INEC CAME INTO THE ELECTION WITH A WINNER IN MIND, SAYS OKOROCHA

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of partisanship, saying the commission had a premeditated winner in mind before the election.
Speaking through the Director General of his Campaign Organization, Barr. Iheukwumere Alaribe, the governor stated that the supplementary election was avoidable if INEC had done the right thing.
According to Alaribe, INEC had underestimated the popularity of Governor Rochas Okorocha and was overwhelmed by the firm will of the people expressed through massive votes for the governor.
“This is why they worked out the supplementary election as a soft landing for the PDP.” He added, “Our major opponent is not Ihedioha but INEC which has become a major player and a partisan contender in the election.”

OFFICIAL GUBER RESULT: Here Is Abia Inconclusive Governorshop Election Results

LOCAL GOVERNMENT                          APGA                        PDP                                        APC
ISIALA NGWA SOUTH                         APGA  5686            PDP 7133                               APC 219
OSISIOMA                                              APGA 1017             PDP 42122                             APC 480
UMUNNEOCHI                                      APGA 7349             PDP 4324                               APC 298
UKWA EAST                                          APGA 3851              PDP4261                                APC438

AMAECHI NOT INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT – RIVERS GOVT

The Rivers State Government has stated that Governor Rotimi Amaechi is not involved in any accident, as being insinuated.
The Rivers government, through the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, Friday in Port Harcourt, said the accident rumour was the product of mischief makers, evil harbingers and those who wished the state governor dead.
Amaechi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), as at press time, was in his office at the Government House, Port Harcourt, attending to state matters.
Rivers government said: “We make haste to inform Rivers people that their governor is hale, hearty and ready to cast his ballot tomorrow (today), during the governorship and House of Assembly elections. The rumour is nothing but the handiwork of mischief makers and those who wish the governor ill, but unfortunately, they are not God.

KESHI WANTS AMOKACHI SACKED

A staggering revelation has been made on the latest request from the about to be re-appointed national team boss, Stephen Keshi as whispers from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Glass House suggests that he wants Daniel Amo¬kachi sacked as assistant manager of the Super Eagles, FCNaija.com can exclusively report.
The former Everton forward was in charge of the Eagles in Keshi’s absence when the team prosecuted two friendly games – first, a disgracefully defeat against Uganda in front of home fans at the Akwa Ibom Interna¬tional stadium which was fol¬lowed by a lackluster 1-1 draw in South Africa against the Bafana Bafana.

SERAP URGES BUHARI TO DECLARE ASSETS, PROSECUTE CORRUPT OFFICIALS

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged president-elect Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to publicly declared his assets and instruct all members of his government to do same.
SERAP executive director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, made the call yesterday in a statement where he suggested a five-point agenda for the incoming administration to tackle corruption if only to send a strong signal of change and ensure improved governance in the country.
“Nigerians have heard plenty of rhetoric about corruption and now is the time to take concrete action to combat the problem,” Mumuni said. “As a first step, the president-elect should immediately after 29 May 2015 demonstrate his total rejection of corruption by publicly declaring his assets and publicly instructing all members of his government to do the same.”

POLL DEFEAT: MY FRIENDS BETRAYED ME, SAYS SUSWAM

Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, has lamented that he was betrayed by friends and close aides, adducing this as the major reason for his defeat during the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Suswam contested the Benue North-East Senatorial seat but was roundly defeated by the incumbent Senator, Barnabas Gemade.
He stated this on Friday at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Makurdi, the state capital, while assenting the the bills on Chieftaincy Affairs and Revenue Enhancement, presented to him the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Terseer Ayua.

JONATHAN, TINUBU CLASH OVER LAGOS

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, on Friday, went for the broke over today’s governorship election in Lagos State with the duo engaging in last-minute meetings with their foot soldiers to ensure victory for their candidates.
Jonathan, as the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), flew into Lagos unannounced on Thursday night and reportedly held a series of meetings with top members of the party on how to ensure the emergence of Mr Jimi Agbaje as the next governor of the state.
Tinubu’s APC, however, drew the first blood as it accused Jonathan of being in Lagos to execute an election rigging plot. Jonathan’s PDP replied in equal measure, describing the allegation as “repulsive, infuriating and deliberate to attack the president.”

OKOWA, TAMBUWAL, WIKE, AMOSUN HEADING TO VICTORY

Governorship and House of Assembly elections took place yesterday across the country, in an election that witnessed a relatively low turnout when compared with the turnout in the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections. And while the polls passed off without incident in many places, in some states, there were violent incidents, deaths, and reports of electoral malpractice.
Exit polls and early results from the polling units indicated that the incumbent governor of Ogun State and candidate of All Progressives Congress, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and the APC candidate in Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, who is the incumbent Speaker of the House of Representatives, as well as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, might be winning the race in their states.
Okowa was leading in his Delta North senatorial district, with reports of excellent performance in the other two senatorial zones. In Owa- Oyibu, ward 1, PDP scored 5,145 votes, APC polled 1 vote, and Labour Party had 1 vote. In Ute-Okpu, ward 9, PDP had 1,953 votes, APC had 3 votes, and Labour Party had 8 votes.

FAYOSE DAZES APC, WINS 25 ASSEMBLY SEATS

Despite apprehension expressed earlier that Ekiti State was one of the possible places where violence might erupt in Saturday’s elections, the exercise was smooth throughout the state. As results trickled in Saturday night, the State Governor, Ayo Fayose, paraded the streets of Ado-Ekiti in celebration of his party’s victory in the House of Assembly election.
The governor, who drove in a motorcade from his hometown, Afao-Ekiti to the state capital, said his party’s victory had confirmed that the people of the state were solidly behind the PDP. “We defeated the All Progressives Congress in all the 16 local governments in the governorship election last June. We repeated the same feat by winning in all the councils during the recent presidential and National Assembly elections.

NO RESCHEDULING OF POLLS IN LAGOS –REC •Final result to be announced by noon Sunday

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Lagos, Akin Orebiyi, has said there will not be rescheduling of either the Governorship or House of Representatives elections in any voting unit in the state.
Speaking with newsmen at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office Saturday night, he stated emphatically that all voting in the state had ended.
Orebiyi, who spoke just before midnight on Saturday, said that all was then set for the collation of votes from the local government area, adding that the final results could be announced by midday on Sunday.
He applauded the performance of INEC during Saturday’s elections, which he described as wonderful.