THE UNTOLD: How Our Officials Were Bribed With N3b To Rig 2015 Election - INEC Confesses

The Sun - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that an election observer, West Africa Network of Election Observer (WANEO), bribed 205 of its staff, in 16 states, with N3.04 billion to influence the 2015 general elections.

Briefing newsmen after the weekly National Commissioners’ meeting at the headquarters of the Commission, yesterday, a member of the Information and Aborted Education Committee and National Commissioner, Mallam Mohammed Haruna said mainly retired senior INEC workers dominated WANEO which, he said, has been blacklisted.

This was the communique after the meeting: “The Commission met, today, to consider the report of its expanded Appointment, Promotion and Disciplinary Committee on the EFCC’s interim report on bribery corruption and money laundering charges during the 2015 general elections.

“You may recall late last year, the commission received an interim report from the EFCC, detailing allegations against 202 serving and retired INEC officials and staff members in 16 States of the federation. In furtherance of its zero tolerance for corruption in the electoral process, the commission ordered a thorough investigation into the allegations to establish the culpability or otherwise of those named in the EFCC report.”

The communique stated that the committee’s work was thorough and painstaking and involved issuance of queries to the 202 staff mentioned in the report and interviewing them, individually, in accordance with the principle of fair hearing and in consonance with INEC Staff conditions of service.

“Among other things the committee found that: There was a clear attempt to bribe INEC staff to influence the outcome of the 2015 general elections using an NGO, the West African Network of Election Observers (WANEO), made up, mainly, of retired senior INEC officials.

“Out of over N23 billion, which the EFCC report said was used to influence the elections, the committee established that N3 billion was received by INEC staff in 16 States,” the communique read.

INEC said the cases of one former National Commissioner, five former Resident Electoral Commissioners (one of them deceased) have been referred to the presidency and EFCC for further necessary action.

“Based on their level of involvement, 205 serving INEC members of staff will be, immediately, placed on interdiction, which entails suspension from duties and being placed on half salary, pending the final determination of the cases they have with the EFCC.

The electoral body said about 70 of its workers, with insufficient information regarding their involvement, will be referred back to EFCC for further investigation and possible prosecution.

“WANEO and its principal promoters are, immediately, blacklisted. The network shall no longer be involved in election observation and any other activities organised  by INEC.

“The commission, hereby, reiterates its commitment to defending the integrity of the electoral process. Therefore, it will continue to take stern action against its officials who compromise its core values of integrity, transparency and impartiality in the conduct of elections,” it noted.

2015 Election: I Truly Collected N30m BRIBE From Diezani To Rig For Jonathan – INEC Official Confesses …returns N5m

An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Christian Nwosu, has admitted collecting the sum of N30 million from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to compromise the 2015 general elections.

He made the confession yesterday during his arraignment alongside two other INEC staff before Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Nwosu was arraigned by the anti-graft agency alongside Yisa Adedoyin and Tijani Bashir on a seven- count charge of conspiracy, acceptance of gratification and money laundering to the tune of N264,880,000 from the former minister.

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Nwosu received the N30 million as Director and Administrative Secretary, INEC, Kwara State. Alison-Madueke, who was said to be at large, was also charged with them. The three INEC staff were accused of taking bribe from the former minister on March 27, 2015, to compromise the elections. Count one of the charges reads:

“That you, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke (still at large), Christian Nwosu, Yisa Olanrewaju Adedoyin and Tijani Bashir, on or about the 27th day of March, 2015 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conspired among yourselves to directly take possession of N264,880,000 which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: gratification and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2002 and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act.”

Another count reads: “That you, Christian Nwosu on or about the 27th day of March, 2015 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, directly used the sum of N30,000,000 which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: gratification and you hereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2)(a) of the money laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act 2012 and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act.” When the charge was read to the three accused persons, the first defendant, Nwosu, owned up to receiving N30 million as alleged by the anti-graft agency.

The other two defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to all the counts. Addressing the court on Nwosu’s admittance, EFCC’s lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, told Justice Idris that the accused person had, prior to his arraignment, opted to enter into plea bargain with the commission. Oyedepo added that Nwosu had already returned N5 million to the commission, while he had also surrendered the title document of a landed property he purchased for N25 million in Delta State.

