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#Decision2023: INEC Rejects Governor Okowa’s LG Results For Over-Voting
INEC has rejected Okowa’s LG Results for over-voting.
JomogNews Nigeria reports that the Independent Ntional Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday rejected election results presented at the commission’s state office in Asaba for Ika North-east Local Government due to discrepancy in the figures presented.
Ika North-east is the home area of the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa.
Specifically, the Delta State INEC Collation Officer, Prof Abraham Georgewill Owuneri, noted that INEC could not accept the result for the local government area because the total number of accredited voters for the area was different from the number of votes reportedly cast.
According to the results presented by the Electoral Officer for Ika North-east, Dr James Olisa, the total number of accredited voters at February 25, 2023 presidential election is 30,105 while the total number of votes cast is 31,681. The local government area has 130,247 registered voters, he said, adding that a total of 3,206 votes were rejected.
Nonetheless, the rejected result for Ika North-east had showed that Governor Okowa’s party had won the election in the area with a total of 16,696 votes, Labour Party (LP) secured 8,908 votes while the All Progressives Congress (APC) had 1,902 votes.
In Ika South Local Government Area, which forms the other half of Ika Federal Constituency, the PDP was thrashed by Labour Party which polled a total of 17,868 votes to the PDP’s 7,485 votes.
The APC came a distant third after securing a total of 3,290 votes of the 29,763 valid votes cast, the Electoral Officer, Mr Alex Ani stated.
In Aniocha North, the result presented by the Electoral Officer, Emeke Onyeme, the LP also garnered 11,628 votes out of the 17,276 valid votes cast in the locality, leaving PDP and APC to trail behind with 3,783 and 1,146 total votes, respectively.
Mr Peter Obi’s LP also won the election in Ethiope East Local Government Area, home to influential politicians like Chief Great Ogboru, the governorship candidate of APGA, and Chief Evance Evwurie, formerly of the Delta State House of Assembly.
According to the Electoral Officer, Ms Josephine Crossday, the LP and Obi won a total of 10,199 of the 21,182 valid votes cast; PDP won 5,403 votes; and, APC got 3,850 votes.
In Oshimili North Local Government, which is the home base of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Chief Patrick Ukah, the LP also recorded an overwhelming victory, garnering 14,929 votes while the PDP and APC managed 4,796 and 1,688 votes, respectively.
The Electoral Officer for the area, Mr. Emannuel Okonta, said that 22,247 of the 23,795 votes only were valid while 1,548 votes were voided.
Meanwhile, the result for Ika North-East Local Government Area, which was represented about one hour later by the electoral officer after the initial rejection by INEC, showed that Atiku Abubakar and the PDP won with 16,696 votes, to the 8,980 votes scored by LP and 1,902 votes for the Bola Tinubu and the APC.
Results for the remaining 20 local government areas of the state are expected to be presented and subsequently declared by INEC on Monday (today).
The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, has initiated impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Ngozi Odu, issuing them a seven-day notice to respond to allegations of gross misconduct.
The Assembly cited eight specific allegations of gross misconduct as the basis for the move.
This is the third time Fubara and Odu would be facing impeachment proceedings from the Assembly since coming to office in 2023.
Attempts to impeach them in 2023 and 2025, amid political feuds between the Governor and his predecessor and erstwhile political god-father, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, had been halted by presidential intervention.
Here are the allegations below:
1. Reckless and unconstitutional expenditure of public funds
2. Unconstitutional misappropriation of public funds
3. Hindering the Rivers Assembly from performing its constitutional duties
4. Illegal appointments of persons without screening by the House of Assembly as provided by the Constitution
5. Seizure of salaries and funds meant for Assembly members
6. Seizure of salaries of the clerk of the Rivers House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi
7. Refusal to implement provisions of the Constitution on financial autonomy of the legislature and the judiciary
8. Withholding of funds meant for the running of the Rivers House of Assembly Service Commission and hindering its activities
Lilian Adebayo, the wife of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, has said that the party will unseat the ruling All Progressive Party at the 2027 election if Nigerians are true to themselves.
Mrs Adebayo made this assertion known on Wednesday during an interview with journalists after an event in Abuja.
According to her, the opposition party has overcome its crisis after the expulsion of its former chairman, Shehu Gabam and others.
She said Nigerians should vote the APC out in the 2027 general election due to the hardship the party has plunged citizens into.
“There is always a crisis in the party; the SPD has been able to handle its own. The problems in the party have been resolved.
“He has a great chance of winning the election if Nigerians are honest with themselves. If Nigerians think that the ones they consistently vote for would move the country forward, they live in denial,” she concerning the husband.
Recall that SDP recently expelled Gabam and other party executives.
The party’s state chairmen on Wednesday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the police to investigate Gabam over alleged misappropriation.
In a significant political move, Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
Mbah announced his decision during a televised broadcast in Enugu after weeks of speculation.
He said, “Today, after a long reflection, we have made the decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party and join the All Progressives Congress.”
Mbah explained that his decision to join the PDP was informed by the need to reshape Enugu and reorganise the politics of the state.
“Today, I stand before you to announce a break from the past and to share a decision that will shape the road ahead. This concerns our values, how we organize ourselves politically and how we secure the future of our project and our people.
“Leadership sometimes demands painful decisions in the service of higher principles and goals. And there comes a time, when everyone must make a bold choice to determine their destiny.”
Ahead of the governor’s defection, all members of his cabinet had on joined the ruling party.
Governor Mbah’s Senior Media Aide, Dan Nwomeh, confirmed the mass defection in a video posted on his social media handles on Monday. In the video, several government officials were seen openly declaring their allegiance to the APC, chanting praises for President Bola Tinubu and affirming their commitment to the new party.
“Enugu State Cabinet Members join the APC with full chest along with Governor PN Mbah,” Nwomeh stated.
The officials, including commissioners and top aides, could be heard in the video declaring, “We are now in APC; tomorrow is here; it is APC all the way; it is Jagaban all the way; from top to bottom.”
The collective defection marks a significant political shift in Enugu State, which has been a PDP stronghold since 1999.
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