But PREMIUM TIMES’ review of the results from various polling units of the 17 wards in Obio/Akpor LGA as uploaded on IReV revealed a sharp contrast with the result declared by INEC.
By our tally, the APC got 17, 158 votes while the LP amassed 73,311 votes.
“Any body who earns legitimate income in Nigeria is by default a member of LP. If you go to work 9am to 5pm, If you engage in any form of legitimate business, by default you are a member of LP. We belong to Nigeria and Nigeria belongs to us.
...here in Nigeria, somebody wants to contest elections, we don't know his real name, we don't know his real age, we don’t know the schools he attended. Nobody knows his real identity and he is pushing to lead everybody,”
From PREMIUM TIMES’ tally of the results of the votes scored by the APC and LP in the 17 wards in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, it shows that the APC had 17, 158 votes while the LP had 73,311 votes.
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“All I do for people like El-Rufai is to pray for them and encourage them to concentrate on doing those things that will better the lots of Nigerians rather than engage in hate speeches that will divide and destroy the country,” - Peter Obi
The future of our country is in your hands. You have only your consciences and your God to answer to when you listen to the claims and counter claims of Nigerian lawyers you and have to decide the future of our country.
“It is no longer a tea party. Those who are there do not want to leave but we will kick them out. I want your action, don’t let the opponents intimidate you," - Mr Adebanjo
“Yes, we have endorsed Peter Obi. My reason for supporting him is because, based on equity and justice, the presidency should go to the South-East,” Mr Adebanjo had said some weeks back.
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We’ve cleared all pension arrears in Abia – Governor Otti
“As we are paying 100 per cent of salaries, we will also pay 100 per cent of pensions.
“Never again shall we have a backlog of pensions and arrears to be paid,” Mr Otti vowed.
From PREMIUM TIMES’ tally of the results of the votes scored by the APC and LP in the 17 wards in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, it shows that the APC had 17, 158 votes while the LP had 73,311 votes.
The LP candidate,
@PeterObi
, won the 25 February presidential election in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria, according to results uploaded on
@inecnigeria
's Results Viewing Portal
The result for Obio/Akpor council area, as declared by INEC, portrayed Mr Tinubu as scoring 80, 239 votes, with Mr Obi garnering 3,829 votes.
Mr Tinubu was later declared winner of the election. Atiku came second while Mr Obi came third.
Painting Mr El Rufai as the most controversial ministerial nominee, the SSS said his nomination attracted the most petitions and widespread rejections on both the mainstream and digital platforms. It added that aggrieved members of the society also took protests against him to…
"If he (Mr Tinubu) was not ready, if the budget proposal was not ready to be presented, he shouldn't have come and said he was done. We could have given him more time, why the haste? Why would he come and read something and even say he has kept it (document) when it's empty," he…
“Atiku is my friend, but Obi is a better candidate.” I must speak the truth: What are we gaining in PDP that for 16 years it was in power, Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway is not passable?
Abdulrasheed Bawa, suspended head of Nigeria's anti-corruption agency EFCC, has been detained by the State Security Service (SSS) for over two months without charges.
His suspension by President Bola Tinubu and subsequent detention without explanation have raised questions…
President Tinubu declared that he is ready to work with any elected representative from the National Assembly, stressing that the Nigeria project is of paramount importance to him.
In the UK alone, the Special Investigator said his probe led him to 543.4 million Pounds kept by Mr Emefiele in fixed deposit accounts. He also said Mr Emefiele manipulated the Naira exchange rate and perpetrated fraud in the e-Naira project of the CBN.
President Bola Tinubu has nominated as minister, Atiku Bagudu, the man who helped late dictator Sani Abacha steal and launder billions of dollars belonging to Nigeria.
Senate President Saraki's loss to APC
Kwara central senatorial district poll.
Final results
Total valid votes: 196055
Rejected votes: 8865
Total votes cast: 204920
Total registered voters: 578210
Accredited voters: 209248
APC-123808
PDP- 68,994
Nigeria's president-elect,
@officialABAT
, whose victory in February is being challenged in court, has been keeping part of his wealth in the United Kingdom, where he and his close associates own at least 20 properties that were mostly acquired when Tinubu was the governor of…
“If there are reasonable grounds to suspect these assets were bought with criminal funds then they should be investigated,” said Steve Goodrich, head of research and investigations at Transparency International U.K.
Mr Kayode Kolade, the Comptroller Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone C, Port Harcourt, recieved over 79% of the total sum of N12 billion. However, he has only returned less than one percent of the N9.5 billion he received.
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"Asiwaju got the ticket and when he got it we knew he would have no option but to pick a Muslim as his vice; if not, he would lose the election." -- Nasir El-Rufai