Chude Jideonwo arrested by Police in Sabo, Yaba, now released
His friend and business partner Debola Williams announced on Twitter. He later updated saying he'd been released
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PHOTOS: Despite The Rain, Lagosians Still Came Out To Cast Their Votes
Its raining heavily in some areas but that hasn't stopped patriotic Lagosians from standing in queues and voting. More photos below
BREAKING: INEC extends voting in some parts of the country till tomorrow,
The Comm has therefore decided that in PUs where card readers fail to work, the Presiding Officer shall manually accredit voters
President Jonathan cast his votes. Says news about bomb blast in Enugu State is not true
In Otuoke, Bayelsa State, President Goodluck Jonathan and the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, were the first to cast their votes in their polling unit.
Akpabio Bribes INEC REC with N2.5 Billion to Write Results in Government House
According to Sahara Reporters, a credible security source has disclosed that Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has perfected plans to manipulate the presidential and legislative elections in his state in favor of President Goodluck Jonathan and other candidates of the PDP. The source said the governor has converted a guesthouse in the state’s newly constructed Government House along Willington Bassey Way, Uyo, into an election operational base/situation room to coordinate the electoral plot. He said the governor had recruited some well-trained ICT experts to man the room. All the PDP agents at polling units throughout the state have been given mobile phones. The highly paid agents have been instructed to use the phones to send text messages to the situation room disclosing the total number of accredited voters in the various polling units. “Once they receive the number of accredited voters, the ICT experts at the situation room will allocate ...
Read What President Jonathan’s Said After Card Reader Failure
Despite the delay in his accreditation, President Goodluck Jonathan still defended the use of the card reader insisting that as a new voting system hitches are to be expected. Speaking after he did his accreditation, after a more than 30 minute delay, Jonathan said he was pleading with Nigerians to be patient with INEC and ensure that the nation carries out a free and fair election. “What is important is that the whole world accepts that Nigeria carries out a free and fair election. Voters should be patient, if I can so should other Nigerians.” He stressed that Nigerians should not instigate crisis anywhere and ensure that the process is carried out peacefully, He said the whole world was interested in the election, pointing out that he had received calls from such presidents and heads of state, like Obama, Cameron and Zuma all pleading for peaceful elections to be carried out.
