Who won Enugu governorship election

2023 - 3 - 19

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Enugu Governorship Election: PDP, Labour Party Win 4 Council ... (SaharaReporters.com)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the collation of results of the governorship election conducted in Enugu State on ...

APGA: 169 APC: 1019 "At the Central School polling unit in Owo, Mr Mbah’s hometown, there were 256 accredited figures, yet an absurd 856 votes were returned to the PDP.

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#NigeriaDecides2023: Final results of Enugu Governorship election ... (Premium Times)

The final collation of results for the Enugu State governorship election has commenced as results from the 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs) began coming in.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. To be announced winner, a candidate must score the highest number of votes and at least 25 per cent of votes in 11 of 17 LGAs in the state. This followed the conclusion of voting and counting votes in polling units and wards in all of the 17 LGAs.

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Enugu State Governorship Election Results released so far – The ... (Daily Sun)

1. Uzo-Uwani LGA. EO: Eke Godwin Collation: Udeani Kachi Theo. Registered voters: 64696. Accredited: 14240. APC: 1019. APGA: 169. LP: 5257. PDP 7299.

collation officer: Dr. APC: 963 There was a problem at Mkpologwu with eleven polling units.

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Labour Party Vows To Resist 'Plot To Upturn Gov Election Results In ... (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

The LP also accused the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of attempting to change results in PDP favour against LP's candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, ...

We will henceforth directly and physically confront and resist the election riggers from always having a field day in seizing our democratic institutions and circumventing the rules during elections. But we may not be patient for too long. Peter Obi, during the February 25 presidential election. We therefore call on the Inspector General of Police to intervene and ensure the transfer of all electoral materials to Umuahia where the sanctity of the election and safety of the officials in charge can be guaranteed. Gentlemen of the Press. The LP Chairman called on the Inspector General of Police to intervene and ensure the transfer of all electoral materials to Umuahia where the sanctity of the election and the safety of the officials in charge can be guaranteed.

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Mba Leads in 9 Enugu LGAs, Edeoga 8 (THISDAY Newspapers)

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Peter Mba has won nine out of the 17 local government areas in Saturday's election.

A breakdown of the results shows that Mba is leading in the race. While the LP agent raised concerns over the non-usage of the BIVAS, calling for a cancellation of the result in line with the electoral Act, the agent of the APGA raised concerns over discrepancies between results brought from the LG collation centre and the effects on the IREV portal. According to results announced by the Collation Officers of the LGAs at the State Collation Centre of the commission in Enugu on Sunday evening, the LGAs include Aninri, Ezeagu, Uzo-Uwani, Udi, Nkanu West, Enugu South, Awgu, Enugu East and Nkanu East.

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INEC to declare winner of Enugu governorship election Monday (Peoples Gazette)

Peter Mba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is leading by a wide margin in the gubernatorial election, followed by Labour Party's Chijioke Edeoga. The ...

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BREAKING: INEC Suspends Collation Of Abia, Enugu Governorship ... (Leadership Newspaper)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended forthwith further collation of the Governorship election results in some parts of Abia ...

In a statement on Monday issued from the INEC national headquarters in Abuja and signed by the national commissioner and chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Barr. “Arising from the meeting, the Commission took the decision to suspend forthwith further collation of the Governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu States.” The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended forthwith further collation of the Governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu States.

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INEC Suspends Collation Of Results In Abia, Enugu (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for Saturday's governorship elections in Abia and Enugu states ...

Arising from the meeting, the Commission took the decision to suspend forthwith further collation of the Governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu States. It will be recalled that our office in Obingwa Local Government Area was invaded by thugs yesterday Sunday 19th March 2023 and our officials held hostage in relation to the collation of results from the Local Government Area. Similarly, results from Nkanu East and Nsukka LGAs in Enugu State have also been suspended for further review.

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INEC suspends collation of guber election results in Abia, Enugu (Vanguard)

Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja. The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has suspended further collation of governorship election results in some parts of ...

A review will be undertaken immediately before the process is concluded. It had consequently vowed to thoroughly review results from the area. “Consequently, the Commission hereby suspends the collation of results in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State and the two outstanding Local Government Areas of Enugu State which are yet to be collated.

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Governorship election results 2023: Lagos, Delta, Kaduna, Oyo ... (BBC News)

Inec dey ready to announce results for govnorship elections for 28 states and State House of Assemblies for 36 states for Nigeria.