Reviewing the facts of Nwosu’s case, Oyedepo informed the court that the EFCC acted on an intelligence report that Diezani had stashed $115 million in a bank with a directive to the bank that the money should be changed to naira while part of it should be given to certain INEC officials in the run-up to the 2015 general elections. Oyedepo revealed that the N30 million traced to Nwosu was kept in a Hilux van in Ilorin. He added that Nwosu had also made confessional statement upon his invitation by the EFCC. Oyedepo said: “The first defendant also gave account of the properties he used the money to acquire. He brought the title documents to the EFCC office.

“Having demonstrated remorse and given useful information to aid the prosecution of the case, he has entered into an agreement to forfeit the properties to the Federal Government. The properties are listed in the paragraphs 1 and 2 of the plea bargain agreement.

“The EFCC has recovered the N5 million left from the first defendant, having spent N25 million to acquire properties.” Oyedepo later tendered Nwosu’s confessional statement and the document with which he acknowledged the receipt of the N30 million. The two documents were later admitted as exhibits by the court. Oyedepo later sought for Nwosu’s conviction by the court as charged in view of his plea and the evidence adduced.

Granting Oyedepo’s request, Justice Idris held: “In line with the plea of the defendant coupled with the facts and the exhibits tendered by the prosecutor, the defendant is hereby convicted as charged.” Nwosu’s lawyer, Mrs. Adaku Mbama, in her allocutus, however, pleaded with the judge to temper justice with mercy in deciding the fate of her client. Justice Idris has adjourned till Friday to sentence Nwosu.

The two other accused persons who pleaded not guilty were, however, admitted to bail of N50 million each with two sureties in like sum by the court. The sureties, according to the judge, must own landed property in Lagos and were to show evidence of three-year tax clearance. The defendants were equally directed by the judge to deposit their international passports with the court’s registrar. They were also to be remanded in prison custody pending when they would perfect their bail conditions.

In the first count, the EFCC alleged that Nwosu, Adedoyin and Bashir, in connivance with Diezani, took possession of N264.88 million, which they “ought to have reasonably known formed part of proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit: gratification.” The defendants were also said to have on March 27, 2015 made cash payment of N264.88 million without going through any financial institution. Adedoyin was said to have received a cash sum of N70.05 million from Bashir on March 27, 2015.

Bashir was said to have, on the same day, collected N64.88 million while Nwosu equally received and spent N30 million. The offences, according to the prosecution, are contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act 2012, while the accused persons were also liable to be punished under Sections 15(3) and 16(2)(b) of the same Act.

EXPOSED: How INEC's REC Shared Jonathan's N23.2b 2015 Poll Bribe, How Plot To Write FAKE Result Failed; See List Of Who Gets What

A Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who completed his tenure on Friday, collected about N140million of the N23.29 billion 2015 election bribe, it was learnt at the weekend.

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allegedly coordinated the bribe that has sparked a big scandal.

There were other startling revelations in the report of the probe committee headed by National Commissioner Baba Shettima Arfo, which will be considered today and tomorrow by INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and 12 National Commissioners.

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Most of the 202 indicted officials may be dismissed from service for gross misconduct and handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for trial.

The corrupt officials who have retired with their loot may either be blacklisted by INEC or have their entitlements withheld. Besides, the bribe may be deducted from their benefits.

INEC had in January raised the seven-member Arfo panel to “investigate the fallout of the 2015 General Elections with regards to staff indicted by EFCC”.

Other national commissioners in the committee are Prince Solomon Soyebi; Hajiya Amina Zakari; Alhaji  Mohammed Haruna; Mrs. May Agbamuche Mbu(SAN); and Prof. A.T. Simbine.

A director in INEC, Mr. Musa Adamu, is the secretary to the committee.

The panel discovered many startling revelations from the 202 officials and others.

Some of the shocking findings are that:

• an NGO, West African Network of Electoral Observers, was used to share the bribe to INEC officials
• a former chairman of INEC coordinated the bribe;
• many former Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and retired administrative secretaries were used to funnel the bribe to INEC officials in all the 36 states to alter the results of the poll;
• some RECs and directors benefited from the bribe as confirmed by EFCC’s investigations;
• a REC, who completed his tenure on Friday, collected between N107million and N140million;
• some RECs and other INEC officials collected as much as N100m; others were given as low as N150,000 to compromise the electoral system; and
• some of the indicted officials admitted that they had refunded their share of the bribe cash.
• A source, who spoke in confidence, said the “revelations were stunning and unimaginable” in an electoral agency.

