Mr
AbdulWaheed Olanipekun of the the PDP has emerged Chairman of the Offa
Local Government Council in a re-run election, conducted in the area on
Saturday.
The Chairman of the Kwara
State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASICE), Dr Uthman Ajidagba,
made the disclosure on Sunday in Offa, near Ilorin, while announcing the
result of the elections.
He said that contestants on the platform
of the PDP also emerged winners as councillors in all the 12 wards in
the Local Government.
Ajidagba said that Olanipekun polled
35,937 votes against the 20,161 votes, polled by the candidate of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Saheed Popoola.
The KWASIEC boss said that since
Olanipekun had satisfied the requirement of the law by having majority
of lawful votes, he was therefore, elected and returned as chairman of
the council.
He noted that there were reports of
attempted violence from some supporters of political parties during
collation of results at wards but that the situation was brought under
control by law enforcement agents.
Reacting to the outcome of the election,
the Kwara State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Masud Adebimpe,
expressed gratitude to God for the victory of the party.
He thanked the people of Offa for the maturity they exhibited during the election.
Adebimpe appealed to the populace to
cooperate with the new council council chairman for more development to
be achieved in Offa.
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How manage APC got votes up 20000 out of 55000 valid votes in PDP stronghold and state controlled by PDP. Then, PDP is in trouble in 2015
ReplyDeleteI cant shout o.....this is the begining of failure for the newly newspaper party...they only known for propagander they dont have anytin to offer....am not a politician but this people dont have anytin to offer let them mentain the state they have occupied bf if care is not taking another party we take over the sate frm them...devil we know is better than agel APC that has just arrived president post is not family head post.so far this people are frm nigeria and they gader some other thieves frm anoder party am telling u they dont have anytin to offer we want to back to square one be that...bcs they were fighting for there own selfish intrest....say what u wana say coment
ReplyDeleteI cant shout o.....this is the begining of failure for the newly newspaper party...they only known for propagander they dont have anytin to offer....am not a politician but this people dont have anytin to offer let them mentain the state they have occupied bf if care is not taking another party we take over the sate frm them...devil we know is better than agel APC that has just arrived president post is not family head post.so far this people are frm nigeria and they gader some other thieves frm anoder party am telling u they dont have anytin to offer we want to back to square one be that...bcs they were fighting for there own selfish intrest....say what u wana say coment
ReplyDeleteA very big lie,pdp never won,it was just a fraud.the population of people of voting age in offa is never up to that,it was apc that won,that's the trick of saraki,wants all the chairman to be pdp,we voted for apc,pdp only won in 1ward,get ur infor well,check Sahara reporter new York for the results,Nigeria media I sorry for you.
ReplyDeleteThe result with which apc won is 11,526 to 4668 for pdp.offa population that voted is NT up to date,kwara pdp is full of fraud .
ReplyDeleteI cant shout o.....this is the begining of failure for the newly newspaper party...they only known for propagander they dont have anytin to offer....am not a politician but this people dont have anytin to offer let them mentain the state they have occupied bf if care is not taking another party we take over the sate frm them...devil we know is better than agel APC that has just arrived president post is not family head post.so far this people are frm nigeria and they gader some other thieves frm anoder party am telling u they dont have anytin to offer we want to back to square one be that...bcs they were fighting for there own selfish intrest....say what u wana say coment
ReplyDeleteThis is the third time we are voting for the same set if people,you sha know something is fishing,kwara Government is mere fraud,must everyone be under the umbrella of pdp,just becos offa is the only local government where acn won,cam we be just in this country,can we even progress with the way people are cheated in broad day light,the people know who they vote for
ReplyDeleteI no Lai Mohamed we be ginger with this....let them go to court...what happen to them in ondo state will still applicable...we know the secret behind there mandate in ekiti and osun
ReplyDeleteThe kwaseic boss abscounded when it was time to declare apc won ,you can see this country can't move forward with the kind of thieves we have as leaders.
