Sanwo-Olu Declared Winner of Lagos Gubernatorial Elections by INEC; Protest Erupts as APC’s Binani Seems to Lose Adamawa Gubernatorial Election to Thugs | 5 Issues That Ought to Matter Right now

• Sanwo-Olu Declared Winner of Lagos Gubernatorial Elections by INEC
• INEC Guarantees to Take Robust Motion In opposition to Confirmed Election Irregularities
• Protest Erupts as APC’s Binani Seems to Lose Adamawa Gubernatorial Election to Thugs
• Dikko Radda Emerges as Governor-Elect of Katsina
• Experiences of Assault on Igbos in Abule Ado, Prompting Police Response

Throughout Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss:

Sanwo-Olu Declared Winner of Lagos Gubernatorial Elections by INEC

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been re-elected in Lagos State.

He polled a complete of 762,134 votes, defeating Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Get together who scored 312,329 votes, adopted by Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor with 62,449 votes.

Sanwo-Olu was declared the winner at 1:15 am on Monday morning, nearly 48 hours after the electoral train commenced.

The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) introduced the outcomes on the fee’s state collation centre, however not with out the LP collation agent condemning the train.

The election was marked by voter suppression, ethnic discrimination, political thuggery, and bodily assaults on voters, electoral employees and safety personnel alike.

Amid the stories, state Commissioner of Police Idowu Owohunwa had assured Lagosians that safety personnel deployed for the election had been responding promptly to the instances, saying “a number of arrests” and “recoveries” had been made.

Moments after INEC’s declaration, Sanwo-Olu, in his acceptance speech, mentioned Lagosians had made their voices heard.

“To all of our fellow contestants, we wish to salute you for collaborating within the democratic course of, however Lagosians have spoken and have spoken effectively. They’ve spoken loud.,” he mentioned.

“Please do not forget that we’re extending a hand of fellowship to you, no victor, no vanquished. Within the true spirit of sportsmanship, in the event you certainly imagine that you just wish to serve this state, you’ve got a chance with us and we are going to open our doorways to hear and to provide you an area on this authorities.”

He additionally spoke out towards the identification politics that turned commonplace within the lead-up the polls final Saturday.

“Throughout this marketing campaign, sadly, we’ve seen very divisive rhetoric which isn’t a definition of who we’re,” he mentioned.

“So, Lagosians, we have to come collectively and additional rebuild the capability, the competence, and the expertise that we’ve on this metropolis. Faith mustn’t divide us, ethnicity is not going to divide us. Lagos will come out greater, stronger, and higher.”

INEC Guarantees to Take Robust Motion In opposition to Confirmed Election Irregularities

The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) has vowed to handle confirmed irregularities within the simply concluded governorship and state meeting elections throughout the nation.

The Fee gave the reassurance on Sunday by means of its Nationwide Commissioner, Festus Okoye, who addressed the press in Abuja.

Noting that circumstances past the Fee’s management impacted among the processes, he lamented that some INEC employees had been victims of violence, harassment, abduction, and the loss of life of 1.

Okoye assured the general public that the Fee was protecting its eye on areas the place elections didn’t maintain.

The INEC Nationwide Commissioner additionally famous some enchancment in Saturday’s elections, saying that majority of the polling models nationwide opened on schedule and residents had been attended to promptly.

Equally, he famous that there was improved voter authentication utilizing the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) whereas the importing of polling unit outcomes to the INEC End result Viewing Portal (IReV) witnessed a outstanding enchancment.

Having earlier alerted the nation of invasion of our Obingwa Native Authorities Space workplace in Abia State by thugs in the course of the collation of outcomes for the Governorship and State Meeting elections, the Fee mentioned it doesn’t take the persistence of residents without any consideration and would proceed to take steps to guard the integrity of the vote and consolidate the progress made to this point within the electoral course of.

Protest Erupts as APC’s Binani Seems to Lose Adamawa Gubernatorial Election to Thugs

Thugs, within the wee hours of Monday, went wild within the Adamawa State capital, Yola, smashing vehicles and inflicting accidents on motorists and different passersby.

The youths who had anticipated that the APC governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani could be declared governor-elect, had taken to the road after the failure of their expectation.

The thugs who had gone on celebration earlier within the night, proclaiming that Binani had gained the election, had turn into indignant hours later, round midnight, and had turned towards motorists and different residents who occurred to run into them.

By the way, a lot of their victims had been supporters of Binani, together with Senator Binta Massi, whose automotive was broken and had bruises inflicted on her by the thugs when she drove by means of them.

Senator Binta who was the state pioneer chairman of APC and was within the Senate between 2015 and 2019 below the APC, had walked into the INEC collation Centre on Financial institution Street, Jimeta, to hunt help of the safety males on the centre after the assault by the thugs.

This was somewhat after midnight when the collation centre had already closed proceedings until later within the morning for officers to kind out points round the one remaining LGA to be collated, Fufore.

The hearsay had gone spherical earlier Sunday night when three LGAs nonetheless remained to be collated that Binani had gained the governorship election, a hearsay which apparently emanated from a false consequence sheet indicating Binani’s purported victory.

Contrastingly, with these three LGAs initially pending and after two extra LGAs had been introduced to depart only one pending, Fintiri really remained in a slight lead, and Binani would wish 34,669 superior vote distinction within the remaining Fufore LGA to reach at votes that may equal Fintiri”s complete votes to this point.

Dikko Radda Emerges as Governor-Elect of Katsina

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Katsina State, Dr. Dikko Radda, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s election.

Radda scored 859,892 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Senator Yakubu Danmarke, of the Folks’s Democratic Get together (PDP) who polled a complete of 486,620

votes.

The State Returning Officer for the election, Professor Mu’azu Gusau, who can be the Vice Chancellor of the Federal College Gusau, introduced the consequence on Sunday at about 8:56 pm on the Governorship Election Collation Centre, Katsina.

The full votes forged stand at 1,386, 427, legitimate votes stand at 1,365,848 whereas the rejected votes had been 20, 579.

In line with Professor Gusau, registered voters stand at 3,516,719 whereas accredited voters stand at 1,399,291.

In the meantime, the New Nigeria’s Peoples Get together (NNPP) polled 8,263 votes, the Peoples Redemption Get together (PRP) scored 4,226 votes, and the Social Democratic Get together (SDP) received 1,049 votes.

The Labour Get together (LP) had 560 votes and the Nationwide Rescue Motion (NRM) scored 896 votes and the Zenith Labour Get together (ZLP) polled 132 votes.

Experiences of Assault on Igbos in Abule Ado, Prompting Police Response

An assault on Igbos has been reported within the Abule Ado space of Lagos State, although the police have countered.

The incident occurred hours after the governorship and home of meeting came about in most elements of the state.

A trending video exhibits two younger Igbo males being carried right into a automobile after they had been allegedly wounded by suspected political thugs.

Positioned close to Festac City in Amuwo Odofin Native Authorities Space, Abule Ado has a big inhabitants of Southeasterners.

Reacting, Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the safety company has restored normalcy.

The spokesperson mentioned an intra-community struggle broke out within the space earlier this morning leading to destruction to property.

“Owing to the well timed arrival of the police, no life was misplaced and no property was razed as broadly claimed

“Two individuals have been arrested and investigation has commenced into the matter. Cops stay on floor to forestall additional breakdown of regulation and order,” the PRO added.