The source said: “The panel had 10 sittings. It queried staff members waited for their responses and invited each of the 202 for interaction. It insisted on fair hearing and took time to ask questions on record from those indicted.

“It adopted a painstaking administrative process to learn from the past.

“The panel invited those who were mentioned in the course of the interaction with the affected officials conducted a water-tight investigation to avoid leaving room for any excuse by the 202 officials.”

The source gave an insight into how the bribery was perpetrated.

The source added: “From the interaction with the indicted staff, the N23.29b bribe cash was distributed through West African Network of Electoral Observers. The INEC system was infiltrated through a former chairman of the commission who recruited former RECs and retired Administrative Secretaries.

“They penetrated the system and made sure the bribe cash was distributed a day after the election when they were sure that the results would have been altered.

“But because the cash came late to the electoral officers, it did not have effect on the results. Those who shared the money were confident that the results paid for would be announced. But it turned the other way.

“It also discovered that some RECs and INEC officers refused to collect the bribe even under threats of dismissal after the general elections.”

Asked of the next step, the source, who pleaded not to be named because he is not permitted to talk to the media, added: “The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and  his 12 National Commissioners will begin the consideration of the report of the committee as from today  and tomorrow.

“Most of them have admitted collecting bribe but we are going to apply the service rules in taking disciplinary action. You know in our own case, if there is gross misconduct, you can be dismissed from service.

“There are other forms of disciplinary measures in the service rules, depending on the weight of the offence. We have already told the EFCC that we are ready. After the disciplinary action, the anti-graft commission can then take appropriate action.”

On the indicted RECs, the source added: “By the Act which established INEC, we cannot invite them for interrogation because we did not appoint them. They were appointed by the President.

“We can only make recommendations to the President.”

Section 3 of INEC Establishment Act says:

(1)    “ The chairman and members of the Commission shall each hold office for a period of five years and on such terms and conditions as may be specified in their letters of appointment.

(2)    “ A member may at any time be removed from office by the President for inability to discharge the functions of his office (whether arising from infirmity of mind or body or any other cause) or for any act of misconduct but shall not be removed from office except in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.

(3)     ”A member may resign his membership by notice in writing addressed to the President and that member shall, on the date of the receipt of the notice by the President, cease to be a member.”

Some NGOs are likely to be blacklisted from taking part in any election conducted by INEC. Some of the retired officials can also be blacklisted; their names will be sent to the Presidency to prevent them from being appointed as RECs in the future.

“For some retired INEC officials who have not collected their entitlements, they can be punished through the stoppage of the payment of their benefits or their bribe cash can be refunded from their entitlements,” the source said.

Some INEC officers already grilled by EFCC are the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Abia State, Sylvester Ezeani, who has refunded N20million credited to him from the poll cash; ex-REC Gesil Khan for collecting  N185, 842,000 out of a N681million bribe; Fidelia Omoile( Electoral Officer in Isoko-South Local Government Area of Delta State)—N112,480,000 ; Uluochi Obi Brown( INEC’s Administrative Secretary in Delta State)—N111,500,000; a former Deputy Director  of INEC in Cross River State, Edem Okon Effanga—N241,127,000 and the Head of Voter Education in INEC in Akwa Ibom, Immaculata Asuquo—N214,127,000.

Also, a retired INEC official, Sani Isa,  was grilled for alleged N 406,206,000 bribe, allegedly collected on behalf of the deceased Resident Electoral Commissioner  (REC), in Kano State, Alhaji Mukaila Abdullahi.

Those grilled in Gombe are: Godwin Maiyaki, Gambo Balanga, Bukar Alone Benisheik, Dukku, Jibril. B. Muhammed,Billiri, Dunguma Musa Dogona, Funakaye, Mohammed. A. Wanka, Kaltungo, Ishaku Yusuf, Kwami, Suleiman Isawa, Nafada, Babagana Malami, Shongom, and Nuhu Samuel, Y/Deba.

How INEC Officials Lavish Wike Mega Bribe Proceed On Cars, Houses; Video Evidences Prove, Cars Recovered

There is the balance of the N360m alleged bribe which the police accused Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State of dishing out to election umpires in the run up to the December 10 re-run legislative polls?

The police said last week that they had recovered N111.3million of the sum from 23 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) saddled with conducting the elections.

They did not say at the time what became of the remaining N248m.

The Chairman of the panel, Damian Okoro, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, alleged that three senior electoral officers collected N20 million each of the N360 million while the remaining officers received N15 million each.

