#BBB NEWS| APC Wins In 13 States, PDP Victorious In Four [PHOTO]

Winners of Saturday’s governorship election began to emerge on Sunday afternoon with the All Progressives Congress topping the Peoples Democratic Party in the results so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

There were however still pockets of protests and killings in a few states even as the results were being announced and collation taking place in many other states.

The first to be officially announced victorious was Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, who defeated PDP’s Ganiyu Isiaka. Amosun of the APC is therefore set for a second term in office.

The Gboyega Nasir Isiaka Campaign Organisation rejected the result of the governorship poll, saying it was “unfortunate and a travesty staged to help the APC achieve victory.”

It claimed that the outcome of the election   was clearly not a true reflection of Ogun people’s wish and said that the result would be challenged as appropriate.

#BBB NEWS| National Assembly Hails Jega On Election

The National Assembly on Thursday lauded the Chairman of the Independent National  Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on the  successful conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, which took place last Saturday.

It said this had shown the entire world that “democracy has come to stay in Nigeria.”

It however advised the commission  to urgently address all the challenges identified during the polls ahead of the second phase involving the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, slated for April 11 to ensure a hitch free exercise.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Andy Uba, and his House of Representatives counterpart,  Jerry Manwe, conveyed the position of the lawmakers to the commission during a courtesy call to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega in Abuja on Thursday.

#BBB NEWS| ELECTION: US, UK Warn Against Manipulation of Results

As the meeting was ongoing, the United States and the United Kingdom expressed concern over what they called “disturbing indications” of a “deliberate political interference “ in the collation process.

The UK Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond,   and the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, in a joint statement posted on www.uk.gov, said “there are disturbing indications that the collation process – where the votes are finally counted – may be subject to deliberate political interference.”

Warning politicians not to undermine the independence of INEC, they said their observations so far showed that there had been no evidence of systemic manipulation of the process.

According to them, any plot to change the results would contravene the letter and spirit of the Abuja Accord, to which both major parties committed themselves.

#BBB NEWS| Buhari Leads With 2m Votes, As INEC Declares 18 States

Results from 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday showed the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari coasting to victory.

He polled 8,520,436 votes in the states and the FCT while his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan had 6,488,210 votes.

The Daura, Katsina State-born former Head of State won 10 of the states and Jonathan, eight plus the FCT.

The states cleared by Buhari are Kaduna, Kwara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Kogi and Ogun.

Jonathan captured Abia, Anambra, Nasarawa, Enugu, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Plateau and FCT.

#BBB NEWS| No Election Rigging Took Place In The Southeast - Jega

Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has denied claims that rigging or vote manipulation took place in Nigeria's Southeast or Jigawa State, claiming that INEC has not received any reports about any such events.

The INEC chairman confirmed that an INEC office in heated Rivers State was “torched”, mentioning that the Commission was investigating. The claims of INEC staff being substituted by untrained personnel at polling places were being investigated as well, according to the chairman.

“I have no information whatsoever about military interfering or working for a political party,” he announced, replying to reporters who asked about Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha’s claims of military interference in the state. Further, the chairman denied reports of military intervention in collation centers in the Southeast. He urged reporters to press the Imo State governor for more information.