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2023 ELECTIONS: WHY OPPOSITION PARTIES LOST.... BUHARI.

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President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday asserted that while the All Progressive Congress, APC was working hard to retain power in the recent elections, the combined opposition was a victim of over confidence- the main reason why he believed they lost.  Speaking at his residence in the State House where he received the Progressive Governors Forum led by their Chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, the President said: “They were already telling their foreign backers that they would defeat the APC.  Our Party blended confidence with caution, we worked hard and won.   Now, their over confidence is creating more problems for the opposition than anyone else.  They are finding it hard to convince those who supported them from outside why they are unable to beat us. “A combination of over confidence, complacency and bad tactical moves made them lose, plain and clear. This has created more problems in their camp.  Why did they fail to remove us?”  Speaking in response

Barr (Dr) Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa bags United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ambassadorial award through Merit Times International, for her exemplary leadership and outstanding philanthropic activities to humanity.Amb. Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa is a Youth Advocate and Strategic Leadership Expert. She is also a Barrister-at-Law and specialises in Construction Law, Arbitration and Adjudication.Her work addresses the insidious scourge of Abuse, Youth Crime and Human Trafficking - prevalent in Nigeria, the UK and the world at large. Currently, her organisations have vibrant campaigns against Gun and Knife crimes in the UK, while in Nigeria, it is against Drug Abuse and instilling leadership attributes in the youths – working at the levels of Secondary Schools as well as the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) within Abuja, Federal Capital Territory.Current campaigns and services also include medical and nutrition outreaches to the elderly and widows.Merit Time International works in partnership with the UNDP and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the area of humanitarian services with a common front.Since 2018, Merit Time has sponsored the National Mathematics Competition in Abuja with the sole aim of giving hope to younger persons, and to stimulate their interest in the study of Mathematics - resulting to further Partnership with the National Mathematical Centre.Merit Time International's partnerships cut across setting leadership clubs in secondary schools and universities, feeding the hungry and organizing annual leadership lectures for African leaders.

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Barr (Dr) Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa bags United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ambassadorial award through Merit Times International, for her exemplary leadership and outstanding philanthropic activities to humanity. Amb. Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa is a Youth Advocate and Strategic Leadership Expert. She is also a Barrister-at-Law and specialises in Construction Law, Arbitration and Adjudication. Her work addresses the insidious scourge of Abuse, Youth Crime and Human Trafficking - prevalent in Nigeria, the UK and the world at large. Currently, her organisations have vibrant campaigns against Gun and Knife crimes in the UK, while in Nigeria, it is against Drug Abuse and instilling leadership attributes in the youths – working at the levels of Secondary Schools as well as the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) within Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. Current campaigns and services also include medical and nutrition outreaches to the elderly and widows. Merit Time Internation

Nigerian UK Based, Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa bags United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ambassador.

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A Nigerian UK Based, Barr (Dr) Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa bags United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ambassadorial award through Merit Times International, for her exemplary leadership and outstanding philanthropic activities to humanity. Amb. Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa is a Youth Advocate and Strategic Leadership Expert. She is also a Barrister-at-Law and specialises in Construction Law, Arbitration and Adjudication. Her work addresses the insidious scourge of Abuse, Youth Crime and Human Trafficking - prevalent in Nigeria, the UK and the world at large. Currently, her organisations have vibrant campaigns against Gun and Knife crimes in the UK, while in Nigeria, it is against Drug Abuse and instilling leadership attributes in the youths – working at the levels of Secondary Schools as well as the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) within Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. Current campaigns and services also include medical and nutrition outreaches to the elderly and widows. M

UN Honours Nigerian UK Based, Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa As She Bags United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ambassadorial Award.