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However, The Nation can now report that the police believe the balance was squandered on choice  cars ,houses and other assets by the ‘bribe’ recipients.

A source knowledgeable about the report of the 15-man panel set up by Police Inspector General, Ibrahim Idris, to probe the circumstances surrounding the election said the suspects embarked on a spending spree with their share.

The source who pleaded not to be named said: “The panel discovered that some of them (suspects) bought houses, cars and even renovated their existing houses with the money.

“The panel also discovered that some gave out money to their relatives while some others invested. Several cars were recovered and they would be tendered during prosecution in court.”

Governor Wike had dismissed the police report as lacking substance.

His   Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, said: “The statement (by the police) is patently false, politically motivated and cooked by the police to justify the violence they visited in the people of Rivers State during the re-run.

 ”For the avoidance of doubt, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike did not spend N360 million to rig the re-run legislative elections of December 10, 2016.

“The people of Rivers State overwhelmingly voted the PDP across the state because of the outstanding performance of Governor Wike since May 29, 2015.”

Speaking further on the police findings yesterday, the source said: “In the audio tape that went viral, the governor was mentioning 8,8,7, and what he was referring to was the officials of INEC. He gave the leaders of the INEC officials from the three states, N20million each.”

He added: “As mentioned by the IG, the report will be sent to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) who will now go through it and necessary action will be taken against those indicted. He is the Chief Law of the Federation.”

Asked to respond to the allegation by the Rivers State government that the panel report was made up, the source said: “Where did the police get the huge amount of money displayed from? “Those cars and houses recovered, where did the panel get them  from? Is it police money or something?

“23 people have been arrested and they all confessed. It was through them that the money was recovered. It was through them that the cars were also recovered. The 23 people arrested, the panel has their video confessions and they all wrote their official statements with their own hands.

“They are all educated people and they used their own handwriting to write their confession and they also spoke on video. They video will be provided during prosecution.

“All documents are available on how they were summoned to the Government House, how they were given the money inside Government House and how vehicles were brought to them to move the Ghana Must Go bags, and how they were moved to their hotels. Everything was confessed to on video.

“This is not a political issue. This is a case where money that was supposed to be used to build schools, hospitals, roads and others social amenities was squandered. So, whoever does wrong will be made to carry his or her cross irrespective of political affiliation.

“So, that is the true position of everything. Everything is there and all the people that the money was recovered from are alive, they confessed both in writing and on video.”

The Nationa Newspaper

N111m Recovered: How Gov. Wike Bribe Us - INEC Officers Confess On Video; How, When, Where The Deal Stuck EXPOSED

The last may not have been heard over the N111.3 million recovered from some official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as Police investigative panel has revealed that indicted electoral officers have confessed on Video how the deal was actually struck., News Punch understands

News Punch had yesterday reported of the police' claimed they recovered N111.3 million from 23 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials who conducted the December 10, 2016 rerun in Rivers State.

The cash, they claimed, is part of the N360 million bribe allegedly paid by Governor Nyesom Wike to compromise electoral and security officials for his party’s candidates to win.

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The unnamed officials have been indicted for their involvement in the violence that occurred during the election, the police said.

Six policemen indicted for their role during the election have been dismissed. They are to be prosecuted, The Nation Newspaper reports

This is part of the report of the Joint Investigation Panel constituted by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris on December 22, 2016, to probe the violence that led to the killing of two policemen during the election.

The report was submitted to the IG at the Force Headquarters in Abuja yesterday.

But the governor rejected the report as “malicious, defamatory and reckless”. He denied all the claims by the panel, which he accused of being biased.

The 12-member panel comprises nine policemen and three Department of State Services (DSS) personnel. It was mandated to investigate the various infractions, incidents, and violence that marred the rerun.

The panel attributed the violence to lawlessness and leadership failure.

The chairman of the panel, Damian Okoro, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), said N111.3 million was recovered from 23 INEC officers. He said three senior electoral officers collected N20 million each of the N360 million allegedly given to them by Wike. The remaining officers received N15 million each.

Okoro said the committee established “cases of misconduct on the part of some electoral officers and law enforcement agents who, unfortunately, allowed themselves to be compromised in their line of duties and deserve to be disciplined appropriately.”

He added that “the task given to the panel was quite challenging because of the tense political and security situation in the state, especially the prevalence of violent crimes, such as armed robbery, kidnapping, and politically motivated killings, by militant and culture groups that enjoy the funding and protection of desperate politicians.

