Today's Headlines: Full Results: PDP Wins All 18 LGAs In Edo Council Election; Bayelsa Poll: Using BVAS Without Code Unacceptable – Group
FULL RESULTS: PDP Wins All 18 LGAs In Edo Council Election
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won in all 18 Local Government Areas in the Edo State local government election held on Saturday, according to results released by the state independent electoral commission.
The election was held in all the 18 local government areas of the state covering Edo North, Edo Central and Edo South senatorial districts.
Apart from the PDP, other major political parties that participated in the election for Chairmanship and Councillorship of all the wards include the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP).
Bayelsa poll: Using BVAS without codes unacceptable — Group
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As the governorship election in Bayelsa State draws near, a group, the Pan Nigeria Democratic Alliance (PNDA), has has disclosed that conducting the poll using the Bimodal Voters Accreditation Machine System (BVAS) without the necessary codes will not be acceptable to Nigerians who crave credible and fair election.
Speaking through its Convener, Chief Olaitan Adewale, the group noted that with the world craving for good governance, only a credible process to elect leaders would make such leaders accountable to the people, as they would be put on their toes.
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PDNA said it had the information that some unscrupulous politicians were already planning to clone the BVAS machines in their favour. We are using this opportunity to let Nigerians and the whole world know what some politicians are planning to do.
They are seeking means to get the BVAS used for the coming governorship election in Bayelsa State without the necessary codes imputed into the machines. Their aim, we know, is that they are planning to manipulate the process in their favour.
“It is only a lazy worker that quarrels with his tools, it is only a politician who knows he cannot win in a free and fair contest that would be looking for short cuts to success. There is no room for such a thing. If a politician is not popular and not accepted by the people, he should gladly accept the verdict of the people.
“We call on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and its leadership, not to cave in to pressure from unscrupulous politicians to truncate the will of the people. The electoral umpire has promised credible polls in Bayelsa and we are all looking forward to that.
Gov. Sani Orders Probe Into Kaduna Mosque Killing
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The Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, on Sunday directed security agencies to thoroughly investigate the reported killing of worshippers in a Mosque in Ikara Local Government Area of the state by bandits.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Muhammad Shehu.
Describing the incident as wicked and barbaric, the governor vowed to go to any length within the law to bring the Ikara bandits to book.
His Government, he said, will not rest on its oars until peace and stability is restored to every part of Kaduna State.
Kaduna Govt Recruits 7,000 Vigilantes To Tackle Banditry, Kidnapping
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The Kaduna State Government has recruited 7,000 youths into the state vigilance service to complement the efforts of federal security agencies in tackling insecurity in the state.
Speaking during the commencement of training for the newly recruited vigilante members at the Police College Kaduna, Governor Uba Sani said his administration will do everything humanly possible to curb the menace of banditry, kidnapping and other related crimes that are threatening the peace and security of citizens of the state.
The thousands of young men and women who converged on the Police College in the capital city were drawn from the 23 Local Government Areas of the state.
According to the governor, the vigilante members would to be deployed to rural communities.
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