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By Azu Ishiekwene The last thing he wants to hear is that he desires anything other than what is good for Nigeria. Hero of Nigeria’s civil war; former military president who supervised the first-post war transition to civilian rule; two-term civilian president; and a much sought-after African leader, Olusegun Obasanjo considers it beneath his status to suggest he can sometimes be wrong about his choices for the country. He has mastered make-belief uber-patriotism over the years, cultivating this ruse into an art form that disguises his large ego. Yet, it won’t be a bad thing if he had the modesty…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Dissatisfied with the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to transmit the results of last Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections from the polling units, protesters have stormed INEC office in Umuahia, Abia State to register their grievances. The protesters under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society, South East chapter, accused INEC of colluding with anti-democratic elements to subvert the will of voters at the polls. They rejected the outcome of the polls, alleging that the original results which INEC staff failed to upload from the various polling units were later doctored at…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Chief Emma Eneukwu, the National Deputy Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the new President-Elect, Sen. Ahmed Tinubu is someone with known knack for wealth creation. Eneukwu said this in while reacting to the declaration of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the party, as winner of last Saturday election. In a congratulatory message to the President-Elect, made available to Journalists in Enugu, Eneukwu said: “This natural innate quality of the master strategist, Tinubu would definitely turn things around in the country.” He said that the former Governor of Lagos State, had all it takes…
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Imagine standing patiently in line, waiting to vote, and suddenly men with guns arrive on motorcycles and start shooting. Imagine men dashing into your polling unit, violently seizing ballot boxes and taking them away. Imagine other ballot boxes being destroyed. Imagine being beaten to keep you from voting for a particular candidate. Imagine a crowd of people chanting “We must vote! We must vote!” when polling workers failed to arrive as expected. Imagine the police doing very little. All these things happened during the Nigerian presidential elections on Saturday. Through it all, there was a chilling…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Shouts of “You are my President” rented the air Thursday in Abuja, as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, addressed a press conference in Abuja. Excited crowd of newsmen, guests and visitors at the Abuja venue of the event could not hold their emotions as they began to shout “my President, my President,” as Obi addressed a world press conference. The former Anambra State Governor who was believed to have won the highly compromised February 25 presidential poll, was nearly mobbed at the end of the press conference by enthusiastic admirers who jostled to exchange…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has called for the cancellation of last Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections, alleging unprecedented rigging. Wabara who dismissed the exercise as a sham expressed disappointment over the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to upload the results directly from the polling units contrary to its earlier promises. Addressing newsmen Thursday in Umuahia, Abia State, Wabara demanded an investigation of INEC over its role in the obvious sabotage of the elections. He wondered why INEC could not deliver a credible poll after raising the hope of Nigerians. Wabara who…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Abia Central senatorial contest, Hon. Sam Onuigbo, has expressed bitterness over the omission of the APC name and logo in the result sheets for the election held last Saturday. Onuigbo who is currently representing Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency in the House of Representatives, rejected the result of the poll declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. The lawmaker who made the observation at a press conference in Umuahia, said the gross omission by INEC affected the documentation of his results. Hon. Darlington Nwokocha of the Labour Party, was declared winner of the contest…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has emphatically said he won the February 25 presidential election and ready to prove it. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), against the protest of nine other political parties demanding the suspension of collation of the results on Wednesday, declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the presidential poll. According to INEC, Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came in second with 6,984,52 votes and Obi third with 6,101,533 votes. But addressing a press conference Thursday in Abuja, Obi said…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Apex Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo says it rejects in its entirety, the results of February 25, presidential election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Chief Alex Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary of the body said this while reacting to the outcome of the polls and subsequent declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as President-Elect. He said: “Our people, that is, the Southern and Middle Belt Forum, we are not comfortable with the results. The presidential candidate of LP has also condemned the results. “The election was characterised with all…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The National Assembly results for Imo West senatorial district has been declared with Senator Osita Izunaso, announced the winner with 73,687 votes. This was according to the online video of the returning officer, RO, Casimir Nwachukwu, in the Orlu collation center, on Tuesday. According to Nwachukwu, Ahize Charles Ugochukwu (Labour Party) Scored 32,496 votes, Izunaso Osita Bonaventure (APC) Scored 73,687 votes, Jones Onyeriri (of the PDP, who was nullified by the Supreme court) Scored 12,021 votes. However, that of the Imo North senatorial district and Imo East senatorial results are still not officially declared. But the supporters…