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Barr.(Dr) Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa bags United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ambassadorial award through Merit Times International, for her exemplary leadership and outstanding philanthropic activities to humanity. Amb. Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa is a Youth Advocate and Strategic Leadership Expert. She is also a Barrister-at-Law and specialises in Construction Law, Arbitration and Adjudication. Her work addresses the insidious scourge of Abuse, Youth Crime and Human Trafficking - prevalent in Nigeria, the UK and the world at large. Currently, her organisations have vibrant campaigns against Gun and Knife crimes in the UK, while in Nigeria, it is against Drug Abuse and instilling leadership attributes in the youths – working at the levels of Secondary Schools as well as the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) within Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. Current campaigns and services also include medical and nutrition outreaches to the elderly and widows. Merit Time Internation

THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, ASIWSJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU IS BACK TO NIGERIA.

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BREAKING: President-elect, Bola Tinubu nominates 14 persons to the presidential transition committee.

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President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted 14 more names into the presidential transition council few weeks after he nominated former Lagos Finance Commissioner, Wale Edun and Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State. FULL LIST OF THE 14 SUB-COMMITTEES AND THE 14 NOMINEES FROM TINUBU BELOW Director, Budget and Finance – Abubakar Kyari Secretariat, Planning and Monitoring – Hon. Stella Okotete Media and Publicity – Bayo Onanuga Church Service – Bishop Adegbite Juma’at Service – Imam Faud Protocol and Invitations – Donald Wokoma Transport and Logistics – Hajiya Hadiza Mohammed Kabir Inauguration Lecture – Dr. Danladi Bako Security and Ceremonial Parade – Colonel Abdulazeez Yar’Adua Venue and Swearing in – Makinde Araoye Medical – Dr. Betta Edu Pre-Inauguration Dinner/Gala Night – Barr. Zainab Buba Marwa Accommodation – Abuh Andrew Abuh Children’s Day Celebration – Samira Saddik -JKC

Adeleye-Fasubaa becomes UNDP Ambassador.

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Barr (Dr) Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa bags United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ambassadorial award through Merit Times International, for her exemplary leadership and outstanding philanthropic activities to humanity. Amb. Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa is a Youth Advocate and Strategic Leadership Expert. She is also a Barrister-at-Law and specialises in Construction Law, Arbitration and Adjudication. Her work addresses the insidious scourge of Abuse, Youth Crime and Human Trafficking - prevalent in Nigeria, the UK and the world at large. Currently, her organisations have vibrant campaigns against Gun and Knife crimes in the UK, while in Nigeria, it is against Drug Abuse and instilling leadership attributes in the youths – working at the levels of Secondary Schools as well as the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) within Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. Current campaigns and services also include medical and nutrition outreaches to the elderly and widows.

