LIVE UPDATES FROM EDO GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

SUNDAY 15th JULY, 2012

#12:33 Gov. Oshiomhole Is The Winner...
- INEC Has Declared Adams Oshiomhole of the ACN as Winner of the Election.
- President Goodluck Jonathan Has Congratulated Oshiomhole for his Re-Election.

SEE THE FINAL Official Result Here >>

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SATURDAY 14th JULY, 2012

#23:10 unofficial results from Edo Decides 2012...
Uromi the country home of Tony Annenih.
ACN 3,480; PDP-1004

Akoko Edo LGA.

ACN 4,899; PDP 1907

#21:13 unofficial results from Edo Decides 2012...
Benin City

- Imaguero Colledge ACN 488, PDP 122.
- Oredo College ACN 717, PDP 148

Etsako Central Fugar Ward 2.
- unit 7 PDP 169, ACN 129
- unit 8 PDP 87, ACN 141
- unit 2 PDP 96, ACN 133.

Etsako Central Fugar Ward 2.
- Unit 6 ACN 153 PDP 115.
- Unit 5 ACN 76 PDP 70
- Unit 3 ACN 137 PDP 120

Auchi Poly.
ACN 178, PDP 18.

Oredo LGA Sapele road, Ward 6.
- Unit 33 ACN 194; PDP 16;
- Unit 34:ACN,199; PDP 13
- Unit 14, Ward 10 Oza Primary School,

Oredo LGA 

- Unit 18 ACN 14, PDP 35.
- Unit 12 ACN 121, PDP 19.

- Unit 16 ACN 131, PDP 23.

Ovia North East LGA, Adolor ward 3.
- Isiukhukhu Unit ACN 122, PDP 17.
- Urhokpota hall ACN 235, PDP 37.

Ezomo in Ora Adolo Ward
- Unit 4 ACN 152 PDP 21

- Idia College ACN 7,923; PDP 262
- Emotan College ACN 7,263; PDP 169

Ovia North East Adolor ward 3 

- Co-operative unit ACN 208, PDP 17
- Ward 5 ACN 832 PDP 236

Weka Primary School. 

- Useh ward 7 ACN. 2,298; PDP 89,

Oredo Ward 4 Unit 2 

- Orokponta Hall ACN 223, PDP 37

Fugar, Etsako  
- Ward 2, unit 8 ACN 141, PDP 88
- Unit 7 ACN 169, PDP 129 

Ikpoba hill ward 11 unit 006 PDP 36 ACN 255

Oredo LGA, Oza Primary School.
- Unit 14, Ward 10 ACN 129 PDP 35.
- Unit 18 ACN 14, PDP 35.
- Unit 12 ACN 121, PDP 19.
- Unit 16 ACN 131, PDP 23

Ebenezer Primary School Ihama Road Benin: 

Ward 2, Unit 003 ACN 126, PDP 24

Polling Unit 037 (oka mrkt), ward 8. 

- Ikpoba okha ACN 201, PDP 12

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#20:30 Panicky Anenih Threatens Court Action.
Mr. Fix It obviously could not fix much in Edo State during the governorship election on Saturday. As the ACN takes the lead in virtually all the polling units results declared so far, the "god-father" has Threatened to go to court, accusing the ACN of rigging the election.
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#20:00 unofficial results from Edo Decides 2012...
* PDP Candidate, Airhiavbere lost his polling unit to Oshiomhole.
He voted at Garrick Memorial School in Benin City.
Result: ACN 965, PDP 196.

* Oshiomhole Sweeps His Own Polling Unit
Result: ACN 575, PDP 0
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# - 19:00 Unofficial results from Edo Decides 2012...
- Igue/Ikao ward, Owan East LGA, 

ACN: 2209, PDP: 1211

- Enikaro Pry School, 
ACN: 1710, PDP: 715

- Ward 5/St. Saviour Ivbiyeneva Pry Sch. IX,
ACN: 258, PDP: 9

- Ewekah Pry. Sch, Useh ward 7,
ACN: 2,298, PDP: 89

- Ward 9, Asora Grammar Sch., 

ACN: 966, PDP: 44.
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# - 17:45 Unofficial results from Edo Decides 2012...
- Isiukhukhu unit in Adolor ward 3, in ovia north east LGA 
ACN: 122, PDP 17

- Urhokpota hall final count
ACN 235 PDP 37

- Unit 4 Ezomo in Ora Adolo ward 
ACN 152 PDP 21

- Idia College 

ACN 7,923 PDP 262

- Emotan college 
ACN 7263 PDP 169

- Ovia north east Adolor ward 3 co-operative unit, 
ACN 208, PDP 17

- Ward 5 ovia north east, 
ACN 832 PDP 236

- Top hill of Ada river (Okada), 
ACN:256 PDP:62 ANPP:5 CPC:3

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# - As at 17:42 the ACN is leading its closest rival, the PDP, by a wide margin as results come in.

# - Edo People's Frontier, an independent monitoring group, estimates that 56,000 were disenfranchised in Benin City alone!