“These lawless elements target not only the political opponents of their sponsors but also law enforcement agents, especially the police, mostly within the Ogba/Ndoni/Egbema Local Government Area, which is the axis of evil of cultism.

“The violence that occurred in Rivers State, before during and after the rerun was a reflection of lawlessness and leadership failure of narrow-minded politicians and their gullible supporters. Oftentimes, politicians make inflammatory statements that incite their supporters into avoidable violence that results in the destruction of lives and properties and eruption of elections.

“Regrettably, these politicians often fail to realise that as very important personalities in their own right, they are the embodiment of some values cherished by their supporters.

“Apart from their utterances, politicians, in their desperation for political power also arm thugs and unleash terror on their opponents. When motivated by their sponsors these criminal elements can do anything to further the political aspirations of their principals, including extra- judicial killings and rigging of elections with impunity.

Okoro went on: “We discovered that failure of leadership and followership rather than law enforcement was responsible for political upheaval in the state.”

A source close to the investigation confirmed that forensic analysis showed that Wike’s was the voice the one in a controversial tape that went viral on the social media following its leakage to an online medium.

The source, pleading for anonymity, said: “After forensic analysis was conducted, it was discovered that the voice was truly that of the governor. Also, those indicted were interviewed and they confessed on video tape that the governor gave them money. They explained how they were invited and escorted back to their hotel rooms with money in different bags.

“We also discovered that the governor withdrew N2billion from the government coffers for the purpose of rigging the rerun. Imagine what the money would have been used for. The money would have built many schools, hospitals and a lot of things.”

The IG said the panel wrote to Wike but he refused to cooperate.

He said its report and recommendations would be forwarded to the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, for further action.

Said Idris: “The Panel tackled what has been going on in this country where politicians have turned election into a do-or-die affair and we have been failing in this country because we have allowed things to derail to this level.

“I see no reason why a rerun will lead to the beheading of our officers who were there to do their lawful duties. I believe that the report will go a long way to put an end to individuals seeing election as a do-or-die affair.

“We will take appropriate actions in conjunction with the law officer of the federation, the Attorney General of the Federation, in order to put an end to most of the abuses and electoral violence in this country.

”People that were arrested are going to be prosecuted because they are public officers. We are going to forward the report and our recommendation to the Attorney General of the Federation.”

On the source of the recovered money, the police chief said: “From the confession of those the money was recovered from, they said the money was from the state government. I can assure you that from here, the money will go into government treasury because these are recoveries on the basis of an investigation conducted.

“Six police officers were indicted and they have already been dismissed and I can assure you that they would also be charged to court.”

Asked about the doubt Wike had on the panel and if its report was not targeted at tarnishing his image, Idris said: “it is a joint investigation and that means it is between the police and SSS and I think the whole of this country have confidence in both agencies to provide security for them and to deal with issues that are detrimental to peaceful co-existence of Nigerians in any part of this country.

“We are in a democracy and everybody has the right of free speech. Anybody can wake up any day and say anything but what I am saying is that you have to go through the report to see the processes we took before arriving at where we are.

“The investigation was open and very transparent. We wrote to the governor, they went to meet him but, in his own wisdom, he refused to cooperate. We believe that what determines outcome of this report is the transparency and the good will.

“Whoever that is involved has been arrested and isolating the governor will be a disservice to this country. The report should be seen as a corrective measure. Those indicted cut across different classes of life.

The IG described the manner in which two policemen were killed as “barbaric”.

Rivers Rerun: See Photos Of N111m Gov. Wike's Bribe Recovered From INEC Officials

The Nigeria Police Force said it recovered more than N111 million from electoral officials alleged to have been bribed by Rivers state government to rig the December 10,2016 legislative rerun elections in the state.

An investigative panel set up by the Inspector-General of Police which presented its report in Abuja today said the money was recovered from 23 suspects allegedly bribed to rig the polls.

The chairman of the panel, DCP Damian Okoro disclosed that,” the sum total of N111.3 million was recovered from 23 electoral officials out of N360m.

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He said that some got N15 million each while three senior electoral officers got N20 million each.

Recall that the IGP, Mr. Idris had set up an investigative panel to investigate the violence that occurred during the re-run poll. a report by investigative panel presented to the IGP on Tuesday, 7th February 2017 said that the money was recovered from 23 suspects who were allegedly bribed by the Rivers state government to rig the elections. 

