April 13, 2015

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MORE •Ekiti LP: INEC colluded with PDP to rig elections •AND ON PAGES •Tambuwal extends hands of fellowship to opponents 6,8,9,54 •Protest in Akwa Ibom over killings, ballot boxes snatching •Niger Delta’ll support Buhari, says ex-militant leader Ateke

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Ambode, Ajimobi, Ahmed, Amosun, others win polls Tinubu hails Agbaje’s ‘good spirit’

WINNERS ALL

Tambuwal, Ortom, Ugwuanyi elected By Our Reporters

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HE All Progressives Congress (APC) seems unstoppable in its winning streak. The party has won majority of the governorship seats in Saturday’s elections. APC candidates carried the day in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Kwara states. Akinwunmi Ambode will take the baton from Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola on May 29. He defeated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Jimi Agbaje with 152,206 votes. Ambode, 51, a former permanent secretary/accountant general of the state, polled 811,994 votes. Agbaje got 659,788 votes. Ambode won in 16 of the 20 local government areas – he lost in Ojo, Oshodi/Isolo, Amuwo Odofin and Surulere. In Ogun State, Governor Ibikunle Amosun shrugged off PDP candidate Gboyega Isiaka’s challenge, scoring 306, 988 votes as against Isiaka’s 201, 440. The SDP candidate, Senator Kamarudeen Odunsi, got 25, 826 votes. There was jubilation in Ibadan as Governor Abiola Ajimobi was declared winner. He defeated two former governors - Rashidi Ladoja of Accord and Adebayo AlaoAkala Labour Party (LP) - and the PDP candidate, former Senate Leader Teslim Folarin as well as young industrialist Seyi Makinde to retain his seat. Ajimobi broke a jinx, becoming the first Oyo State governor to get re-elected. Ajimobi scored 327,310 votes. Ladoja scored 254, 520. Alao-Akala polled 184,111. Folarin got 79,019 and Makinde 54,740. APC also won 18 seats in the House of Assembly. Accord won eight. LP got six seats. Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha retain his position after a stiff challenge from House of Representatives Speaker Emeka Ihedioha, the candidate of the PDP. Until it Continued on page 2

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WILL THE CHIBOK GIRLS KIDNAPPED ON APRIL 15, LAST YEAR EVER RETURN?

By Wale Ajetunmobi

•Tambuwal (Sokoto) APC •Ajimobi (Oyo) APC

•Ahmed (Kwara) APC

•Ambode (Lagos) APC

•Ganduje (Kano) APC

•Geidam (Yobe) APC

•Amosun (Ogun) APC

•Dankwambo (Gombe) PDP •Masari (Katsina) APC

•Ortom (Benue) APC

•Yari (Zamfara) APC

•Ugwuanyi (Enugu) PDP •Bagudu (Kebbi) APC

•El -Rufai (Kaduna) APC

•Ayade (C/River) PDP

•APC wins in 12 states •Leading in four states •PDP wins in four states •Leading in two states •Imo poll inconclusive •More results today •Abubakar (Bauchi) APC •Bello (Niger) APC

•Bindow (Adamawa) APC •Emmanuel (A/Ibom) PDP

INSIDE •AND •INEC probes 66 incidents recorded in 19 states MORE ON •Yero, Ribadu, Agbaje, Alao-Akala concede defeat PAGES •Winners and losers in the governorship elections 4,5,6,61&62 •APC sweeps Edo Assembly as PDP wins Ondo, Ekiti

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LL Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was last night excited over Akinwunmi Ambode’s victory at Saturday’s governorship election. He ascribed it all to the party’s members’ hard. Tinubu said Ambode’s victory was predicated on the radical transformation and well-articulated programmes he started 16 years ago, hinting that Lagos would start another race in its transformation drive given its alignment with the federal government. The former Lagos governor hailed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr Jimi Agbaje, for his statesmanship, describing him as a man of good values and character. “We must bear in mind that a good democrat must accept result of a free and fair election.,” he said. Tinubu said Agbaje showed good spirit by calling Ambode on telephone to congratulate him and for accepting his party’s loss in Saturday’s poll. Tinubu said: “Our victory in Lagos is as a result of hard work I started 16 years ago. Constistent radContinued on page 2

Foreign observers: Rivers elections bloody, fraudulent

STORY ON PAGE 11

Monitors disappointed at REC’s declaration of ‘sham’ results

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