# - Governor Adams Oshiomhole has expressed disappointment in Prof Jega for failing to conduct free and fear election in the state as promised.

# - INEC Chairman Atahiru Jega announced that 3 Police Officers and 2 INEC Officials died earlier today when their boat capsized while conveying election materials to Ologbo, Edo State.

# - As at 15:00 voting is going on smoothly in several parts of the state....

# - Edo State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Adenaike, says he will investigate reports of stuffing of ballot boxes by party chieftains in some parts of the State.

# - As at 12:30 there are too many complains of "scientific rigging" going on in several parts of the state.

# - As at 12:15 Voters at a polling unit in Ward 12, Oredo Local Government Area of Benin accuse INEC of using fake register. 417 names appear instead of 17.

# - As at 12:00 there was still several complains of missing names from voters registers.

# - As at 11:35 sources told Olufamous.com that illegal voting was noticed at the house of a PDP Chieftain at Ikah Street, Agenebode, Edo State. I hear that youths have mobilized to the place. More details...

# - As at 11:30 voting materials have not not arrived Ward 9, Ikpoba-Okha LGA, no INEC official.

# - As at 11:25 Accreditation commenced at Evboutubu Town Hall in Oredo LGA, very peaceful.

# - As at 10:15 voting material has still not arrived Ugbowo Polling unit, also no INEC official on site.

# - As at 10:00 no INEC official or voting material at Garic Memorial Orimary Cchool in Ugbowo.

# - No major report of violence or clashes of any kind reported as at 9:35am.

# - INEC officials arrived the Institute of Continuous Education at 09:33am.

# - Accreditation of voters begins as scheduled in many parts of the state. Olufamous.com gathered that there is large turnout of enthusiastic voters, especially in Edo South and Edo Central, and the voters are also very orderly.

# - There is high presence of security personnel in major streets, especially in Benin City.

REPORT: Anxiety In Edo As The People Elect Governor

There is palpable apprehension in the land as 1.6 million eligible citizens of Edo State go to the polls today to elect the governor of the state.

The apprehension has been heightened by strong allegations from several parties that there is a plot to manipulate the election and undermine the wish of the people.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Maj.-Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (retd.) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are leading the seven candidates in the election, which has been a long battle of hype, wits, schism and deaths.

The high profile and recriminatory campaigns of the PDP and ACN had heightened tension in the state as the archrivals tried to pull down one another in order to make gains.

ACN took over the governorship from the PDP in 2008 after a long drawn legal battle that followed the April 2007 election, in which the PDP candidate, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, was declared winner.

The loss of the governorship had further fractionalised the PDP, which the ACN benefited from over the years as many PDP leaders and their supporters crossed over to the ACN, with the ACN losing a few of its disgruntled leaders to the PDP.

The other candidates are Mr. Solomon Edebiri of the All Nigeria Peoples Party; Mr. Andrew Igwemoh of the Labour Party; Mr. Frank Okonga of the Social Democratic Mega Party; Mr. Roland Izevbuwa of the Congress for Democratic Change, who stepped down on Thursday for Oshiomhole; and Mr. Paul Orumwense of the National Conscience Party.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, promised during the week that every measure had been taken to ensure that the election would be free, fair and safe. Also the new Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Olufemi Adenaike, said the command would not leave anything to chance.

More than 15,000 policemen and other security personnel have been mobilised to enforce order and peace during the poll. According to Abubakar, each polling unit will be manned by at least five security men.

The police commissioner said his men had been deployed in border points to check the entry of hired voters from neighbouring states as was alleged by some of the contestants.

Adenaike said the marine police had been put on the alert to patrol the creeks and rivers of Ovia North East, Ovia South West and Oredo following allegations by the PDP candidate that Niger Delta militants had threatened to come in through the waters to cause confusion on Election Day.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said the presence of the IG in the state underscored the seriousness that had been attached to security.

The deployment of the military in critical locations in the state started on Friday night in spite of criticisms from several civil society groups, who said such massive deployment of troops in peacetime was anti-democracy and could scare away genuine voters from performing their civic duties.

Mr. Tony Erha, the Coordinator of the Edo Coalition for Democracy and Good Governance, said rather than guarantee safety, the deployment of troops would heighten tension and would not allow the people to vote freely.

He blamed Oshiomhole for the deployment of troops in the state, which is a departure from the situation in 2007 when Oshiomhole himself led the people to defend their votes successfully.

But Oshiomhole defended the troops’ deployment, saying it was the most effective way of guaranteeing a free and fair election.

“Don’t allow anybody to fool you that the Army is going to harass you, to prevent you from voting. No! The Army is here to assist you so that your vote will count,” he said.

He argued that it was only those that wanted to foment trouble that were opposed to the deployment of soldiers for the election.

Apart from the heavy presence of security personnel, INEC is fully mobilised for the day.

The INEC chairman said that eight National Electoral Commissioners and 10 resident electoral commissioners were drafted to the state “such that each of the 18 local government areas will be supervised by a NEC or a REC.”