INEC Says Delta State Governor Had More Votes Than Accredited Voters in the State

INEC officials who appeared before the Delta state Election tribunal sitting in Asaba the state capital, yesterday August 26th, told members of the tribunal that after the April 11th governorship elections had been concluded, it was discovered that the state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa who was declared winner of the election, had more number of votes than the number of accredited voters during the April 14th governorship election. Two INEC officials, Assistant Director, ICT Department from Abuja headquarters and Chief Planning Officer, Delta State office, tendered the accreditation report of the April 11 election before the tribunal on the instance of the APC its candidate, Emerhor Otega who is challenging the election results.
The INEC staff told the tribunal that the card readers recorded no sustained failure during the governorship election in Delta state and accredited numbers of voters as at April 29th was 709,000 and at the expiration of the shutting down of data upload, the final tally was 715,393. However on April 13, Delta State INEC had put the figure of accredited voters at 1,017,796, exceeding actual accreditation number revealed by the admitted report obtained from INEC central server which collates data real time during accreditation from the various polling units.

Delta state returning officer Bio Nyananyo while announcing the governorship results, said the PDP candidate polled 724,680 votes, which translated to 14,980 votes higher than actual number of accredited voters.

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Posted: at 27-08-2015 12:31 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

elchymo and PolitickxGuru see overtaking.una no get any other job ? una just register for naijapals as Newby under one month una don be Hero because of chin chin money.

Posted: at 27-08-2015 12:39 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

He is gone already.

Posted: at 27-08-2015 01:09 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

That's nigeria system..dnt expect accuracy!

Posted: at 27-08-2015 01:12 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

That's nigeria system..dnt expect accuracy!

Posted: at 27-08-2015 01:23 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

who cares to knw nw at die minutes of sitting

Posted: at 27-08-2015 01:56 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

The beginning of the downfall of PDP in Delta State

Posted: at 27-08-2015 02:40 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

it;s not surprising....it's the PDP way of doing things

Posted: at 27-08-2015 03:11 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

na so naija politcs be

Posted: at 27-08-2015 03:29 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie

Highest riggers wins the day

Posted: at 27-08-2015 05:39 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming