Fresh mounting is brewing across Ekiti State, as the Independent National Electoral Commission appears to have decided against holding the rerun governorship election in Oye Wards 1 and 2.

There were reports that INEC‘s headquarters in Abuja asked its officials deployed in the state for the poll to return. As at Saturday night, INEC had announced the results in five local government areas of Gbonyin, Ise-Orun, Ekiti South-West, Ifelodun/Irepodun and Ijero.

The result as at Saturday night indicated that the two leading contenders - Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the Action Congress and Mr. Segun Oni of the Peoples Democratic Party - were closely tied. While Fayemi had 15,026 votes, Oni had 15, 420.

Areas where election was concluded but were yet to be announced are Ekiti East, Ikole, Ido-Osi and EKiti West.

AC supporters had beseiged INEC‘s collation centre at Christ Girls‘ School, Ado-Ekiti as early as 6a.m., insisting that they would not allow any manipulation of the results.

Although the Acting Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Tunji Odeyemi, told a television station in Lagos on Sunday morning that the election was ongoing in Oye, our correspondents reported that there was nothing like that.

In fact, Punch photographer, Mr. Segun Bakare, was attacked by suspected PDP thugs at Oye, who seized his camera and threatened to shoot him. Bakare had to flee the area for safety.

Odeyemi had told the television station that all the results of Saturday‘s rerun election, except Oye, had been collated and would be announced later in the day.

But unconfirmed reports indicated that the remaining results would be announced in Abuja.

There were unconfirmed allegations that INEC might announce the results without Oye or even opt for the cancellation of the poll and the conduct of a fresh election. Odeyemi, however, debunked reports that some people died during Saturday‘s election.

However, one of our correspondents in Ado-Ekiti reports that INEC has so far received all the results for the nine local government areas while collation would hold at 5p.m. today.

Also, our correspondent learnt from an INEC official, who declined to be named, that the election in Oye would be held on Monday.

AC suporters blocked the major road leading to the INEC collation centre in Ado-Ekiti. Chanting war songs and waving leaves, they sang in Yoruba that they would not allow anyone to tamper with Fayemi‘s votes. They also threatened to deal with anyone who attempted to manipulate the results.

The PDP in a statement accused the AC of stalling the election in Oye.

There were concerns about why the 10,000 policemen deployed in the state for the election could not contain the violence, which continued on Sunday.

i dnt knw what is wrong in these country. for once cant we get anything right. simple election in 63 wards!!! and we cnt get it right. pls keep us updated wt new information. I think bc the result from Ido Osi was below what they are expecting they are nw trying to manipulate the result to favour PDP. bt let wait and see what their reasons will be

This Election clearly confirms the following

1. Our leaders are not the problem

2. The people are the problem. ( violence, rigging, backward thinking, primitive)

3. Nigerians are not ready for change henceforth PDP is going to rule for 60 years we might as well adopt a "One party system"

i disagree with you,the politicians are fermenting the trouble,if you check virtually all the media outlets with the exception of the compass,a recurring name has been senator arise and to a lesser extent sen adeleke and omisore,the people should be commended for defending their votes thus far even though a lot had been clearly swayed by the rice and salt

This things just brings painful memories for me. My dad house nearly got burnt, when mob armed with cutlasses and sticks attacked his house simply because he supported the winning party back in the 80s.

Fast forward to 2009 and this violence is still in ingrained in my people, It sucks.

blacksta:

This Election clearly confirms the following

1. Our leaders are not the problem

2. The people are the problem. ( violence, rigging, backward thinking, primitive)

3. Nigerians are not ready for change henceforth PDP is going to rule for 60 years we might as well adopt a "One party system"

I am very saddened by your statement. How can you say the people that have been cheated, traumatised and pauperised by the political elite are the problem. Please answer the folowing questions;
Is is the people that appoint inec officials?
Is it the people that deploy mopol, police and the army?
Do the people have the resources to deploy political thugs both from within and without.

You should at least comments the people of Ekiti for attempting to enforce their political rights, whether they can defeat the rigging machinery of the pdp is another matter. You making these allegations, have you ever fought for your right? in any way whatsoever. The slightest sound of danger and you would run.

Well done to the people of Ekiti for trying to defend their democratic rights, if more states do that i am sure Nigeria would improve.

wirinet,

Do you advocate the use of violence to restore "democratic right"? Just wondering what your stance is/are on that one.