ReplyDeleteAPC DEMANDS AUTHENTIC RESULT.
ReplyDeleteThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the
immediate announcement of the authentic results of Saturday’s rerun in the Offa local government by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC).
In a statement issued in London on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the cooked results announced by the Kwara PDP on Sunday, in which the party brazenly converted its defeat to victory, are totally acceptable and will not stand.
It said that according to the authentic results of the elections, which are in possession of KWASIEC as well as security agencies, the APC got 11,526 votes to PDP’s 4,668, as against the cooked figures announced by the PDP in Ilorin, which awarded the PDP 35,937 and the APC 20,161.
APC expressed shock at the antics of the Electoral Officer (EO) of the Offa local government and other KWASIEC officials, who
sneaked out of the local government collation centre just when the results were to be announced and have yet to carry out their assigned duties.
”The next thing was that the PDP took the laws into its own hands and announced the cooked results via the state’s radio station Sunday morning. This impunity is condemnable and will be fought to a logical
conclusion using the
instrumentality of the law..
”There is no iota of doubt that the APC won the elections. It is
common knowledge that if the elections were conducted 10 times, APC will beat the PDP 10 times. Offa people know who they voted for and are ready to defend their votes. Therefore, any attempt to thwart the will of the people will be resisted to the hilt.
”Thanks to technology, which has made rigging both
unfashionable and untenable, the results of the elections were collated ward by ward and available to all. Even the people successfully challenged the PDP’s plan to rig the polls by ensuring that only 100 of the 500 ballot papers for each polling booth were supplied. The people demanded and got all 500 votes for each of the 86 polling booths, thus making it impossible for the
PDP to steal 400 votes from each polling booth,” it said.
While appealing to its members and supporters to remain peaceful, APC warned against any attempt to provoke the people who went out peacefully to elect their councillors and Chairman on Saturday.
”For any government to have legitimacy, it must derive such
from the people. But where the will of the people is being wilfully subverted, it can only be an invitation to anarchy, which has now become the hallmark of the PDP. Little wonder the party has now broken up. That is what happens when a party is anti-democratic and recklessly subverts the will of the people.
”Therefore, we demand the immediate announcement of the authentic results and the swearing in of the Chairman, who was elected on the platform of the APC. Nothing else will be acceptable to our party and the people of Offa local government,” the party warned.
Reports From Ilorin.info
I LL waiting for my comments to be posted,
ReplyDelete@olasco,wat ve we achieved from the devil pdp we ve known,I guess nothing,you CANt compare state like oyo,osun,ogun,Lagos with states ruled by pdp like kwara (the worst of all)
ReplyDeleteThis shouldn't be a medium for condemning a certain party but to think imaginably if there is respect for the rights of Nigerians. Remember vote is one of your cardinal rights as a citizen.
ReplyDeleteAsk yourself, how could have PDP worn everything including all the wards. I am not in doubt for PDP winning election but I don't think only one party can win all. For this reason, I want us to use our heads and suspect something undesirable to have followed.
The whole world is watching us, and for the fact that our elections are not transparent people are bound looking and assessing us as people of questionable character. We are insincere to ourselves in this country.
When I get a fact articulated, low reasoning idiots like Donel Chime will say rubbish against me. Perhaps he wants to intimidate me I don’t think it is thinkable because it is my basic right to hear my observations.
God bless Nigeria.
this Lai is not serious you are in london you are saying election is not free and fair
ReplyDeletei want you to know thats president seat is not a 3 mans state? APC will worse if they take over......those who form the party are they not frm this country?
ReplyDeletebefore u can rig election did u know u must have majority......its started frm grassroot even it happen in higher institution if u have majoirty u can rig election and its not all votes you rig let APC go to appeal
ReplyDelete@yemolala4me:A very good observation,pls yemolala dont allowed any idiot to intemidate you no matter his position. Always stand by your decitions and know your right,this country belongs to all of us.
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