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APC’s Akeredolu leads Ondo gov poll with 68,211 votes

- Wins nine of 12 LGAs; Jegede 3
- Results from six LGAs awaited
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressive Party is leading the Ondo governorship election conducted in the state on Saturday with a margin of 68,211 votes going by the results of 12 local governments already declared by the poll umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission.
There are 18 local governments in the state. Results from the six remaining LGAs are expected to be announced as from 9am when the INEC returning officer and other members of the electoral team and party agents reconvene at the state collation centre in Akure.
Details of the results so far announced showed that Akeredolu polled 161,667; Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party scored 93,456; while, the Zenith Labour Party’s candidate, Agboola Ajayi got 29,824 votes.
There are 3,009 polling units in the 203 wards of the 18 local government areas in the state. Seventeen parties are taking part in the election but going by the results already announced, it appears to be a three-horse race involving the APC, PDP and ZLP.
After the collation of results had been concluded in most of the local government collation centres, the INEC state collation centre in Akure was opened and the announcement of results from the various councils commenced around 12.45am on Sunday.
The first local government to be announced was Ifedore where the PDP candidate, Jegede, had the upper hand against Akeredolu of APC; and Ajayi of the ZLP.
The results are as follows:
Ifedore LGA
APC: 9,350
PDP: 11,852
ZLP: 1,863
Ileoluji/Oke-Igbo LGA
APC: 13,278
PDP: 9,231
ZLP: 1,971
Irele LGA
APC: 12,643
PDP: 5,493
ZLP: 5,904
Akoko North East LGA
APC: 16,572
PDP: 8,380
ZLP: 3,532
Akoko South West LGA
APC: 21,232
PDP: 15,055
ZLP: 2,775
Akoko North West LGA
APC: 15,809
PDP: 10,320
ZLP: 3,477
Ondo East LGA
APC: 6,485
PDP: 4,049
ZLP: 3,221
Akure North LGA
APC: 9,546
PDP: 12,263
ZLP: 1,046
Idanre LGA
APC: 11,286
PDP: 7,499
ZLP: 3,623
Akoko South-East
APC: 9,419
PDP: 4,003
ZLP: 2,004
Akure South-East
APC: 17,277
PDP: 47,267
ZLP: 1,236
Owo LGA
APC – 35,957
PDP – 5,311
ZLP – 408
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Deborah’s killing un-Islamic, barbaric — Hausa community

THE Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Security Matters and youth leader of the Hausa community in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Junaidu Imam, has condemned the killing of the 200- level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel over alleged blasphemy, describing the killing as barbaric and un-Islamic.
Imam who doubles as the Chairman of, the United Rainbow Peace Movement, URPM, while reacting to the dastardly act, contended that the killing of Deborah was against the teaching of any religion in the world, noting that such practice was not an Islamic act as Islam promotes civility and peaceful coexistence.
While insisting that no individual was given the authority to kill, he said: “No matter how grievous an offence is, even if it attracts capital punishment, the Prophet allows retracting blasphemous pronouncement, which means the offender can evade the punishment. Whatever the version, her killing was despicable. She has the right to a trial before the abysmal level of her execution.
“The version I heard was that Deborah said Muslims were sending content to the class WhatsApp group. On that basis, the girl has freedom of expression. Islam says you cannot impose your religion on others. A verse also said ‘your religion is for you and theirs is for them’. So, as Muslims, you don’t cross the path. Everyone is entitled to their religion. Therefore, nobody can ascertain that Deborah has abused our Prophet Mohammed as it is the duty of the court to establish the fact.”
“They are not supposed to take it upon themselves to kill, beat, burn, destroyed place of worship and people’s property based on what they judged as blasphemy,” he further explained, even as he called for justice for the lynched NCE undergraduate.
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AbdulRazaq clinches Kwara APC guber ticket, talks of beating own record

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state was Thursday evening reelected as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 General elections.
The governor was the sole aspirant in the exercise that took place inside the Banquet Hall of the government house, ilorin where 965 delegates were expected to vote for him.
At the end of the exercise, Chairman Governorship/ House of assembly primaries sent by the National leadership of the party from Abuja ,Prof Emmanuel Dandaura who led the team that supervised the election said that there were 961 valid votes, and 4 invalid votes.
Professor Dandaura asked whether there was complaint from anyone to which there was no response. He therefore declared the governor as the gubernatorial candidate of the party for the 2023 governorship elections.
Governor AbdulRazaq in his acceptance speech assured that he would not take the support of the delegates and other stakeholders in the ruling party for granted.
He noted that,”2023 is the year to make it clear to the doubting Thomases that the revolution of 2019 was not a fluke”, stressing that “It is the year to reaffirm our decision to reclaim our dignity and have a state that serves everyone equitably.
“We must therefore keep what is left of our patrimony, and by all democratic means avoid a relapse to the years of the distress, Governor AbdulRazaq said.
He also said that, “between 2019 and now, the trajectory of Kwara State has changed. We have registered a bold presence in the comity of decent and respected states. We have positive strides and indices in education, health, access to water, improved youths engagement, gender mainstreaming, support for farmers and the vulnerable, and rural development to show for our mandate.”
Today, he said, that ” no part of Kwara State is left without government presence. Our politics has also evolved. The destiny of Kwarans is no longer tied to any particular person. That is the bold message from our primaries.”
Governor AbdulRazaq however said he’s not perfect, saying, “Are we perfect? No, we are not. What is not debatable is the magnitude of progress that Kwara has made over the last three years. We can only beat our own records of achievements.”
He also said, “So, we will campaign on our records of improving the lots of our people and reasserting the leadership position of Kwara State.
“We will campaign on our record of courageously opening up the democratic space for all. We will campaign on our records of courageously opening up our books for public assessments in our strong belief that perfection belongs to God alone. In doing so, we are steadily improving the old system and achieving more efficiency.”
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Alleged killing of Timothy: Ibadan based Radio CEO, Hamzat regains freedom

THE Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of an Ibadan based Radio Station, Agidigbo FM, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, who was arrested and whisked to Abuja, on Thursday, has regained his freedom, we reliably gathered this morning.
Recall that Hamzat was arrested by Force Intelligence Bureau, FIB, operatives over his alleged role in seeking justice for a gruesome murder of a Postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife in Osun State, Mr. Timothy Adegoke.
Recall also that Adegoke died in one of the hotels belonging to the Maye of Ife, Chief Ramon Adedoyin late last year. Adedoyin and some of his hotel staffers have been arrested and currently facing murder charges in connection with the killing.
A competent Radio station source, however, who did not want his name in print told Our Correspondent that: “Oga, Alhaji Hamzat, will reunite with us today. He will be in Ibadan from Abuja any moment from now.”
Police had earlier said he was arrested in connection with a case of Cyber Bullying under investigation.
Its position was made known in a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi and made available to newsmen.
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