123 122 1
Njaba 11 134 115 19
Ohaji/Egbema 12 210 153 57
Nwangele 11 113 106 7
Obowo 10 128 114 14
Ehime Mbano 11 154 120 34
Oru-East 10 171 147 24
Okigwe 11 154 114 40
Orlu 13 209 205 4
Onuimo 10 97 80 17
Oru West 10 147 65 82
Ngor Okpala 11 193 189 4
Owerri North 12 236 229 7
Owerri Municipal 11 239 227 12
Oguta 11 184 153 31
Orsu 11 137 136 1
Total 620
Jigawa Kaugama 11 161 160 1
Kirika Samma 10 149 125 24
Malam Madori 11 154 153 1
Ringim 10 240 180
Gumel 11 103 102 1
Jahun 11 232 186 46
Buji 10 117 66
Dutse 11 267 265 2
Birniwa 11 148 138 10
Birnin Kudu 11 322 286 36
Total 121
Kaduna Birnin Gwari 11 263 239 24
Igabi 12 600 495 105
Kachia 12 317 243 74
Kaduna North 12 704 537 167
Kaura 10 186 185 1
Kagarko 10 222 221 1
Kubau 11 310 308 2
Sabon Gari 11 398 396 2
Giwa 11 262 258 4
Sanga 11 195 194 1
Makarfi 10 208 194 14
Jema’a 12 325 316 9
Soba 11 298 297 1
Zangon Kataf 11 337 329 8
Total 415
Kano Albasu 10 185 168 17
Bagwai 10 186 183 3
Bebeji 14 161 149 12
Ajingi 10 175 171 4
Bichi 11 277 240 37
Dawaki Tofa 11 224 221 3
Bunkure 10 183 147 36
Dawaki Kudu 15 303 270 33
Dala 12 668 634 34
Gabasawa 11 164 113 51
Doguwa 10 149 148 1
Kabo 10 188 166 22
Fagge 10 521 500 21
Gaya 10 206 173 33
Kumbotso 11 410 396 14
Gezawa 11 229 221 8
Kano Kano Municipal 13 630 369 261
Kibiya 10 149 147 2
Makoda 11 145 138 7
Karaye 10 169 94 75
Kunchi 10 142 104 38
Shanono 10 151 123 28
Kura 10 217 184 33
Rogo 10 220 202 18
Nasarawa 11 817 803 14
Tsanyawa 10 157 154 3
Tofa 15 147 141 6
Sumaila 11 221 156 61
Tarauni 10 425 421 4
Tudun Wada 11 281 241 40
Takai 10 251 101 150
Warawa 15 143 133 10
Ungogo 11 384 362 22
Total 1,101
Katsina Batagarawa 10 186 178 8
Dandume 11 177 176 1
Kankara 11 256 249 7
Dutsin-Ma 11 209 208 1
Faskari 10 231 226 5
Jibia 11 203 194 9
Kafur 10 270 227 43
Katsina 12 501 499 2
Musawa 11 161 160 1
Safana 10 168 167 1
Total 77
Kebbi Argungu 11 246 242 4
Bagudo 11 226 198 28
Augie 10 141 140 1
Arewa 11 214 210 4
Bunza 10 141 140 1
Birnin Kebbi 15 385 377 8
Dandi 11 190 155 35
Gwandu 10 156 136 20
Fakai 10 109 104 5
Jega 11 232 203 29
Kalgo 10 104 71 33
Koko/Besse 12 191 181 10
Maiyama 11 172 159 13
Ngaski 10 128 124 4
Shanga 10 144 135 9
Wasagu/Danko 11 229 193 36
Suru 11 207 191 16
Zuru 10 200 196 4
Total 260
Kogi Bassa 10 130 96 34
Adavi 11 217 215 2
Ajaokuta 14 146 144 2
Dekina 12 352 333 19
Idah 10 120 117 3
Kabba/Bunu 15 156 145 11
Okene 11 284 280 4
Okehi 11 188 181 7
Ogori Mangogo 10 67 63 4
Mopa Moro 10 53 46 7
Olamaboro 10 174 167 7
Omala 11 148 131 17
Total 117
Kwara Baruten 11 230 203 27
Edu 10 175 167 8
Ifelodun 18 236 162 74
Asa 17 145 78 67
Ilorin-West 12 464 383 81
Ilorin-South 11 275 274 1
Offa 12 173 129 44
Irepodun 11 158 156 2
Isin 11 80 78 2
Moro 17 142 69 73
Patigi 10 105 69 36
Total 415
Lagos Ajeromi/Ifelodun 11 734 701 33
Amuwo-Odofin 11 637 622 15
Alimosho 11 1545 1543 2
Epe 19 374 365 9
Eti-Osa 10 725 712 13
Ikorodu 19 682 681 1
Lagos Mainland 11 493 492 1
Ikeja 10 667 665 2
Kosofe 10 899 892 7
Surulere 12 757 751 6
Oshodi/Isolo 11 890 871 18
Total 107
Nasarawa Karu 11 516 471 45
Keana 10 114 109 5
Nasarawa Eggon 14 255 253 2
Kokona 11 194 181 13
NASARAWA 15 303 261 42
Keffi 10 215 205 10
Toto 12 204 194 10
Total 127
Niger Agaie 11 164 142 22
Borgu 10 208 203 5
Bida 14 270 268 2
Bosso 10 249 246 3
Chanchaga 11 379 369 10
Edatti 10 119 117 2
Gbako 10 156 155 1
Katcha 10 149 135 14
Lapai 10 193 192 1
Kontagora 13 248 244 4
Magama 11 189 186 3
Paikoro 11 232 231 1
Rafi 11 219 210 9
Suleja 10 277 276 1
Tafa 10 171 170 1
Rijau 11 178 168 10
Total 88
Ogun Egbado South 10 257 219 38
Abeokuta South 15 445 425 20
Egbado North 11 251 219 32
Ifo 11 448 435 13
Ewekoro 10 188 146 42