TINUBU’S TEAM PARLEYS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS IN WASHINGTON DC: THE NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2023: SEPARATING THE FACTS FROM FICTIONS.TEXT OF THE PARLEY HELD WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON D.C, UNITED STATES ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH, 2023 BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, SENATOR BOLA AHMED TINUBU – MR. FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN (CHIEF SPOKESPERSON AND MINISTER OF STATE, LABOUR); MR. SUNDAY DARE (MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORTS); MR. AJURI NGELALE (ASST. PRINCIPAL SPOKESPERSON).PROTOCOLSINTRODUCTION(1) It is our pleasure and privilege to welcome you to the National Press Center in Washington D.C for this interactive session on Nigeria’s Presidential Election, 2023. We do not intend to make this a long-winding and boring session, so we shall go straight to the points we intend to make to clear some of the fallacies that have been peddled around the world by the sore losers at the said election.PREPARATION FOR THE ELECTIONS: A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD(2) The country’s out-going President, Muhammadu Buhari, signed into law a Bill that seeks to improve our electoral process by introducing technology as a means of accrediting voters at the polling units. This is known as the ELECTORAL ACT, 2022. The opposition and international observers hailed him on this.(3) There was also complete non-interference in the political process by State institutions. There were no reports of deployment of security agents or State apparati in support of the candidate of the ruling party. In fact, in some instances, the opposition celebrated the fact that our candidate had no support of the Government. These led to well-published reports (albeit false) that the President was not in support of the candidate of his own party.THE STATE OF THE LEADING PARTIES BEFORE THE ELECTIONS(4) The ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled 21 out of the 36 States of the country and the FCT before the elections with elected Governors; whilst the main opposition, the People’s Demoratic Party (PDP) had 14 Governors and the All Progressives Grand Alliance had one Governor. The Labour Party had no single Governor or elected official at any level of Government.(5) About eight months to the elections, the main opposition, the PDP, suffered some major set-backs. Its Vice-Presidential Candidate in 2019, Mr. Peter Obi moved to the Labour Party with his supporters, mainly from his region of origin, the South-East. Another of the Party’s main pillar of support in the North-West, Alhaji Musa Kwakwanso moved to the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), taking with him a chunk of the party’s supporters in that region. Five (5) out of the 14 Governors of the PDP, publicly announced they would not be campaigning for or supporting its Presidential Candidate (Alhaji Atiku Abubakar). Meanwhile, the ruling party remained one huge, indivisible entity with no departure of any of its elected officials or public dissent from them. It was in this state of affairs that all the parties went into the elections.THE ELECTION OF FEBRUARY 25TH, 2023(6) Contrary to the false outcry by the opposition, the main technological device, Bi-modal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) did not fail on the election day. All the local and international observers scored the use of BVAS very high, with one local body called YIAGA, working in coalition with the EU and other International Observers, saying it recorded 88% success in all the polling units it monitored. The Nigeria Bar Association also issued its report saying only 8 percent of voters were not satisfied with the process on that day. The portal that the opposition made so much noise about, IREV, is just a viewing portal, which has nothing to do with accreditation or verification of voters or even the counting or recording of votes.(7) Whilst we hold no brief for the Electoral Commission, it sufficiently explained to Nigerians the next day that the delay in uploading the results to the viewing portal was as a result of a technical glitch. And since the results have since been uploaded eventually, none of the parties have produced their own copies of the result sheets obtained at various polling units that substantially contradicts the results released and announced by the Electoral Commission. Even in their Election Petitions presently before the Court, no such alternative figures have been provided. So, what is all the fuss about?(8) It is significant to note that some other elections into the Senate and House of Representatives held on the same day, at the same time and with the same personnel. The opposition candidates have since gleefully gone to collect their Certificates of Return for the various seats they won. Why did they not reject the outcome of those elections too and reject their Certificate of Return? This is hypocrisy taken too far.THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION(9) On Wednesday, the 1st of March, 2023, the Electoral Commission announced the results as follows:§ APC – 8,794,726 (36.61%)§ PDP – 6,984,520 (29.07%)§ LP – 6,101,533 (25.40%)§ NNPP – 1,496,687(6.23%)Other smaller parties scored some negligible figures.(10) The winner, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has since collected his Certificate of Return and the Transition Committees are working hard towards a smooth transition.THE ANALYSES AND CREDIBILITY OF THE RESULTS(11) Our Constitution requires a Presidential candidate to secure the highest number of votes and score at at least one-quarter of the votes in two-thirds of the States of the Federation which includes the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.Only Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu met these requirements especially that of the spread (he scored 25 percent and above in 29 States), even though all 3 top candidates won 12 States each. The candidate of the PDP scored 25% and above in just 21 States, falling short of the 24 States required and the candidate of the Labour Party scored 25% and above in 15 States plus the Federal Capital Territory, making it 16 States. There was just no pathway to victory for these candidates who did not have the requisite national acceptability. So, how tenable is the claim of rigging the elections? We see none(12) It is significant to note that the elections were so credible that it threw up some upsets in our otherwise settled demography. For the first time, 20 sitting Governors lost their States, mostly those of the ruling party. Seven Governors who sought elections into the Senate failed to scale through. This has never happened in the history of Nigeria. In addition, the President-Elect lost his home State (Lagos State); the sitting President lost his home State (Katsina State); the Director-General of the Campaign lost his home State (Plateau State); the ruling Party Chairman lost his home State (Nassarawa State); the Chairman of the ruling Party’s Governor Forum lost his home State (Kebbi State) and the ruling party lost some of its traditional strong holds like Yobe State, Kaduna State and Kano State. All these go to show that it was a keenly contested election and one of the most credible in our history.(13) The reports of some irregularities and violence in some polling units could not have affected the overall outcome of the elections too. There are 176,974 polling units in Nigeria and infractions and violence were recorded in less than one percent of these units. How could these have affected the overall results of the elections? Whilst we look forward to an era when there would be no single casualty during elections in Nigeria, however, the statistics show that 2023 recorded the lowest casualty rates ever. During the 1964/65 elections about 200 deaths were recorded as a result of election violence; 1993 election recorded 100 deaths; 1999 election recorded 80 deaths; 2003 polls recorded 100 deaths and 2007 polls recorded 300 deaths. The 2011 polls recorded 800 deaths, the 2015 polls recorded 100 deaths and the 2019 polls recorded 150 deaths. However, the 2023 polls recorded no more than 28 deaths as a result of election violence. So, the claim that this is the “worst” election so far is totally unfounded.(14) In conclusion, our laws have provided for settled means by which election disputes are resolved. The aggrieved parties have taken advantage of this remedy by filing their cases in Court. We urge them to have faith in our judicial system and desist from spreading false tales about our election across the world.Meanwhile, arrangements for the handover ceremonies are in full gear. The President-Elect will take his Oath of Office as President of Nigeria on May 29th, 2023. You are all invited.Thank you.FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN, FCIArb (UK)For and on behalf of the team