It said over 111 million was recovered from them. 

PHOTONEWS: the Nigerian police investigation committee on Rivers rerun displayed over N100m recovered from INEC officials given by Gov Wike pic.twitter.com/OMJGML3cL0

— APC NEWS TV (@APCNEWSTV) February 7, 2017

BREAKING: INEC Officials Abandon Returning Officer At Rivers Rerun Senatorial Collation Centre Amidst Uncertainty; See Photo

TheCable - Three staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) involved in the collation of results at Rivers East senatorial district have walked out on the returning officer.

The officials, who attempted to sneak out of council hall, Port Harcourt, venue of the exercise, left one after the other.

When TheCable approached the one who walked out last, he declined to speak.

Asked if the election had been declared inconclusive, he said: “I am not the one to decide that. The returning officer is still there.”

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Responding to a question posed by this reporter, Oji Ekumankama, the returning officer, expressed worries.

“I am very disturbed at the moment,” he said.

“We just have to announce a winner. Even if everyone leaves, I will still remain here. As the returning officer, I have nowhere to go until the result is announced.

“I know that something is wrong somewhere, but this is our country, we will all do our best to develop it.”

Asked if he has communicated with appropraite authorities, he said: “They are aware.”

CollationRoom

No sooner than the officials departed did agent of parties and journalists also made their way out.

Only the agent of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in the hall at the moment.

The collation commenced around 11pm on Saturday, and ended by 5:25am on Sunday.

The officials had announced that Ikwerre and Emouha were the only local governments of the eight in the district where results had not been declared.

They promised to make official announcement as soon as they got it.

However, around 10am, words went round that a powerful politician had hijacked the result of Ikwerre, where Nyesom Wike, governor of the state, and Rotimi Amaechi, hailed from.

TheCable made efforts to reach the duo for their reactions.

While Amaechi, who spoke through David Iyiofor, his media aide, denied the report, Wike could not be reached for comments.

Simeon Nwakaudu, his spokesman, did not respond to the mail sent.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in Port Harcourt, Ogu/Bolo, Okrika, Omuma, Obio Akpor, and Etche local governments – the six areas where results have been announced.

Bloody Rivers Rerun Threats: UNCERTAINTY As NYSC Members Reject INEC Offer To Participate

Uncertainty beclouding Saturday senatorial rerun in Rivers State as the National Youths Service Corp members are avoiding to participate in the legislative election.

Corps members contacted to serve as ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC are refusing to participate in the election because of fear of possible violence during the election, Punch Newspaper investigation revealed

According to our source, the corps members were not showing the usual enthusiasm to participate in the election because of the accusations and counter-accusation between the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike , and INEC.

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The source said, “Corps members being contacted by INEC to participate in the Rivers rerun election are showing reluctance to serve in the election.

“A good number of them are afraid that there could be violence during the election, and these are young men and women who don’t want to get killed because of some election.”

When our correspondent contacted the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, he said that it was only the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers that could comment on that.

Reacting, the state REC, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak, said the job of corps members was voluntary, adding that those who did not want to work with INEC on election day were free to opt out.

Ikoiwak argued that some of the corps members’ parents might have told them not to take part in the rerun election, adding that such a situation would not affect the exercise on Saturday.

The state REC, however, pointed out that INEC would get more ad hoc workers from other government’s agencies if there was shortage in the number of corps members needed for the job on Saturday.

“From the beginning, the NYSC work is on a voluntary basis. We know that some of them might have been told by their parents not to be part of it (election).

“But if we have problem of shortage of manpower, we will complete them with workers from other government’s agencies and institutions,” he stressed.

Oyekanmi also agreed that most parents would be inclined to discourage their children from participating in the election because of what he described as the inflammatory comments by the Rivers State Government that plans had been perfected to rig the election.

BREAKING: Protests Ongoing In Ondo INEC Office

Fresh report obtained by News Punch has it that some protesters believed to be supporters of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP this morning stormed the Ondo State Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, calling for the postponement of the gubernatorial election scheduled to hold on Saturday

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The aggrieved PDP supporters are demanding for two-weeks extension of the poll.

ONDO Election Postponement Call: Gov. Mimiko Gets Response From INEC

The call by Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has attracted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, but on the negative.

Rather than oblige to Mimiko's postponement call, the INEC, has declared that the Ondo governorship election slated for Saturday, November 26, will hold as scheduled.