Ijebu North East 10 111 98 13
Ijebu North 11 268 247 21
Ijebu Ode 11 161 128 33
Ipokia 12 262 164 98
Obafemi/Owode 12 329 327 2
Imeko/Afon 10 132 130 2
Odeda 10 182 181 1
Total 315
Ondo Ileoluji/Okeigbo 10 191 190 1
Ose 12 141 140 1
Akoko North East 13 159 158 1
Ifedore 10 169 168 2
Total 5
Osun Atakumosa East 10 77 49 28
Atakumosa West 11 76 31 45
Boluwaduro 10 74 69 5
Boripe 11 112 108 4
Ede North 11 139 108 31
Ifedayo 10 63 47 16
Ifelodun 12 145 144 1
Ife South 11 131 111 20
Ilesa West 10 121 118 3
Iwo 15 170 155 15
Ejigbo 11 133 104 29
Ife North 10 111 110 1
Oriade 12 123 116 7
Odo-Otin 15 121 115 6
Osogbo 15 282 279 3
Total 85
Oyo Afijio 10 95 90 5
Atisbo 10 152 107 45
Ibadan North 12 512 337 175
Ibarapa North 10 148 113 35
Ibadan North East 12 336 217 119
Ibarapa Central 10 140 97 43
Iseyin 11 229 224 5
Iwajowa 10 120 118 2
Ido 10 196 188 8
Ogbomoso 10 188 186 2
Ona-Ara 11 150 124 26
Oluyole 10 229 181 48
Ogbomoso South 10 183 173 10
Oorelope 10 93 85 8
Saki West 11 228 182 46
Total 577
Plateau Bassa 16 296 295 1
Langtang North 14 225 220 5
Mangu 16 409 406 3
Total 9
Rivers Degema 17 178 177 1
Emohua 14 280 255 25
Eleme 10 233 206 27
Ikwerre 13 312 151 161
Asari-Toru 13 251 213 38
Khana 19 359 207 52
Obio/Akpor 17 1211 1116 95
Etche 19 271 176 95
Okrika 12 170 159 11
Omuma 10 167 162 5
Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni 17 335 329 6
Tai 10 141 140 1
Bonny 12 165 159 6
Oyigbo 10 217 215 2
Gokana 17 260 218 42
Ogu/Bolo 12 131 126 5
Port Harcourt 20 961 759 202
Ahoada East 13 176 172 4
Ahoada West 12 171 162 9
Abua-Odual 13 214 209 5
Andoni 11 265 264 1
Total 793
Sokoto Dange/Shuni 11 194 119 75
Bodinga 11 181 180 1
Goronyo 11 172 162 10
Isa 10 146 143 3
Gada 11 239 218 21
Gwadabawa 11 186 116 70
Shagari 10 148 145 3
Kware 11 153 108 45
Illela 11 210 186 24
Tangaza 10 139 119 20
Silame 10 101 85 16
Rabah 11 126 119 7
S/Birni 11 232 197 35
Sokoto South 11 341 326 15
Tambuwal 11 259 196 63
Wurno 11 132 102 30
Yabo 10 114 90 24
Kebbe 10 113 55 58
Sokoto North 11 289 242 47
Wamakko 11 259 257 2
Total 569
Taraba Gassol 12 342 339 3
Gashaka 10 137 129 8
Donga 10 201 198 3
Bali 11 254 239 15
Jalingo 10 383 377 6
Kurmi 10 142 128 14
Karim-Lamido 11 274 252 22
Takum 11 245 36 209
Sardauna 11 358 320 38
Ussa 11 156 93 63
Wukari 10 377 333 44
Zing 10 154 148 6
Yorro 11 121 110 11
Total 442
Yobe Fika 10 200 146 54
Bade 10 210 209 1
Gulani 12 131 130 1
Jakusko 10 161 109 52
Total 108
Zamfara Bungudu 11 325 304 21
Anka 10 164 136 28
Bakura 10 189 175 14
Bukkuyum 10 193 191 2
Kaura Namoda 11 261 255 6
Gummi 11 221 200 21
Maru 10 247 182 65
Gusau 11 564 518 46
Maradun 10 195 165 30
Tsafe 11 301 292 9
Shinkafi 10 172 24 148
Talata Mafara 11 259 188 71
Results were supposed to be electronically transmitted from each of the polling stations to the commission’s collation system and also uploaded to its website.
While INEC apologised for the technical glitches” in uploading results on the IREV portal as planned, its chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu, carried on with the process and declared Tinubu winner.
According to Yakubu, Tinubu scored a total of 8,794,726 votes, while the PDP candidate Atiku Abubakar came second with a total of 6,984,520 votes.
Labour Party candidate Peter Obi came third with a total of 6,101,533 votes while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
The opposition parties have since rejected the outcome of the election and filed petitions at the Election Tribunal citing irregularities and INEC’s failure to abide by provisions of the law. The electoral commission and the APC have also filed counterclaims insisting the election was credible.
Source : New Band
