Nigerians yesterday - April 16 trooped out in their sizes to vote in a new president in an election observers say is mostly peaceful. The contest is majorly between the incumbent President - Goodluck Jonathan and former military president - Muhammadu Buhari.
Already results have started to trickle in showing the incumbent president leading in the southern region of the country while his biggest opponent is (as expected) holding sway in the nothern region. A two horse race if you may say.
The president while speaking to reporters yesterday after voting in his home country certified the election as free and fair. He disapproved the possibility of a run-off (which is widely expected), stating economic reasons. According to him, the winner should be able to emerge in the first ballot. He also promised to leave office peacefully if he loses the election. In his words "if I lose, I will leave because that is what we are talking about".
Meanwhile, the CPC candidate and major opponent of the incumbent president - Gen. Muhammadu Buhari rtd - has spoken of his fear in the electoral process alleging a massive move to rig the election. He alleged that thumb-printed ballot papers were airlifted to different states of the country in an attempt to compromise the election. He claimed that his party supporters were chased out when one of the planes carrying the thumb-printed ballot papers landed at the Kastina airport - his home state. He however promised not to challenge the outcome of the election in court - not any more.
However, speculations are rife of a massive attempt to rig the elections. Saharareporters - a Nigerian owned, non terrestrial website is reporting that "the ruling party is having a field day rigging the presidential election". According to them, the PDP has used huge amounts of cash to buy the police, soldiers, officials of INEC and even other parties agents. It continues that the ruling party on the eve of the election dished out N1.9 billion to electoral returning officers, security agents and other parties. It was gathered that the ruling party earmarked N3 billion per state x 36 for the purpose of 'stealing' votes.
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Now if that report from saharareporters is anyhow true then this can be said to be election marketing, the people does not decide they are bought and how can you even buy up a nations security agencies? Lol.
More updates coming>>
*Update* Here is a rundown of unofficial details of polls result thus far according to Nigeria News Desk
PDP - 44.9%
CPC - 34%
ACN - 19.9%
ANPP - 1.1%
NCP - 0.2%
Can CPC bounce back? Keep tab!
*Update* Official Results by States.
OGUN - PDP wins by more than 70%
F.C.T - PDP wins
ENUGU - PDP by more than 90%
CPC agent complains of non endorsement of results announced.
*Recess*
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