Unconfirmed news says that INEC has collated the resul of 9 local govts in Ekiti. the results is that Oni is leading Fayemi by a little over 5000 votes. bt the problem is that they dnt know how to announce the result bc people knows that the reslts have been manipulated. The same soures informed me that the whole streets of Ado Ekiti has been taking over by the youth. they are daring INEC to announce the result and see the consequences.

Ride on Ekiti kete! Let's see the machinery of manipulation that INEC & People Destructive Party will adopt in announcing different figures for results that were already known at each Ward!

lawole:

Unconfirmed news says that INEC has collated the resul of 9 local govts in Ekiti. the results is that Oni is leading Fayemi by a little over 5000 votes. bt the problem is that they dnt know how to announce the result bc people knows that the reslts have been manipulated. The same soures informed me that the whole streets of Ado Ekiti has been taking over by the youth. they are daring INEC to announce the result and see the consequences.

your sources are not correct,as at this morning oni was leading by around 300 or so votes thats not counting the 11,000 plus fayemi has on him,so when did the voting start in the remaining voting areas for inec to collate the results and already known oni is leading by 5000 votes, r u sure you r not a staff of compass

I believe one solution to all this problem is that INEC should send out a clear message that they are ready to host the election 100 times untill it is free and fair.

The reason all this non-sense endures is that inspite of all the complains the results still stands.

If there is evidence of disorder INEC should be ready to cancel it as many times as it is necesary.

wirinet:

I am very saddened by your statement. How can you say the people that have been cheated, traumatised and pauperised by the political elite are the problem. Please answer the folowing questions;
Is is the people that appoint inec officials?
Is it the people that deploy mopol, police and the army?
Do the people have the resources to deploy political thugs both from within and without.

You should at least comments the people of Ekiti for attempting to enforce their political rights, whether they can defeat the rigging machinery of the pdp is another matter. You making these allegations, have you ever fought for your right? in any way whatsoever. The slightest sound of danger and you would run.

Well done to the people of Ekiti for trying to defend their democratic rights, if more states do that i am sure Nigeria would improve.

I have been monitoring events ever since the tribunal called for fresh elections and sorry i forgot to give credit to few that are fighting the majority who want to manipulate election results.  The question is who are these majority?.  The majority are the still people.  it is not pratically possible for fayemi or oni to rig elections it has to be done by the people.

Until the good few can change the ideology of the bad majority then we will not see change yet.  I just hope and pray that people votes are allowed to count.

Who are these thugs
who are these inec officals
who are these mopol

I will be glad to inform you that all of the above are still the "people".  South Africa just concluded an election. An election that was conducted all over the country and not  in 64 wards and not a single report of violence.  What is wrong with our people. South Africa for God's sake got independence after Nigeria.

ElRazur

My stance is that a society should use violence only as a last resort to confront political robbery. I believe the worst thing to do is to stand idle and "siddon look", the join them if you cannot defeat them syndrome. These will always lead to a failed society.

If we study the history of societal conflicts, it is always due to the political elites pushing the masses into the wall. The only thing keeping Nigeria together today is Cheap Oil Revenues which the political elites are fighting over while the masses pick up the crumbs. If the price of oil crashes to say $29 per barrel or our oil reserve dries oil, Nigeria would break appart as a result of  socio -political conflicts. That was why the CIA predicts Nigeria would be a failed state, maybe their satalite pictures had calculated Nigeria oil reserve to last 15 yrs - sorry for the digression.

I believe we (the masses)should all resist internal colonialization the way we resisted external one by using  every  means at our disposal. Even our comments on NL is one means of resistance. And use violence (like south Africa, french revolution etc) when every thing else fails

blacksta:

I have been monitoring events ever since the tribunal called for fresh elections and sorry i forgot to give credit to few that are fighting the majority who want to manipulate election results.  The question is who are these majority?.  The majority are the still people.  it is not pratically possible for fayemi or oni to rig elections it has to be done by the people.

Until the good few can change the ideology of the bad majority then we will not see change yet.  I just hope and pray that people votes are allowed to count.

Who are these thugs
who are these inec officals
who are these mopol

I will be glad to inform you that all of the above are still the "people".  South Africa just concluded an election. An election that was conducted all over the country and not  in 64 wards and not a single report of violence.  What is wrong with our people. South Africa for God's sake got independence after Nigeria.

