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By Halimah Olamide The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday accused the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde of spreading falsehood about the Ondo state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola. INEC said the claim by Makinde that Babalola is an indigene of Ondo was a blatant lie adding that the Governor is fond of making false allegations. NPO Reports that Makinde had told the gathering of PDP supporters in Ondon on Tuesday that the PDP would resist her deployment saying there will be protests until she is removed. But in a swift reaction, INEC said in a statement…

By Safiu Kehinde Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde on Tuesday asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to remove the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ondo State, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola. Makinde, while speaking during the campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akure said Babalola is an indigene of Ondo town saying she cannot be a fair umpire in the Ondo governorship poll. Makinde said what the INEC did in Edo state would be vehemently resisted in Ondo. He said his message was to the chairman of INEC Prof Mahmoud Yakubu to immediately remove the REC saying the PDP…

Radio personality Destiny Ezeyim professionally known as RadioGad has accused cross-dresser Idris Okunneye (Bobrisky) of lying that the controversial audio where he revealed that he didn’t stay in prison was artificial intelligence generated. In a post on his pages on Sunday, Radiogad said that Bobrisky had earlier confirmed to him that a friend of his leaked the audio where he revealed that he did not spend time in prison and that he also paid officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission a sum of N15m for them to drop money laundering charges against him. “Senior man Bobrisky, why are…

By Halimah Olamide Controversial social media influencer, Vincent Martins Otse popularly called VeryDarkMan on Sunday vowed to ensure that many people who are connected to the ongoing alleged imprisonment fraud involving cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky) lose their credibilities. VDM said there are so many people who Nigerians respect but who have been connected to the alleged fraud which saw some officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dropped money laundering charges against Bobrisky. He also said that those connected to arranging for a private lodge where Bobrisky allegedly served his six month jail term over Naira abuse will…

By Halimah Olamide In another shocking revelation Social Media activist Martins Vincent Otse popularly called VeryDarkMan has revealed that some unnamed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission got a sum of N15m bribe from cross dresser Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky) to drop charges of money laundering against him. VDM Said on Tuesday in a video posted on his Tiktok account that he got the information ina. Telephone conversation with Bobrisky where he alleged that EFCC officials got a sum of N15m to drop the charges. NPO Reports that the cross-dresser was arrested and charged with abuse of Naira and…

By Safiu Kehinde The Independent National Electoral Commission, has declared the winner, candidate of the All Progressive Congress in the Saturday election in Edo state, Senator Monday Ekpobhollo. According to the INEC Chief Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, the APC candidate polled a total of 291,667 while his PDP counterpart, Asue Ighodalo scored 247,274. The candidate of the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata, scored 22,763. “That Okpebholo Monday of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.” Kuta declared. As contained in the collated results, Okphebolo emerged victorious across 11 local…

By Halimah Olamide The Headquarters of the Nigeria Police on Sunday said its men are ready for any post-election violence in Edo state. Its statement came amidst fears of violence which was contained in a statement released by the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday. The party had said that there would be violence should its victory be awarded to the All Progressive Congress in the Saturday governorship election. The police, via statement by the Force PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the DIG in charge of the election in Edo, Frank Mba has activated a post-election crisis squad which also embarked on…

Safiu Kehinde The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governors Forum, has denied claims of usurping the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) role following a announcement of Edo state governorship election results by Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri. This was contained in a statement signed by the forum’s chairman, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state. While commending the people of Edo state for their massive turn out, the forum expressed satisfaction with the role played by the PDP governors during the election. They also backed the announcement of some collated local results by Fintiri earlier today while denying claim of an attempt…

By Safiu Kehinde Warns Against Awarding Victory to APC The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday warned of dire consequences should the victory of its candidate in the Saturday’s governorship election, Asue Ighodalo be awarded to that of the All Progressive Congress, Monday Okpebhollo. The party reminded the Independent National Electoral Commission of the Adamawa state saga of 2023 which it said led to the death of some INEC officials. The party said worst consequences await any move to change the result in favour of the APC They stressed further that any contrary declaration by INEC especially in favour of the…

As APC, PDP Await Final Declaration of Winner of Edo Election BY Safiu Kehinde and Halimah Olamide The much awaited last local government result for Ikpoba Okha in Edo State has been released. The announcement at about 8:48pm on Sunday marked the end of the release of results of the Saturday’s governorship poll in the state. The result showed that PDP won the local government with 26,382 votes while the APC scored a total of 16,338 votes. The Labour Party won a total of 4,026 votes in the election. The conclusion of collation from all the 18 local governments will…