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| Oshiomhole rejoices with Edo native chiefs just after INEC declared him governor-elect |
The incumbent governor polled a landslide victory in all the state’s 17 local government area, with a 73.72 per cent win of the 647,698 total votes cast, to defeat his closest rival, Charles Airhiarvbere of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). INEC’s returning officer, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Osayuki Oshodi, announced the result in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Breakdown of Edo election results by LGA
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1. Akoko Edo:
ACN-29,803, ANPP-163, CPC-184, LABOUR-38,NCP-36,PDP-13,783,
SDMP-65.
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Egor:
ACN- 50,623, ANPP-294, CPC-281,
LP-28, NCP-36, PDP-3,486, SMDP-29
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3. Esan Central:
ACN-11,792, ANPP-83,CPC-65,LP-23,NCP-30,PDP-9,281, SDMP- 34
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4. Esan North-East: ACN-13,086, ANPP-123, CPC-77,
LP-11, NCP-35, PDP-12,478, SDMP- 44.
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5. Esan South-East: ACN-14,904, ANPP-85, CPC-61,
LP-22, NCP-16, PDP-9634, SDMP-44.
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6. Esan West:
ACN- 13,499, ANPP -156, CPC- 115, LP -24, NCP- 25, PDP- 13,282, SDMP- 40.
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7. Etsako East:
ACN- 23,174, ANPP -75, CPC- 61, LP- 13, NCP- 6, PDP- 4,992, SDMP -28.
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8. Etsako West: ACN- 44,962, ANPP -169,
CPC- 192, LP -152, NCP -37, PDP -5,920, SDMP -45.
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9. Igueben:
ACN- 9,751, ANPP -63, CPC -35, LP -9, NCP -19, PDP -6,758, SDMP -18.
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10. Ikpoba/Okha: ACN
-58,809, ANPP -518, CPC -357, LP -54, NCP -49, PDP -6,505, SDMP -56.
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11. Oredo LGA:
ACN -66,522, ANPP -454, CPC -268, LP -49,NCP -45, PDP -9,081, SDMP -48.
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12. Orhionwon:
ACN -26,163, ANPP -277, CPC -235, LP -34, NCP -46,PDP -8,716, SDMP -53.
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13. Ovia South-West: ACN -16,077, ANPP -196, CPC -222, LP -25, NCP -37, PDP
-5015, SDMP -84.
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14. Ovia North-East: ACN -26,835, ANPP -280, CPC -233, LP -41, NCP -34, PDP
-5,427, SDMP -68.
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15. Owan West:
ACN -15,150, ANPP -136, CPC -130, LP -20, NCP -26, PDP -7,229, SDMP -37.
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16. Owan East LGA: ACN -22,483, ANPP -169, CPC -123, LP -27, NCP
-23, PDP -11,709, SDMP -34
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17. Uhunmwode: ACN -17,011,
ANPP -359, CPC -124, LP -22, NCP -24, PDP -5,826, SDMP -70.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COMRADE GOVERNOR!
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EDO DECIDES TODAY (Saturday, July 14, 2012) :::: Political tension heightened in Edo state, as leaders of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), relocate to their villages ahead of today’s governorship election in the state.Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the ACN will be slugging it out with Gen. Charles Airhiavbere of the PDP and Solomon Edebiri of the ANPP. - Facebook post by Arowolo Jelil Olasunkanmi
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| By Arowolo Jelil |
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| Oshiomhole queues to be accredited by Celestine Akpobari |
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| Photo by Soji Akodu Asiwaju |
| Very slow accreditation process at UNIBEN. Voters turn out building up. Picture by Solomon Gbinigie |
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| Accreditation of voters have began in some polling units in Benin City by Soji Akodu Asiwaju |
| Pic by the TheJungleJournalist Onukwube |
| At Nawada, Edo State. pic by Precious Opia Aghenu |
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| Voting in progress by Celestine Akpobari |
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| Omowaiye Oluremi reports "Jubilation at my ancestral maternal root , Itohan Girls Grammar School( Oredo LGA , Ward 6) Sapele Road, Benin City after the announcement of ACN as winner in the Ward with a wide margin |
Security personnel deployed for Edo elections patrolling major streets. Photo by Harry Slim Omoakhia |
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Edo Governorship Poll: Voters turn out massively to vote
ReplyDeleteon JULY 14, 2012 · in NEWS
11:16 am
Benin – The was excitement in the air during the Edo Governorship on Saturday as voters trooped in large numbers to polling centres across the state to exercise their franchise.
Voters turned out in large numbers with some arriving at the polling centres at 6a.m.
In Benin and nearby local government areas, prospective voters arrived at polling centres as early as 7a.m. waiting for electoral officials to arrive so that they could be accredited to vote.
In Aduwawa polling unit in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, some voters said that they arrived at the centre at 7 o’clock to exercise their franchise.