There was the AC Group that stood to make sure votes where not rigged at the one center. I think if more of those sort of groups sprouted across the state, it would help!

AC supporters had beseiged INEC‘s collation centre at Christ Girls‘ School, Ado-Ekiti as early as 6a.m., insisting that they would not allow any manipulation of the results.

Thanks wirinet  

McKren:

I believe one solution to all this problem is that INEC should send out a clear message that they are ready to host the election 100 times untill it is free and fair.

The reason all this non-sense endures is that inspite of all the complains the results still stands.

If there is evidence of disorder INEC should be ready to cancel it as many times as it is necesary.

Considering the political climate in said country, is the above a viable solution?

I hate Compass newspaper wt a passion. Ve neva bought in mylife.my infomation is from a top PDP guy in Ekiti.He is a friend. He kwn where i stand as per the election. he jst inform me that Oni will be swear in  tmrw. but they are afraid abt what will be people reaction. As a matter of fact he said Oni won by 5.779 votes. when i press him abt where they got their vote he mention Ido Osi. that is where they did the damage. bt he too is afraid of what will happen. As a matter of fact he is on his way out of Ado ekiti.

blacksta:

I have been monitoring events ever since the tribunal called for fresh elections and sorry i forgot to give credit to few that are fighting the majority who want to manipulate election results.  The question is who are these majority?.  The majority are the still people.  it is not pratically possible for fayemi or oni to rig elections it has to be done by the people.

Until the good few can change the ideology of the bad majority then we will not see change yet.  I just hope and pray that people votes are allowed to count.

Who are these thugs
who are these inec officals
who are these mopol

I will be glad to inform you that all of the above are still the "people".  South Africa just concluded an election. An election that was conducted all over the country and not  in 64 wards and not a single report of violence.  What is wrong with our people. South Africa for God's sake got independence after Nigeria.

You are not looking at the big picture. When the political elite decides to pauperise and  illiteratise its people. Then the people depends on the elites for survival. Add that to the destruction of moral and social values. Then you have willing tools in the hands of the elites - that is the genesis of the Niger Delta conflict. Soon we will have the Nigerian conflict is the situation is not reversed.

Who are the thugs? how many are they? who is bankrolling them. Can a thug afford one bullet not to talk of an AK -47, which costs about N350,000 each.

Same for Inec officials, do you think the political elite would ever appoint someone like you (assuming you are a honest person) an Inec official?

Then the mopol, who pays the mopol and gives them orders. is it the people?

Kobojunkie:

Considering the political climate in said country, is the above a viable solution?

Kobo right now, the Nigeria problem is one which anyone hardly knows a right and effective solution. If you have one please do feel free to let us know.

The only thing I know right now is that the fundamental reason why we are practising multi-party democracy is being undermined. If we can't even choose our leaders whats the point of having democracy

I don't want to advocate a Military Coup but coups only thrive in climates like this and I dont know how many Nigerians who will miss this PDP Government if a coup were to happen.

More news. INEC is planning  to make the annoucement in Abuja tmrw. Bt there may be a glich to their plans. My sources says that there is a lot of dilberation abt the election in Aso Rock. The felers they are getting nw is uncertantity from Abuja. bc he thinking some people in the Presidency are nt too comfortable wt the turn of events in Ekiti

My compatriot Mr McKren,
Advocating for a coup is not the answer as we had been down that road so many times, and each time we come off worse.

Advocating for a coup is like the typical nigerial belief of solving a protrated problem instantly. No one man or a few men cannot solve nigeria's problem, we - you and me, have to be involved.

There are many ways of getting involved, you can influence people around you with your ideas, you can form mini political ideas and ideology and propergate them among your surroundings. you can support certain causes, financaily, intellectually or morally.

The millitary is part of Nigeria and the Nigerian problem. The Military elites also oppress the Military masses. And the Military Elites are hand in glove with the political elites.

Helloooooooo

Please read my post once again

Not at all saying I have a better solution in mind! I just have a hard time picturing the INEC Situation improving if it were to decide to host the elections 100 times or more. The lack of transparency is the biggest issue with elections in that country IMHO. “Secret” ballot counting procedures still remain the biggest of all issues, in my opinion.