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TINUBU’S TEAM PARLEYS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS IN WASHINGTON DC:  THE NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2023: SEPARATING THE FACTS FROM FICTIONS. TEXT OF THE PARLEY HELD WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON D.C, UNITED STATES ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH, 2023 BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, SENATOR BOLA AHMED TINUBU – MR. FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN (CHIEF SPOKESPERSON AND MINISTER OF STATE, LABOUR); MR. SUNDAY DARE (MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORTS); MR. AJURI NGELALE (ASST. PRINCIPAL SPOKESPERSON). PROTOCOLS INTRODUCTION (1)     It is our pleasure and privilege to welcome you to the National Press Center in Washington D.C for this interactive session on Nigeria’s Presidential Election, 2023. We do not intend to make this a long-winding and boring session, so we shall go straight to the points we intend to make to clear some of the fallacies that have been peddled around the world by the sore losers at the said election. PREPARATION

Oluyole Fed. Constituency: Rep. Akande-Sadipe Dedicates Victory To Late Mother, ConstituentsHouse of Representatives candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Oluyole federal constituency in today's elections, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has dedicated her re-election at the polls to her late mother, Princess Bamidele Abiose Akande and the entire people of the constituency.In an appreciation speech, after her declaration as House of Representatives member-elect, the lawmaker said, “Today I dedicate this victory to God Almighty, my late mother, my husband and my family who has sacrificed a lot to allow me do this. I dedicate this to all leaders of APC, who have stood by me and all members of Oluyole Federal Constituency”.Akande-Sadipe, who currently represents Oluyole federal constituency in the House of Representatives, reaffirmed her commitment to deliver more dividends of democracy to her constituency.While pledging to rededicate herself to the service of the people, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe stated that she will ensure more gains of democracy are brought to Oluyole.She expressed optimism that, serving as a House of Representatives member in the administration of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu means good-tidings for her constituency. Akande-Sadipe contested under the APC, and polled 14,891 votes to defeat her closest rival, Mogbonjubola Olawale Mojeed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 13, 073 votes.She said, "My dear people of Oluyole federal constituency, permit me to thank God for this victory. I almost gave-up, and lost hope but you stood by me. I appreciate all members of Oluyole constituency for the show of solidarity and love as was seen and exhibited during the course of the February 25 election and this supplementary election".She added, “This victory looked like such an impossible task, especially after what happened during the first election, and then my mother died. I could not see my mother, because I was trying to protect my mandate."“As I have been re-elected to serve you at Abuja, I will put in my very best to push our cause before the house to ensure that the dividends of democracy and opportunities available to my office reaches my constituency,” she said.E-signed:Olamilekan Olusada,SA Media and Publicity.April 15, 2023.

