Tag: INEC Declares

Mahmood Yakubu Alive, INEC Declares

Ganiyu Amodu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has refuted rumours circulating on social media about the alleged death of its Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu. Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, dismissed the reports, describing it as”fake news.” According to Oyekanmi, the commission’s attention was drawn to a fabricated story being circulated on social media, claiming that Professor Yakubu had passed away in a London hospital. He noted that the false narrative first surfaced on Monday, 9th December. “We hereby…

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APC Wins Ekiti With 201, 494 Votes, INEC Declares

Gbenga Adeoti

PDP – 89,554, LP – 11,397, NNPP – 264 The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the ongoing elections in Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been declared the winner in Ekiti State. As reported earlier by The Eagle Online, Tinubu had won in nine of the 16 Local Government Areas in the state. The Presiding Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission for Ekiti State, Professor Akeem Lasisi, declared the former two-term Lagos State Governor winner of the election in Ekiti State after the collation of the…

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