Gov. Mimiko and the Makarfi led Peoples Democratic Party had called for the postponement of the election to allow the Supreme Court take a decision on pending issues relating to its candidate for the election.

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The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Ondo State, Olusegun Agbaje, said on Sunday that the call for postponement was unnecessary, report according to Premium Times says

“There are 28 political parties contesting the election, we cannot postpone it because of just one party,” he said.

“This is a pre- election issue, it can go on even up to the Supreme Court, so we cannot wait for that. The election must go on.”

Mr. Agbaje noted that it was not reasonable to shift the election now because all the insensitive materials have been received in Akure.

He also said that the sensitive materials were also ready and now with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

“With this level of preparation, we cannot be talking about postponement,” he noted.

“Let them go and put their house in order, and settle their problems, we cannot allow that to hold us back.”

The official said a final stakeholders meeting will be held in Akure on Tuesday where the Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, will address all political parties on pending issues.

However, PDP’s Publicity Secretary in Ondo State, Banji Okunomo, said the postponement is necessary to give all parties a level playing field given that all some matters were now before the Supreme Court.

“INEC has a hand in the candidacy crisis in the PDP,” Mr. Okunomo said. “But INEC is supposed to be neutral in this matter.

“Everybody is before the Supreme Court right now, which will begin to sit on the matter on Tuesday, we don’t know when it will finish.”

He said it was necessary for INEC to shift the election to avoid any crisis and because the commission is a party to the dispute.

Mr. Okunomo also argued that the shift would forestall a “foreseeable crisis” and ensure peace in the conduct of the election.

“It will be pre-emptive for INEC to go ahead with the election with a controversial candidate for the party,” he insisted.

Businessman Jimoh Ibrahim of the Ali Sheriff faction was listed as the candidate of the PDP by INEC on October 27, on the strength of the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of the Abuja Federal High Court.

Before then, Eyitayo Jegede of the Ahmed Makarfi camp had his name submitted to the commission and was the candidate until he was substituted.

The matter which had been at the appeal court, was to be decided on Friday, but had to be adjourned to allow the Supreme Court decide on the appeal brought by the factional chairman of the party in Ondo State, Biyi Poroye.

Mr. Poroye and others challenged the hearing of the matter by the Appeal Court.

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BUSTED: Fake INEC Result Sheets Printing Syndicate Nabbed In Port Harcourt; Culprits Mention APC Chiefs As Sponsors, See Photos

Police on Saturday, November 5th, uncovered alleged plot by the agents of the Rivers APC to rig the forthcoming Rivers South-East Senatorial District as they busted a fake result sheets printing syndicate in Port Harcourt.

The Printing Press, Help-Mate Consult located at 12 Isiokpo Street D-Line Port Harcourt was printing fake result sheets for seven local government areas of the Rivers South-East when the police stormed the facility upon a tip off by a concerned citizen

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Mr Magnus Abe, the Rivers South-East APC candidate for the rerun elections was reportedly arrested along with Director of Help-Mate Consult , Atonye Peters, a prominent member of the APC from Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area and three of his staff, Richard Koko from Okrika, Nanee Godday from Khana and Tammy Garrick.

Atonye Peters claimed that the printing contract was given to him by Mr Emma Chinda, an APC Leader and Former Commissioner for Agriculture under Rotimi Amaechi. Already, the printing press has already completed two sets for two local government areas before the police got wind of the illegal act.

Among items recovered by the police at the printing press include State-of-the-art Printing Machine, computers, INEC Result Sheets Serial Number Booklets, which the printer used to authenticate the result sheets.

In an interview, Rivers State Chairman Inter-Party Advisory Council , IPAC, Bro Felix Obuah said the arrest of the fake printers of rerun elections result sheets has vindicated the body on the plan INEC and APC to rig the forthcoming rerun elections.

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BREAKING: SENATE Strike Threat: INEC fixes Dec. 10 for Rivers re-run, Dec. 3 for Lagos, FCT

Following threat by the Nigerian Senate it would go on strike should the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to conduct rerun election in Rivers State and others, the electoral umpire has fixed Dec. 10 for the conduct of the outstanding National and State Assembly elections in Rivers.

A statement by the Secretary to the commission, Mrs Auguta Ogakwu, on Thursday in Abuja said that the commission had also approved Dec. 3 to conduct election for the vacant Ifako/Ijaiye seat of Lagos state in the House of Representatives.

