Presidential candidate for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) Umaru Yar'Adua waves to the crowd after casting his vote in Katsina, Nigeria. WebA presidential election was held in Nigeria on 16 April 2011, postponed from 9 April 2011. All 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been collated at the national level in Abuja. Presidential candidate for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) Umaru Yar'Adua waves to the crowd after casting his vote in Katsina, Nigeria. The vice president, who stood against President Olusegun Obansanjo's favored presidential candidate, Umaru Yar'Adua, has already condemned the vote. Saturdays election was marred by technical and staff problems that saw voting delayed by a day or more at some polling stations. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. The Labour Party met with journalists and supporters Wednesday afternoon, hours after the electoral commission declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate for the ruling All Progressives Congress party, as the winner of Saturdays election. noDfp: 1, This election was not free and was far from being fair or transparent, Julius Abure, the Labour Party chairman, said at the news conference. Any hard decisions he has to make there are people waiting to prove that those decisions are detrimental, even if they may be right decisions, he said. Ope Adetayo. The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria, President-elect Tinubu, and all political leaders following the declaration by Nigerias Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the results of the February 25 presidential election. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The Niger Delta state has 3,537,190 registered voters and 695,055 accredited voters. Note: ADC candidate, Pat Utomi, was completely missing from the result on the INEC website. I hope that he will consider Nigerians his new jagabans, as he said in his acceptance speech that he is here to serve, she said. Matthew Page, an associate fellow with Chatham Houses Africa Program, said the INEC, which is composed of civil servants and presidential political appointees, made mistakes both deliberate and unintentional. We note with concern reports that numerous members of the media were attacked during the course of the election, and we urge the government, security forces, political actors, and all citizens to respect the medias critical role by refraining from any damaging acts against them and ensuring accountability for such acts when they do occur. According to final Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) tallies from all 36 states and the federal capital Abuja, Tinubu garnered about 36.6% or 8.79 Olusegun OBASANJO was elected president with 61.9% of the vote. if(0===c.indexOf(a))return c;d(6,a+" , "+b+" -> "+c)}else return b;else d(7,b)}function g(a,b){function c(){if(!1===n){for(var c=[],E=0;E
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