Elections Were Free And Fair, Says Buhari
*This election is not free and fair. I will challenge the outcome in court — Atiku President Muhammadu Buhari has said there were no doubts as to his re-election as the exercise according to both local and foreign observers was free and fair. “From the comment of several observers both local and foreign, it is obvious that the elections were both free and fair,” he said on Wednesday after receiving his Certificate of Return at the International Collation Centre in Abuja. The President polled a total of 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Rigging or no rigging, Atiku will defeat Buhari— Prophet Wale Olagunju reveals again
Prophet Wale Olagunju, the Presiding Bishop of Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministries in Ibadan, who accurately prophesied the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the PDP presidential candidate, as well as his reconciliation with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has again predicted that Atiku will defeat Buhari whether there is rigging or not, ahead of Saturday general elections in Nigeria. In a telephone interview with Stanews Online Newspaper, Prophet Olagunju said even if the election is rigged, Atiku will still defeat Buhari, saying, it is the act of God that Atiku will become the next President of Nigeria. Read the
We’ve reconfigured all card readers in Kano, says REC
The Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. R. Shehu has said the reconfiguration of the smart card readers for Kano has been concluded. The Punch reports that the INEC commissioner said this during a press briefing in Kano on Tuesday. According to him, the Commission has received all the sensitive and non-sensitive materials required for Saturday’s polls. He said, “I’m glad to inform you that we have now received all the non-sensitive and sensitive materials we require for the conduct of the elections. “The non-sensitive materials were distributed and are in our Local Government
Disregard Fake News That Says Adamawa REC Takes $3M Bribe From Atiku — INEC
Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday refuted reports alleging its resident commissioner in Adamawa state received a $3m bribe from the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Media reports stated that PDP and Atiku had given earmarked huge amounts of monies to buy votes nationwide during Saturday, February 16 presidential election that was postponed. However, INEC said its resident officer in Adamawa Kashim Gaidam did not receive such amount of money as reported in some media outlets. The reports also said Atiku had gotten a house for Gaidam in Dubai but has
Buhari Threatening Lives of Nigerians With Military, Police —Secondus
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari in his alleged desperation to cling on to power has given marching orders to the Nigerian military and Police to help leaders of the All Progressives Congress oppress voters. Secondus said that the President’s remarks at APC National caucus meeting on Monday amounted to what he called a declaration of war on Nigeria voters and a direct incitement against them. He said such pronouncements by the President remained the first of its kind in Nigeria where he said a President would openly threaten
Nigerians React Over Buhari’s Death Penalty For Ballot Snatchers
Politicians, human rights activists, lawyers and prominent Nigerians on Monday attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for declaring that death awaited ballot box snatchers during the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Punch reports that President Buhari had early on Monday while speaking at a national caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja, said ballot box snatchers would pay with their lives as security agencies had been given the go ahead to be ruthless with them. The statement credited to the president has however generated outrage by well-meaning Nigerians. Read below some reactions as compiled by the Punch Newspaper.
INEC And The Suspicious Postponement of Election
By Tope Temokun No justification at all for this postponement. It is just as insensitive as we have always been. If insecurity is the reason, when do we know there will be security in the land? We lost that long ago and only God can now guarantee that, not the president, not the police. If inadequate preparations, then no excuse at all, for how many months? If court orders here and there, who says there will not be more controversial court orders and judgments in the next few days. If inadequate distribution of materials, will materials ever be evenly adequately
Atiku Provides Proof of APC Plot To Rig Election For Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Friday night, stated that the Managing Director of Activate Technologies Limited, Mohammed Sani Musa, whose company supplied the machines used in printing the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Niger East Senatorial district for Saturday’s poll. In a statement Friday night by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Atiku stated that the revelation was a result of its extensive intelligence gathering network to identify and prevent the ruling party’s brazen and ultimately failed attempts to rig the results. “It is public knowledge that
Postponement of election is the hand of Esau but the voice of Jacob – Atiku
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked Nigerians to remain peaceful in the face of provocation. Atiku said this in a statement he personally signed in the early hours of Saturday while reacting to the shift in the dates for the conduct of the general elections as announced by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Atiku signed the statement which he addressed to Nigerians from Yola, Adamawa State where he had gone to cast his vote. The Punch reports that the former vice-president said that it was unfortunate that the
INEC finally reschedules presidential, NASS elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for today (Saturday) by one week. Consequently, the commission has rescheduled the Presidential and National Assembly Elections to Saturday, February 23, 2019 while the governorship, State Houses of Assembly and Federal Capital Territory Area Council polls earlier fixed for March 2 would now be conducted on Saturday, March 9 2019. The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who read a five-paragraph statement by 2:50 am on Saturday morning attributed the decision to logistic reasons, but refused to entertain any question. Source: The
