2023 Election
‘Obidients’ Shutdown Independent Result Collation Portal After Noticing Tinubu’s lead @ 97% Collation.
An uproar has ensured after admin shutdown an independent collation portal, set up by supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to audit the February 25 presidential election results.
However, both the PDP and LP have since rejected the results, claiming to have hard data to prove in court, that their respective candidates won the elections. For the legal battle, The PUNCH reported that the trio engaged a combined team of 89 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, who are currently being furnished with materials that could be tendered as evidence in court.
Obi supporters, led by a certain Mark Essien, with twitter handle @markessien, had set up an independent IreV portal to re-collate the results and prove that Obi had indeed won the elections.
The initial views looked good in favour of Obi and @markessien tweeted;
“The way things are going, by tomorrow, we would have counted 160,000 polling unit results and done our own collation. All collation officers that thought they could announce anything they wanted did not understand the power of a mass movement,” Essien had tweeted last Thursday.
However, trouble began when Tinubu’s started widening against all expectation. Some Obidents couldn’t help it but turn on Essien.
While some twitter users accused Essien of working for the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, others trolled the Obidients.
Leading the attack on Essien, @AfamDeluxo wrote, “Mark Essien is deeply into Nasiru El-rufai’s pocket. Trust whatever you think he is doing for the obidient movement at your own peril. You can go ahead and trust him, that’s fine, I don’t anyone that is friends, or crony with the high and mighty in the APC. Especially someone like Nasiru El-rufai. Never!”
And further reactions were sparked when the independent collation portal was later blocked from public glire.
A user, @celestocalculus, said, “Take Mr. Essien’s poll & its eventual result with a pinch of salt. Here’s why: if he’s sourcing the forms from IReV online records, then it’s already sus to begin with. Why? Those records weren’t uploaded from the PU, so they had ample time to beat it up to fit their numbers.
“I know he’s blocked the results from the public but as at right now, 11:18 pm this is what it is. The game is to swing public trust to the website. Build anticipation by hiding the result, then show the final outcome, [maybe] as presented by [the now mostly clear] IReV uploads.” He added.
“Finally, it’s really just smokes and mirrors ladies and gents. The game is the game! Allow the Labour Party legal team to do their work and disregard all these distractions, that we all keep looking for to boost our validation.”
@AsiwajuOladimej wrote, “Essien was a good guy when he started the Collation and LP was leading. By the time the result wasn’t going in their favour, they said he is working for APC and El Rufai. Soludo will always be right. Headless Mob ”
@Sholexx_ wrote, “Obidient dey their own dey nurse their wound. You carry your oversabi say you wan audit Irev results and assured them that Obi won the election. Now, the audit is not “mathing” as you’ve anticipated. You must collect from both Obidient and Agbado hand today.”
@MrOdanz wrote, “So these people were losing at the collation centre they set up for themselves after tallying 90% of the results? I heard they’ve shut it down based on “legal advice” because the results isn’t resulting to what they want.
“Few days ago they were cheering their own INEC chairman (Mark Essien) who wanted to prove to them that their mandate was stolen. Now that the result isn’t going according to plan, they have turned on their INEC Chairman, accusing him of being a saboteur sent by El-Rufai.”
“This was the last result from their own collation center. They have suspended collation for now. Only positive thing from this their independent election is that it is clear PDP stole second position from them.”
Chief Ebikeme Anthony Clark, Wife, and Bayoko and Wife.
By Admin
Jubilation rents the air today as Chief Ebikeme Anthony Clark, the newly appointed Delta State Commissioner for Riverine Areas Development, invites friends and well-wishers to a Thanksgiving service at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church on Airport Road, Ugborikoko, Warri. The event was held to express his gratitude to God Almighty for His boundless favor and to thank Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for his generosity in appointment appointing him commissioner.
The service attracted many prominent figures from the political community in Burutu Local Government Area and beyond. Following the church service, a reception is scheduled to take place at Chief Clark’s hometown, Kiagbodo.
Stay tuned as IduwiniVoiceTv brings you live updates and highlights from the event.
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DOUYI DIRI’S ELECTORAL VICTORY MAINTAINED BY THE SUPREME COURT
By Tobouke JEMINE
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed the legal suit filed by the Chief Timpre Sylva of the All Progressive Congress against the electoral victory of Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State in the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state.
Reacting to the judgement of the Apex Court, Governor Diri expressed gratitude to God and to his supporters for the victory.
Via his Facebook handle, the governor wrote:
“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 15:57.
On behalf of my workaholic Deputy and I, we thank God for today’s victory at the Supreme Court over our re-election.
Big shout out to our supporters and good people of Bayelsa State for the mandate freely given us which has just been reaffirmed by this massive judgment.
We appreciate the Justices for standing on the side of truth. We do commend the electoral body, INEC for defending its declared results of the November 11, 2023 governorship election while the case lasted from the Tribunal, to the Court of Appeal and finally at the Supreme Court.
To our Legal Team, I say thank you.
Congratulations Bayelsa!
~ SDD
FUBARA AND SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE AFTER APEX COURT UPHELD HIS ELECTION VICTORY.
By Tobouke Jemine,
In Rivers State and across the Niger Delta, supporters and well-wishers of the Governor of Rivers State jubilate and congratulate him following the Supreme Court’s affirmation of Independent Electoral Commission’s declaration of Siminalayi Fubara as the winner of the last gubernatorial in Rivers State on Thursday.
Following INEC’s declaration, the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Rivers State governorship election, Tonye Cole, alleged that Fubara did not resign from his previous position as required by law before the election and that the election itself was characterized by irregularities.
Hence, Cole sought the face of the law to ascertain his claims.But when both the tribunal and the Court of Appeal dismissed Cole’s case for lack of merit, Cole appealed to the apex court to sack Siminalayi Fubara as governor of the state.
But reading the lead judgment, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa dismissed Cole’s appeal. Unanimously, the five-man panel on Thursday held that the appellant failed to prove his allegations that there was non-compliance with the Electoral Act during the election.
Following the confirmation of his electoral victory, Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday attended the 4th day of Glory Reign at Salvation Ministry in Port Harcourt, to thank God.The annual church event which began on Monday, January 22, 2024, saw the General Overseer, Pastor David Ibiyomie preach on the theme, “Vengeance for Victory”.
Fubaraubara thanked God and President Bola Tinubu for his fatherly role touching the internal crisis in the party in the State and the litigation against his election.
Fubara also extended his magnanimity and gratitude to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, whom he described as his “Oga” for all his support.
The governor called on everyone to join hands with his administration make Rivers State a truly prosperous and advanced state in all ramifications.