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Oluyole Fed. Constituency: Rep. Akande-Sadipe Dedicates Victory To Late Mother, Constituents House of Representatives candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Oluyole federal constituency in today's elections, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has dedicated her re-election at the polls to her late mother, Princess Bamidele Abiose Akande and the entire people of the constituency. In an appreciation speech, after her declaration as House of Representatives member-elect, the lawmaker said, “Today I dedicate this victory to God Almighty, my late mother, my husband and my family who has sacrificed a lot to allow me do this. I dedicate this to all leaders of APC, who have stood by me and all members of Oluyole Federal Constituency”. Akande-Sadipe, who currently represents Oluyole federal constituency in the House of Representatives, reaffirmed her commitment to deliver more dividends of democracy to her constituency. While pledging to rededicate herself to the service of t

Nigeria’s President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will kickstart a revolution of policies that will train, equip and build capacity amongst Nigeria’s very youthful population in a bid to prepare them for worldwide opportunities that abound. Skill acquisition is one area the incoming government intends to invest a lot in terms of infrastructure provision and facilitation of global initiatives in soft skills and development. An average Nigerian youth is already committed to skills acquisition in their private capacities. What they need is the little push that would enhance competitiveness and improve their ability to adapt on the world stage. Asiwaju has identified this and has drafted policies and programs that will ensure the provision of accessible facilities and skills development hubs in strategic states of all the geopolitical zones. This will curb youth restiveness, unemployment, propensity to engage in illicit cyber activities and overall security of the country. #RoadToVilla #TinubuOurPresident#ready serve#forAgreaterNigeria

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Nigeria’s President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will kickstart a revolution of policies that will train, equip and build capacity amongst Nigeria’s very youthful population in a bid to prepare them for worldwide opportunities that abound.  Skill acquisition is one area the incoming government intends to invest a lot in terms of infrastructure provision and facilitation of global initiatives in soft skills and development.  An average Nigerian youth is already committed to skills acquisition in their private capacities. What they need is the little push that would enhance competitiveness and improve their ability to adapt on the world stage.  Asiwaju has identified this and has drafted policies and programs that will ensure the provision of accessible facilities and skills development hubs in strategic states of all the geopolitical zones.  This will curb youth restiveness, unemployment, propensity to engage in illicit cyber activities and overall security of the countr

Tinubu's Victory Is Legitimate, INEC Tells Tribunal.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss all the petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. INEC had declared that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election. But Atiku, Obi and some other parties rejected the results announced by INEC and heeded for the tribunal with prayers that the election should be nullified. All the opposition parties challenging Tinubu’s victory joined INEC as a co-defendant. In its defence to the various petitions, filed through its team of lawyers led by A. B. Mahmoud (SAN), INEC described Atiku’s petition as “grossly incompetent, vague and academic, saying it was an abuse of the court process.” On the issue of Tinubu not winning the FCT, INEC argued that going by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, “the FCT has the status of a state and ought to be recognised