Although the electoral officers had yet to arrive at the centre at 8.11 a.m., more than 150 prospective voters had queued up to be accredited for voting.
A voter, Mr Solomon Abangwe, said that he arrived at the station at 7, 30a.m.
At Oba Market, Urhokpota Hall, in Oredo Local Government Area, a large number of voters waited for election officials to be accredited to cast their ballots.
The situation was the same at Eyaen Ward 7 in Uhunwonde some party agents expressed satisfaction with the large number that waited to be accredited to vote.
An electoral official said that because of the large population in the area, the centre was carved out into six voting units to take care of the population.
At Asoro Polling Station in Oredo Local Government Area, a prospective voter, Mrs Esehe Idehen, said she had been at the centre with 10 members of her family to exercise their franchise
“I ready to wait till 5 o’clock,’’ Idehen said in pidgin English.
Another voter, Mr Patrick Omoregie, said: “I came very early just as all other persons. Although the electoral officials are not here, we are ready to wait. ‘’
An agent of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mr Osazuwa Emokpae, said he arrived at the polling centre at 7.30p a.m and added that he was not worried that the election officials had not arrived at the centre.
However, the agent of the candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Chidubem Ijeaku, said that he was worried that if the officials did not arrive on time the people might leave.
At Garick Memorial Nursery/Primary School polling centre, the polling booth of the PDP candidate, Gen. Charles Arhiavbere, a voter, Rev. Sonny Ewerisima, said he arrived at the station at 6.a.m.
Meanwhile, accreditation of voters started in Ehor Uhunmwode Local Government Area, at 8a.m.
In Auchi in Etsaka West Local Government Area, the main market was closed as voters thronged to the polling centres to exercise their franchise.
The accreditation of voters began at 8a.m. in the area and went on peacefully. (NAN)
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/edo-governorship-poll-voters-turn-out-massively-to-vote/
Great eye-witness account. Well done!
ReplyDeleteMassive voters turnout at Edo guber elections
ReplyDeleteon JULY 14, 2012 · in NEWS
11:20 am
By Simon Ebegbulem
The Edo State Governorship elections commenced, Saturday, with a reported massive turnout of voters in many parts of the state.
Vanguard gathered voting materials arrived early at many polling centres though some areas were said to have experienced delay in the arrival of materials.
The insistence by the INEC electoral officials that all voting materials must be accompanied by security personnel was said to have caused the delay of materials in those areas.
However, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, former presidential adviser and PDP leader who defected to the ACN complained that a polling unit in Onwan West, with over three hundred registered voters was reduced to about a hundred voters adding, that he hopes this anomaly will not be repeated in other areas.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/massive-voters-turnout-at-edo-guber-elections/
Segun Edward II In places where polling materials have yet to arrive, people are alleged to have been asked to write their names on sheets of paper. One wonders to what end. Could it be a delay tactic to keep the anxious voters calm?
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Segun Edward II Just when one thought that Prof. Jega and his team would have perfected the Voters' Register, the same evil that bedevilled the 2011 elections has reared its ugly head again. There are reported cases of missing names on the INEC register of eligible voters.
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Segun Edward II From Etsako West: Accreditation in Momoh Primary School, Auchi alomost over, quite peaceful and orderly. - Harry Slim Omoakhia
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Segun Edward II Report from Owan says that Prof. Julius Ihonvbere complained that the list of registered voters in his area had been reduced from 300 to 100.
Solomon Gbinigie reports that:
ReplyDeleteVoters at a polling unit in Ward 12, Oredo Local Government Area of Benin accuse INEC of using fake register. 417 names appear instead of 17.
Akintola Adeleye Otunba reports that:
ReplyDeleteRIGGING IN PROGRESS IN EDO STATE,
right now at Makson hotel near airport road the Army team just left the hotel with a lots of ballot boxes stuffed with PDP votes.
At Uromi a white house close to the market the PDP state chairman Dan Orbih's younger brother is in that white house right now with a group of people (thumb printing) ballot papers....
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ReplyDeletePrince Rasak reports that:
ReplyDeleteEdo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says INEC has failed in its responsibility to conduct a free poll in the state, warning of impending trouble if the the true winner of the polls is not declared.
The governor who gave the warning yesterday during an interview with newsmen at the Iyamho primary school, Iyamho, Etsako West Local Government Area said there can be no winner when the people are not allowed to vote.
“They plan not to bring out the voting materials on time and as we speak in Oredo Local government area, Benin City and Egor local government area, the heart of Benin City materials have not got to majority of the polling booths after 11 am and at the New Era college upper mission road, they brought fake voters register different from the one the people registererd,” he noted.
According to him “if accreditation is to stop by 12pm and by 11 am, it is after 11 am now, there are no materials in some polling booths, it then means Prof. Atahiru Jega and INEC have no plans to conduct election. The whole idea is to frustrate the people so that they will not be able to vote, and they will declare a fake result.”