The seat became vacant following the death of the member who represented the constituency in the house, Mr Adewale Oluwatayo, in July.

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On the same day, according to the statement, the commission will also conclude rescheduled councillorship polls in some area councils in the Federal Capital Territory.

“After months of intensive planning and wide consultations, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday approved the conduct of Lagos’ House of Representative election on Saturday, Dec 3, 2016.

“Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Councillorship election will also hold on Saturday, Dec 3, 2016.

“Rivers, National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) and State House of Assembly elections on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016,” the statement said.

It would be recalled that the National Assembly on Wednesday, gave INEC Dec. 10 deadline to conduct pending elections in Rivers and other parts of the country.

The Senate also threatened to suspend plenary if the commission failed to meet the deadline.

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THE UNTOLD: How Jegede Actually Lost out To Jimoh Ibrahim; The Trap Sets By Ali Modu Sheriff, Mimiko Childish Politicking

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff And Gov. Olusegun Mimiko

Crisis has reportedly erupted in Ondo State yesterday over the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to drop Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, the anointed candidate of Governor Olusegun Mimiko and the factional Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi for the bussiness mogul and Senator Ali Modu Sheriff PDP faction candidate, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, News Punch understands.

Facts according to New Telegraph are beginning to emerge on how a purported political solution to the nomination crisis trailing the PDP for the November 26th governorship election in Ondo State crashed like a pack of card.

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Eyitayo Jegede and Jimoh Ibrahim
(The Embattling Ondo PDP Candidates)

According to a source privy to the undercurrent moves in both Makarfi and Modu-Sherrif’s camp, the issue over who will be the standard bearer between both factions shouldn’t have degenerated to the level it got yesterday, whereby INEC had to resort to a court ruling before listing a candidate for the party ahead of the poll.

According to the source, “Mimiko’s camp underrated Jimoh and one is amused that a political general like Mimiko will watch and see his house come down easily like this.

There were several effort made by some stakeholders with the intention of reaching a feasible truce where both interests will be satisfied but ego, over confidence and misplaced priority didn’t allow the Mimiko Camp to bend.

“I can tell you for free that Mimiko and Ibrahim used to be friends, in fact, there was a pact between them both in 2012 when Mimiko was about to seek re-election as governor but after the election, things didn’t work out between them especially on the ‘agreement’ on bringing Jimoh on board as a consultant on economic issues.

“A legal trap was set for them by the Sherrif’s faction of the Ondo PDP who waited for two weeks to end of INEC’s nomination window before approaching the Court to validate Jimoh based on a ruling last June.

Interestingly, they didn’t join Jegede in the suit but only INEC, who they knew won’t appeal the judgement.” Another reliable source told Saturday Telegraph that the Mimiko camp refused to seize the advantage of a political solution dangled before them but rather chose to ignore and call the acclaimed billionaire names.

“Instead for them to seek peace with Jimoh Ibrahim, they rather chose to be begging Modu-Sheriff, who incidentally unknown to them was using them as pun. What he (Sheriff) said that he won’t pressurise the INEC on which candidate to pick between both factions, was as a result of intense heat on me to step down on the candidature of Jimoh.

Everyone knows that Jimoh cannot ordinarily win election but ignoring him completely is also political suicidal, 

 “Jimoh Ibrahim was expecting them to approach him for a political truce but they felt they should rather appease Sheriff.

For Jimoh, it’s not a do-or-die affair but he always insists that the candidate of the PDP must come the South. He was ready to step down but not for Jegede. He wanted to step down for Mimiko’s former Commissioner, Sola Ebiseni, who defected to the APC.

But they wouldn’t want to listen to anything other than Jegede who is from the Central.”

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JImoh Ibrahim: INEC Action Might Set Ondo On Fire - Olusegun Mimiko warns

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Friday alerted President Muhammadu Buhari of the potential danger of the declaration of Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state, warning that the move by INEC could cause a conflagration in the state.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had yesterday removed the name of Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP from the list of the candidates of the political parties that would participate in the November 26 governorship election and replaced it with that of Ibrahim.

Speaking with State House correspondents shortly after meeting behind closed-doors with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, he expressed reservations over the ability of INEC to conduct a credible election in the state.

The Governor said there was no moral justification for what the INEC did, describing Ibrahim’s declaration as injustice and mischief.

He said the President has promised to look into it and that if there is any injustice, assuring that it will be rectified.

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