ANALYSIS OF THE 2023 ELECTION BY PROF. M. JEGA (former Chairman INEC)Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, got only 37% of the vote, down from the 56% that Buhari got in 2019. In 2019 was a two-horse race between the APC and PDP candidates, 2023 was at least a four-horse race between APC, PDP, LP and NNPP candidates. It was the first time since 2007 that we had more than two major candidates in a presidential election and the first time since 1983 that we had up to four major candidates in such a race.The top four candidates in this election got 37%, 29%, 25% and 6% respectively. This compares closely with 1979 when Shagari got 34%, Awo got 29%, Zik got 16%, Aminu Kano got 10.28 and Waziri Ibrahim got 10%. The top three runners up in this race got a combined 60% of the vote. That is impressive, but then, they only have themselves to blame that they did not present a united front before the election. They only tried to present a united front to contest the results. It is a case of locking the stables after the horses have bolted. Would they have made 60% of the vote if they had united behind a single candidate? Anybody’s guess. Tinubu’s party went into this election controlling the Federal and 21 state governments. In the event, he won only 12 states outright. PDP’s Atiku Abubakar also won 12 states, LP’s Peter Obi won 12 states outright [FCT included] NNPP’s Kwankwaso won outright in one state. So how did Tinubu win the race? Simple. The number of states that a candidate wins outright is important. Equally important is the number of states in which he came second.Also very important is, if he came second with only a narrow margin in most of them.Tinubu won 12 states outright [Zamfara, Jigawa, Borno, Niger, Kwara, Kogi, Benue, Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo and Rivers]. He came second in 19 states [Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Gombe, Bauchi, Yobe, Taraba, Nasarawa, Plateau, Adamawa, Osun, Lagos, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Imo and Ebonyi]. In many cases the margins of loss were very small, only 3,000 votes in Sokoto, 12,000 in Katsina and equally narrow margins in Osun and Lagos. Tinubu came second to Kwankwaso in Kano, second to Atiku in most of the states the latter won and second to Obi in Lagos, Ebonyi, Imo and Edo.This was exactly how Alhaji Shehu Shagari won the presidency in 1979. He won outright in nine states out of 19 [Sokoto, Kaduna, Niger, Bauchi, Gongola, Benue, Kwara, Rivers and Cross River.] He won in Kaduna and Gongola even though his party lost the governorship elections there two weeks earlier, what in those days was called “the bandwagon effect.” Of the remaining ten states in Nigeria at the time, Shagari came second in 9 [Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Bendel, Anambra, Imo, Borno, Plateau and Kano]. Shagari came third only in Lagos, after Awo and Zik. Like Shagari, like Tinubu; you are victorious if your party is either first or second in almost every state.Allegations that APC rigged the election also falls flat because it lost the biggest states, namely Lagos, Kaduna, Kano and Katsina, even though all of them have APC state governors, all of whom are staunchly loyal to Tinubu. In terms of vote banks, what is Imo, Edo or Adamawa to these states? Why should anyone go rigging elections in some small states when he could rig up figures in the biggest ones and win by a large margin? If they could help it, why should ten APC governors, APC National Chairman and Director General of the APC campaign suffer the embarrassment of failing to deliver their states? Why should Tinubu himself suffer the embarrassment of failing to win outright in Lagos, long alleged to be his political fiefdom?Allegations that APC rigged these polls do not hold the water of logic. But those making them still have the chance to prove them at the election tribunals.

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ANALYSIS OF THE 2023 ELECTION BY PROF. M. JEGA (former Chairman INEC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, got only 37% of the vote, down from the 56% that Buhari got in 2019.  In 2019 was a two-horse race between the APC and PDP candidates, 2023 was at least a four-horse race between APC, PDP, LP and NNPP candidates.  It was the first time since 2007 that we had more than two major candidates in a presidential election and the first time since 1983 that we had up to four major candidates in such a race. The top four candidates in this election got 37%, 29%, 25% and 6% respectively.  This compares closely with 1979 when Shagari got 34%, Awo got 29%, Zik got 16%, Aminu Kano got 10.28 and Waziri Ibrahim got 10%.  The top three runners up in this race got a combined 60% of the vote.  That is impressive, but then, they only have themselves to blame that they did not present a united front before the election. They only tried to present a united front to contest the results.  It is a case of lo

JUST IN: Oyo Govt. Appoints Rivers State Monarch As Chancellor of LAUTECHThe Oyo State Executive Council (ExCo) has announced the appointment of HRM Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse, Paramount Ruler of Emuoha Kingdom, as the Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho.The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun made this known after the State ExCo meeting held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.LAUTECH will benefit from the rich experience of the first class monarch as an administrator, community leader and a reverred traditional ruler.The appointment takes immediate effect.

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JUST IN: Oyo Govt. Appoints Rivers State Monarch As Chancellor of LAUTECH The Oyo State Executive Council (ExCo) has announced the appointment of HRM Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse, Paramount Ruler of Emuoha Kingdom, as the Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho. The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun made this known after the State ExCo meeting held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. LAUTECH will benefit from the rich experience of the first class monarch as an administrator, community leader and a reverred traditional ruler. The appointment takes immediate effect.