The governor maintained that “Prof Jega and INEC have been an embarrassment to the nation. I am in shock with all the arrangements they have made sensitizing the people, and I told them, INEC need to be sensitized. INEC is the weakest link in the Nigeria democratic chain. I have no faith in what INEC is doing in Benin City.
“This is designed for where majority of the people are denied the right to vote and this time around I have told them this country either decides on whether to move on or move back, I see sponsored editorials saying whatever happens we will go to court, but today we have to sort out the issues once and for all, “ the governor added.
Comrade Oshiomhole said he holds Prof. Jega responsible for the failure of the election and for disenfranchising the people as INEC has connived with the Peoples Democratic Party to involve in scientific rigging.
“They planned it and executed it this way. It is a shame that they have programmed this to embarrass the Nigeria nation. If INEC do not allow the people to vote and they pronounce the winner there will be trouble .
He said, “fifty five percent of voters are in Edo South and forty percent in Benin City, and they think they can deprive the people the opportunity to vote.”
In his words, “ Prof. Jega has failed us because I wrote a petition that they are buying voters card. We will all go to court before God. They know that if it is two people remaining they will not vote for them”
Source:http://blueraxy.blogspot.com/2012/07/inec-has-failed-says-oshiomhole.html?spref=fb
INEC has failed, cries Oshiomhole
ReplyDeleteon JULY 14, 2012 · in NEWS
Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says INEC has failed in its responsibility to conduct a free poll in the state, warning of impending trouble if the the true winner of the polls is not declared.
The governor who gave the warning today during an interview with newsmen at the Iyamho primary school, Iyamho, Etsako West Local Government Area said there can be no winner when the people are not allowed to vote.
“They plan not to bring out the voting materials on time and as we speak in Oredo Local government area, Benin City and Egor local government area, the heart of Benin City materials have not got to majority of the polling booths after 11 am and at the New Era college upper mission road, they brought fake voters register different from the one the people registererd,” he noted.
According to him “if accreditation is to stop by 12pm and by 11 am, it is after 11 am now, there are no materials in some polling booths, it then means Prof. Atahiru Jega and INEC have no plans to conduct election. The whole idea is to frustrate the people so that they will not be able to vote, and they will declare a fake result.”
The governor maintained that “Prof Jega and INEC have been an embarrassment to the nation. I am in shock with all the arrangements they have made sensitizing the people, and I told them, INEC need to be sensitized. INEC is the weakest link in the Nigeria democratic chain. I have no faith in what INEC is doing in Benin City.
“This is designed for where majority of the people are denied the right to vote and this time around I have told them this country either decides on whether to move on or move back, I see sponsored editorials saying whatever happens we will go to court, but today we have to sort out the issues once and for all, “ the governor added.
Comrade Oshiomhole said he holds Prof. Jega responsible for the failure of the election and for disenfranchising the people as INEC has connived with the Peoples Democratic Party to involve in scientific rigging.
“They planned it and executed it this way. It is a shame that they have programmed this to embarrass the Nigeria nation. If INEC do not allow the people to vote and they pronounce the winner there will be trouble .
He said, “fifty five percent of voters are in Edo South and forty percent in Benin City, and they think they can deprive the people the opportunity to vote.”
In his words, “ Prof. Jega has failed up because I wrote a petition that they are buying voters card. We will all go to court before God. They know that if it is two people remaining they will not vote for them”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/inec-has-failed-says-oshiomhole/
Otive Igbuzor reports:
ReplyDeleteIvbiotor Pry Sch: unit 25: pdp-02, acn-28; unit 26: pdp-17; acn-168; unit 27:pdp-10; acn-167
Edo Elections: Live updates
ReplyDeleteon JULY 14, 2012 · in NEWS
3:34 pm
Below are live updates of the governorship elections in Edo state.
3:10pm: INEC says, a boat carrying Policemen,INEC officials and election materials was reported to have capsized at Ologbo riverine… as it seeks further information from the public on the incident.
2:45pm: In many polling centres, activists for the two major parties, ACN and PDP after casting their votes are waiting behind at the polling units, to as they claim, “Protect our votes”.
2:34pm: Citizen reporters say there is fighting in Ikoha Polling Unit in Ugbogui ward, Ovia South West Local Government Area.
1.12 pm: The strong man of Edo Chief Anthony Anenih cast his vote at about 1.12 pm at Uzenema Primary School, Uromi and described turnout as impressive. He said he would not make any comments until later.
1:00p.m., while voting had begun in some parts of the state, voters at the Oredo centre had yet to be accredited and the Resident Electoral Commissioner , Mr Kassim Gaidam, moved in to deal with the issue.
