Politics
INEC declares Akeredolu winner of Ondo gov election


The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, as the winner of the Saturday state governorship election.
INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof Idowu Olayinka, at the INEC headquarters in Akure on Sunday declared Akeredolu, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), the winner after polling a total of 292,830 votes ahead of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, who recorded 195,791 votes.
Agboola Ajayi of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) was in a distant third, having scored 69,127 votes.
Below are votes garnered by the parties:
AAC – 814
ADC – 2,440
ADP – 3,464
APC – 292,830
APGA – 271
APM – 309
APP – 527
LP – 1,977
NNPP – 222
NRM – 468
PDP – 195,791
PRP – 669
SDP – 3,053
YPP – 398
ZLP – 69, 127
The results of the 16 local government areas show the following:
Ifedore LG:
APC 9,350,
PDP 11,852,
ZLP 1.860
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Irele LG
APC 12,643
PDP 5,493
ZLP 5,904
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Ile Oluji LG
APC 13,278
PDP 9,231
ZLP 1,971
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Ondo East LG
APC 6,485
PDP 4,049
ZLP 3,221
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Idanre LG
APC 11,286
PDP 7,499
ZLP 3,623
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Owo LG
APC 35.957
PDP 5,311
ZLP 408
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Akoko North East LG
APC 16,572
PDP 8,380
ZLP 3,532
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Akoko South West LG
APC 21,232
PDP 15,055
ZLP 2,775
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Akoko North West LG
APC 15,809
PDP 10,320
ZLP 3,477
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Akure North LG
APC 9,546
PDP 12,263
ZLP 1,046
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Akoko South East LG
APC 9,419
PDP 4,033
ZLP 2,055
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Akure South LG
APC 17,277
PDP 47,627
ZLP 2,236
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Ose LG
APC 15,122
PDP 8,421
ZLP 1,083
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Okitipupa LG
APC 19,266
PDP 10,367
ZLP 10,120
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Ondo West LG
APC 15,977
PDP 10,627
ZLP 10,159
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Odigbo LG
APC 23,571
PDP 9,485
ZLP 6,540
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Ese-Odo LG
APC 13,383
PDP 4,680
ZLP 4,760
Politics
News of Lawan as annointed presidential candidate shocked Buhari, say El-Rufai


Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai says President Muhammadu Buhari was shocked when he was told Senate President Ahmad Lawan was the “anointed” presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said this on Thursday while responding to questions on a programme on TVC.
In June 2022, some hours before voting at the APC presidential primary, Abdullahi Adamu, national chair of the party, had announced Lawan as the consensus candidate for the party.
Speaking on Thursday, El-Rufai said Buhari was very clear about his position on the choice of a presidential candidate for the party.
He said, “The members of the national working committee called us and said that the national chairman had told them that the senate president is the anointed one.
“Again, the northern APC governors asked for a meeting with the President. We went to the President and said ‘Mr. President, this is what we are hearing; this is not what you’ve been telling us in the past two to three years. Is it true?’
“And the President expressed shock and said ‘I’m not part of this’. And right there and then, he summoned Garba Shehu to issue a statement that he has not anointed anyone. And he told us very clearly ‘I have not anointed anyone’.”
Politics
S’Court dismisses PDP suit against Oyetola’s participation in Osun election


The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of forner Osun state Governor, Gboyega Oyetola and his deputy Benedict Alabi in the July 16, 2022 governorship election.
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Centus Nweze held that the appeal by the PDP lacked merit and directed the counsel to the PDP Kehinde Ogunwumiju to withdraw it.
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The court held that the PDP could not, under the law,question the process leading to the emergence of Oyetola and Alabi as candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.
Recall that Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja had in a judgment on September 30, 2022, nullified the participation of Oyetola and Alabi in the governorship election on the grounds that their nomination forms were endorsed by an acting Chairman of APC, who was also a serving governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni.
Justice Nwite’s judgment was set aside by the Court of Appeal, Abuja in a judgment in December last year, a decision the PDP appealed to the Supreme Court.
Politics
No one in Aso Rock working against Tinubu – Lai Mohammed


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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says no official report of anybody in the presidential villa working against the aspiration of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
He also said President Muhammadu Buhari would not deviate from his commitment towards ensuring the conduct of free, fair and credible general elections.
The minister disclosed this to State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday.
He was responding to a claim by Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, that some persons in the Presidential Villa were working against the electoral success of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the coming presidential election.
He said President Buhari, being the main occupant of the Aso Rock Villa, had stressed times without number that he wanted his administration to deliver a credible exercise.
The minister said that if there were elements within the seat of power working against the victory of the ruling party, it has not been brought officially to his notice.
He said, “One thing I can assure you is that no matter what, this administration is focused, determined to ensure free and fair elections.
“But I think with this administration, the most important person is Mr. President, and I think he has shown by words and by deeds that he is committed to free, fair and credible election. And fair, free, credible elections actually mean not favouring anybody or disadvantaging anybody.
“And everywhere he goes, he makes that very clear even as recently last Friday when he was in Daura, he said the same thing.
“If there’s anybody working against a candidate, we don’t know officially.”
He also responded to the Transparency International’s latest report, which saw Nigeria dropping five places in the 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) ranking.
He said, “We are not fighting corruption because we want to impress Transparency International or any organization whatsoever.
“We’re fighting corruption because we believe if we do not fight corruption, there’ll be no growth either in terms of the economy or even political. Therefore, what we do and what we’re putting in place to fight corruption is not because we want to be rated by anybody.
“If, for instance, what we’re doing catches the attention of Transparency International and they improve and give us better marks, so we’ll and go. However, I can assure you that we do not know what template TI is using.
“Whatever template they’re using is clearly oblivious of what this administration is doing, to fight corruption.
“Corruption fighting is not just by how many people have you arrested? How many people have you tried? How many people have you convicted? Of course, even in that respect, we have a very impressive record. Is it the EFCC or is it the ICPC?
“You see, if you look at what we’re doing even to make corrupt practices, almost impossible or difficult…I’ll just give you two examples. For instance, this administration, when funds were returned from the Abacha loot and other funds were recovered from the US, the UK, and Europe, this administration was that rather than pay these funds into the treasury and face the possibility of it being stolen or looted, the administration decided that we will put this money into a separate account and ask the National Sovereign Investment Fund to manage these funds, and we used this money for specific projects.
“And some of our legacy projects today actually are being financed from our money that have been stolen, which were returned and which we have kept. To me, this is one example of how to fight corruption. An example of how to ensure that people do not steal what has been recovered again.
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