Observers tell BBC Pidgin say dem experience low voter turnout for some areas wey dem monitor di election. Election go hold for dis places on Sunday Some of di places wey dey affected be VGC for Lagos, and some parts of two local goment for Rivers state.

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How Edeoga's petition stopped declaration of guber election winner ... (Guardian)

Hopes that a governor-elect will emerge in Enugu State from Saturday's election was dashed, yesterday, as the Independent National Electoral Commission ...

The PDP’s stance was contained in a complaint letter to the state Returning Officer, Prof. Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, and signed by the PDP state Collation Officer, Dr. MEANWHILE, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu State, has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare its governorship candidate, Dr.

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PDP Wants INEC to Declare Mbah Winner of Enugu Election (THISDAY Newspapers)

The Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to go ahead to formerly ...

They should rather approach the Election Petition Tribunal if it feels aggrieved for any reason in the outcome of the governorship election”. “Edeoga equally claimed to have garnered 12,518 votes in Isi-Uzo LGA where about half of the registered voters hail from Eha-Amufu and where thousands of people were recently displaced as a result of herdsmen attacks and related security crisis are just beginning to return home in trickles. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who is of the PDP extraction and we did not complain. The Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to go ahead to formerly declare its gubernatorial candidate, Dr. “We find it hypocritical on the part of the LP to accept its victory, including the votes it garnered from Nkanu East LGA to emerge the winner in the Enugu East senatorial election held on the same day as the governorship election, but only to reject the result of the governorship election because the PDP candidate expectedly garnered the most votes in his native LGA and stronghold”. But in a statement, the PDP warned the Labour Party and its governorship candidate against what it termed a do-or-die politics, noting that while the PDP had taken its losses with democratic equanimity, the LP wants INEC to cancel results of places where the LP lost elections.

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Protests as INEC suspends election results in Adamawa, Abia, Enugu (Guardian)

Following the dissatisfaction of some electorate in the management of the governorship and state assembly elections, protests rocked some states, yesterday, ...

IN Plateau, INEC declared Caleb Mutfwang, a lawyer, as the winner of the governorship election. INEC said that the total number of voters who have collected their PVC’s in Kwande local government is 156, 826. Nentawe Yilwatda of the APC, who polled a total of 481,370 votes. “It will be recalled that our office in Obingwa Local Government Area was invaded by thugs yesterday, Sunday March 19, 2023 and our officials held hostage in relation to the collation of results from the Local Government Area. Announcing the results yesterday, at the state collation centre, the INEC Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Otueke, Bayelsa, Prof. According to police, the long-awaited 2023 general election in Nigeria has come and gone. The party’s agent at the state collation centre, Abdulmumini Kundak described the election as a ‘sham’. Nsukka had equally returned over 30,000 votes in favour of the LP candidate, Chijioke Edeoga. He said: “The Commission met today, Monday March 20, 2023 and reviewed the conduct of the governorship and state Assembly elections held nationwide on Saturday March 18, 2023. According to him, the apathy recorded at the governorship and states House of Assembly elections conducted last Saturday was a clear consequence of failures by political elites and “unfortunately, INEC.” “EU EOM observers also saw misuse of administrative resources, including through various financial and in-kind inducements to voters, giving an undue advantage to the party in power. However, in many parts of the country, their expectations were not met.

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Enugu Guber: INEC lacks powers to suspend collated results – PDP (Daily Post Nigeria)

The Campaign Council of the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has disagreed with the Independent National Electoral Commission,

“We will continue to caution that INEC should not take the patience of the electorate and people of Enugu for granted. “We therefore call on INEC to immediately announce the summation of the 17 local governments it has already collated and declare Dr. “The position of the law is that a Returning Officer has no power to cancel any results at the stage of collation. Therefore, having collated the results from Nsukka LGA and Nkanu East LGA, the statutory duty and legal responsibility of the State Returning Officer is simply to announce and declare the results, as INEC cannot, by law, suspend the declaration of result already collated”. “Unlike the situation in Abia State, the results of the entire 17 LGAs of Enugu State, including those of Nkanu East and Nsukka LGAs, have been fully collated by the Returning Officer, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, on Sunday the 19th of March. The statement read: “Putting the Abia and Enugu situations in one basket clearly shows that the national headquarters of INEC is mixing things up or has not been properly briefed.

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