Tag: Osun
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Osun rerun: APC Now Paying Voters N100,000 Per Vote – PDP Cries Out
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has started the payment of N100, 000 per vote to electorates in Osun State ahead of the rerun governorship election billed for today. The party also accused the ruling party of planning to sell the nation’s vote in 2019. Recall that Ademola Adeleke…
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SDP Can’t Be Trade For Food–SDP, Falae Disown Omisore
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from inter party negotiations and conclusions reached with the All progressives Congress, APC by Senator Iyiola Omisore, its Osun State governorship candidate, where it struck a deal to work for the candidate of the APC in today’s rerun votes in Osun State. Also, the National Chairman of the party,…
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Osun Poll: Saraki Advises PDP, Senator Adeleke To Seek Redress In Court
Senate President Bukola Saraki has advised Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the just declared inconclusive election in Osun State to approach the court and seek redress following the failure of the electoral body, (INEC) to declare him winner of the Osun governorship election which was held on Saturday. The…
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PDP Rejects INEC Declaration of Osun Guber Poll Inconclusive
—May Challenge INEC declaration in court to seek interpretation of Section 179 (2) (a)(b) of the 1999 Constitution as amended The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected in its entirety the official declaration of Osun governorship election as inconclusive. The party says INEC does not have any power under the law to declare the election of…
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PDP, APC Head For Rerun As INEC Declares Election Inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission Sunday declared the Osun State governorship election inconclusive after the margin between the two leading contenders in the poll was lower down the number of invalid votes. The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party Ademola Adeleke got a total of 254, 698 votes while Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives…
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INEC Staff Confessed His Boss Ordered Him To Destroy Authentic Ayedaade LG’s Poll Result
A staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State, Salawu Mutiu Kolawole on Sunday told journalists that his boss ordered him to destroy the election result of Ayedaade Local Government area of the state. This confession corroborated the claim of the agent of PDP, Mr Dele Adeleke who explained that the result…
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PDP Says It Has Collated Unit Results From Oshogbo, Warns INEC Against Manipulation
— Party rejected reduction of its votes by 1,000 in Aiyeaadade LGA. — Advised all its party agents to be armed with all collated original results from the polling units, The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the polling units collated results from Oshogbo is with them, saying that, the party will not accept any…
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Dancing Senator Ademola Adeleke Leads After Results From 18 LGAs Declared By INEC
Dancing Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party made an early lead on Saturday, after INEC returning officers announced the council-by-council results in the Osun governorship election. The PDP candidate also made an emphatic sweep of both Ede North and Ede South local councils which is believed to be his stronghold. Daily…
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Osun: INEC Clarifies Position On Use of Smartphone
The Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday clarified its position on the use of phones and cameras during voting. The electoral body urged Nigerians to shun any attempt by any individual or group to politicise what was purely a preventive measure. It said there was nothing like banning the use of smartphone around the polling unit…
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INEC Bans Use of Cameras, Mobile Phones During Osun Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has banned the use of mobile phones, cameras or any recording devices by voters during the Osun State governorship election scheduled for September 22, 2018. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, disclosed this yesterday at the stakeholders meeting in Osogbo, the state capital. He said the ban would…