Kobojunkie:

Not at all saying I have a better solution in mind! I just have a hard time picturing the INEC Situation improving if it were to decide to host the elections 100 times or more. The lack of transparency is the biggest issue with elections in that country IMHO. “Secret” ballot counting procedures still remain the biggest of all issues, in my opinion.

Well I was just wondering whether the idea that people stuff ballot boxes and the results still stands helps fuel rigging.

You know, I doubt if there was a 3rd or 4th election run in Ekiti some of this politicians will continue hiring thugs without there activities getting clearer to every one.

You know think about it with your private life . . . . . if it registers in your head that taking short cuts to anything will only guarantee re-do of the that thing and in effect take longer than doing it right first time. Then maybe attitudes will change.

lawole:

I hate Compass newspaper wt a passion. Ve neva bought in mylife.my infomation is from a top PDP guy in Ekiti.He is a friend. He kwn where i stand as per the election. he jst inform me that Oni will be swear in  tmrw. but they are afraid abt what will be people reaction. As a matter of fact he said Oni won by 5.779 votes. when i press him abt where they got their vote he mention Ido Osi. that is where they did the damage. bt he too is afraid of what will happen. As a matter of fact he is on his way out of Ado ekiti.

Your source is liar - acording to the inec results have not been been released in  the following Local governments  irole, 9 wards , Ekiti East 8 wards , Ekiti West  3 wards, Ido/Osi  9 wards, Oye Ekiti 2 wards

The elections in two wards in the Oye Ekiti local government area were postponed till Sunday.(which also be cancelled until further notice)

the cost of holding elections aren't cheap. I doubt that idea would be practical. It would make more sense to add more policemen

McKren:

Well I was just wondering whether the idea that people stuff ballot boxes and the results still stands helps fuel rigging.

I personally suspect that some of these elections are actually fair. Sure, there is general belief that about 99% of them are rigged but we have no proof for that being the case.

McKren:

You know, I doubt if there was a 3rd or 4th election run in Ekiti some of this politicians will continue hiring thugs without there activities getting clearer to every one.

This would make sense if the thugs were only hired for the elections. I mean many of these politicians have thugs who do their bidding 24/7, in my opinion.

McKren:

You know think about it with your private life . . . . . if it registers in your head that taking short cuts to anything will only guarantee re-do of the that thing and in effect take longer than doing it right first time. Then maybe attitudes will change.

When in the history of Nigeria has COMMON SENSE every reigned supreme in the minds of the masses, let alone our dear politicians? Lol
I mean you are right in stating that attitudes ought to change but I am not sure it would work considering -
1) We will still have to deal with the same group of politicians ( corrupt and non) and the same INEC group here
2) The same people, some of whom could have already sold their votes to the highest bidder
3) Outrageous cost of these elections

bawomolo:

the cost of holding elections aren't cheap. I doubt that idea would be practical. It would make more sense to add more policemen

I also advocate adding more policemen or holding elections regionally for concentrated resources. But the problem is on this occassion with the resources of the whole Nation to our disposal we have still failed to hold credible election in just one state.

so it all boils down to attitude. getting it right requires patience.

Meanwhile when we talk of cost we should also understand that nothing is more expensive than holding poor elections as the total cost of holding the election at all becomes waste plus the unquantifiable cost of bad governance that follows.

Nigeria matter requires God intervention sha.

I gave up some time ago, I no sabi why I come back to nairaland.

As much as I love this country . . . . . . it keeps failing.

Anyway God dey sha.

EKITI State.

Ekiti State people should reject any formation of Unity Government.

No Government of State Unity.

INEC should do the easy thing and conduct free and fair elections simple.

If Fayemi enters into any backroom deal with PDP, all those who dies would have died in vain

blacksta:


Your source is liar - acording to the inec results have not been been released in the following Local governments irole, 9 wards , Ekiti East 8 wards , Ekiti West 3 wards, Ido/Osi 9 wards, Oye Ekiti 2 wards

The elections in two wards in the Oye Ekiti local government area were postponed till Sunday.(which also be cancelled until further notice)

i tire o,im sure the guy is one of the pdp aides trying to do his bit for the party,how can your "source"who is pdp be anyything but partisan towards the rest of the political parties especially ac,physical counting and collation of results even if the rest of the voting has been done cannot be done before 3pm at the very least