12:52 pm: Voting starts in UNIT 4 Ward 2 OREDO
12:45pm: High turnout of prospective voters in Edo central senatorial zone. At Iruekpen, Ekpoma, Irrua and Uromi, accreditation was orderly and peaceful.
12 :15 At ward 2 Unit 7 Oredo LGA with Registration of 1350, as many as 400 names cannot be found on the INEC register.
12: 10pm : Voters heave a sigh of relief as the clouds lift up and those who ran for cover take their positions on the line in the polling units at George Idah Primary School, GRA, Benin
11: 25am: Former Governor OSEHREINMEN Osunbor commends exercise, but urges that the judiciary should not truncate the mandate of the people.
11.45 a.m: Gov Adams Oshimhole was accredited at Iyamo Ward 10, in Etsako East Local Government Area and voted shortly afterwards as he expressed disappointment at the conduct of the election by INEC.
11:37 am: High turn out of voters but irregularity in the registers is disenfranchising many in Oredo LGA.
In Ward 2 Unit 07, Ebenezer Primary School, Ihama Road, GRA, Benin more than 400 names missing in the register that has 1350 names.
10:00am: Chief Tony Anenih, PDP Chieftain and former Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, was accredited at Uzenama Primary School Centre, Arue, Uromi, Etsako Northwest Local Government Area.
8:00am: Accreditation of voters begins. Officials had no problems attending to the potential voters as they conducted themselves orderly by queuing up to be cleared for the exercise.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/anthony-anenih-cast-his-vote-at-about-1-12-pm/
Adeyanju Kazeem Alade reports:
ReplyDelete"Edo Decides, 2012! RESULT
**Isiukhukhu unit in Adolor ward 3, in ovia north east LGA,
ACN: 122, PDP 17
**Urhokpota hall final count,
ACN 235 PDP 37
**Unit 4 Ezomo in Ora Adolo ward
ACN 152 PDP 21
Idia college ACN 7,923 PDP 262
**Emotan college
ACN 7263 PDP 169
**Ovia north east Adolor ward 3 co-operative unit
ACN 208, PDP 17
**Ward 5 ovia north east.
ACN 832 PDP 236" - Hope For Nigeria
Adeyanju Kazeem Alade reports:
ReplyDelete"Edo Decides, 2012! RESULT
Etsako Central Fugar Ward 2.
unit 7
PDP 169 ACN 129
unit 8
PDP 87 ACN 141
unit 2
PDP 96 ACN 133." - Hope For Nigeria
"Edo Decides, 2012! RESULT
ReplyDelete**Isiukhukhu unit in Adolor ward 3, in ovia north east LGA,
ACN: 122, PDP 17
**Urhokpota hall final count,
ACN 235 PDP 37
**Unit 4 Ezomo in Ora Adolo ward
ACN 152 PDP 21
Idia college ACN 7,923 PDP 262
**Emotan college
ACN 7263 PDP 169
**Ovia north east Adolor ward 3 co-operative unit
ACN 208, PDP 17
**Ward 5 ovia north east.
ACN 832 PDP 236" - Hope For Nigeria
"Edo Decides, 2012! RESULT
ReplyDeleteEtsako Central Fugar Ward 2.
unit 7
PDP 169 ACN 129
unit 8
PDP 87 ACN 141
unit 2
PDP 96 ACN 133." - Hope For Nigeria
LOL...Genocide for PDP....burying the useless higher order thieves and vampires where they belong..d same fate awaits GEJ and other political idiots come 2015....no failure will see one term..let alone seocnd term...our eye don open.... yeye pple
ReplyDeleteAlbert Asemota,Ikpoba-okha
ReplyDelete**ward 7, Unit 16
ACN-183 PDP-22
**Etsako Central Fugar Ward 2.
Unit 4 ACN 221 PDP 262 - Hope for Nigeria
Edo Decides, 2012! RESULT
ReplyDelete**Isiukhukhu unit in Adolor ward 3, in ovia north east LGA,
ACN: 122, PDP 17
**Urhokpota hall final count,
ACN 235 PDP 37
**Unit 4 Ezomo in Ora Adolo ward
ACN 152 PDP 21
Idia college ACN 7,923 PDP 262 -
**Emotan college
ACN 7263 PDP 169
**Ovia north east Adolor ward 3 co-operative unit
ACN 208, PDP 17
**Ward 5 ovia north east.
ACN 832 PDP 236 - Hope for Nigeria. Follow updates on :http://www.facebook.com/hopefornigeria?ref=ts#!/hopefornigeria
Celestine AkpoBari reports:
ReplyDeleteThe governorship candidate of PDP lost his unit 20, ward 1. ACN 360, PDP 38, ANPP 2
Nasir El-Rufai @elrufai says:
ReplyDeletePDP starts altering results, adding zeros to PU results from around midnight..do not start celebrating till morning...INEC helps them do it!