GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, APC in Akwa Ibom state,
Obong Nsima Ekere has vowed to reclaim the
mandate the gave him during the Saturday March
09 gubernatorial poll which was stolen by the
People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

Ekere who spoke to newsmen on Monday
evening in his Uyo residence, insisted that Akwa
Ibom people voted for the APC in spite of plots
by the PDP to woo them with money.

He added that why they are rejecting the results
announced by the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC under the leadership of Mr
Mike Igini was because they results did not
correspond with the results declared at the
polling units.

He stressed, “Akwa Ibom people shunned those
monies, came out in their hundreds of thousands
to vote for me and other APC candidates In the
governorship and House of Assembly election
held on 09 March.

“And we were speaking to all our agents in the
2,980 polling units in Akwa Ibom state and the
results we got as election was going on and at
the end of counting in each of the polling units
across the state showed clearly that Akwa Ibom
people had embraced change; they showed
clearly that they wanted APC.

“And the results showed that APC won in the 26
Local government areas of the state. We have the
results of the polling units already to confirm
this”

Ekere who maintaned that his party do not
understand how Mr. Igini the Resident Electoral
Commissioner and the staff of INEC managed to
come out with the results that were now coming
out from the collation centers because they were
different from the results from polling units
He added that they also noticed with dismay and
total disappointment that against the provisions
of the electoral act and guidelines released by
INEC, that there were no collations at the ward
centre in the state

And I will like Mr. Mile Igini to explain to Akwa
Ibom people and to the whole country why he
chose to make his own guidelines for the
elections different from the guidelines that was
released by the INEC..

“The resutls from the collations according to
Mike Igini were totally different from the results
that were obtained from the polling units across
the state.

“We did not know how they did their collation,
maybe they had a different model for collation
different from what is known and acceptable for
electioneering all over the world.

“But generally I want to thank the people of Akwa
Ibom people for the massive support which they
had given to the APC and the way they had voted
overwhelmingly for APC and for myself in the last
election and to assure them that by the grace of
God we shall recover the mandate which they
freely gave to the APC using the appropriate
channels that are available and known to Law”
. He added that Igini was supposed to be neutral,
” but his conduct and the things he had done
both in the presidential and national assembly
election and the gunernatorial and state House of
Assembly election has confirmed our fears”

The APC gunernatorial candidate said that they
had hoped that the INEC chairman and the
authority had listened to their plea and had
changed Mr. Igini as the Resident Electoral
Commissioner for Akwa Ibom state.

“And we actually find it so difficult to understand
why it was so difficult for them to make that
change. From 1999 every election year, Resident
Electoral Commissioner’s and staff of INEC who
had been resident in a particular state for a long
time were always moved around.

“That way you are sure that they will not come
and allow their alliances and friendship
developed in that state over the period they had
stayed there to influence their conduct.
But surprisingly INEC refused to do this and this
is the first time this is happening.

” They allowed Mr. Igini to frustrate the wishes of
Akwa Ibom people. And this is most unfortunate.
And I can tell you just like my party did during a
press conference in the morning, we will not
accept this the results”, Ekere declared
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/03/a-ibom-guber-ekere-vows-to-reclaim-stolen-mandate/

what mandate biko?

Abeg, Nsima Ekere should go and rest. He has lost and can't get it back. In Nigeria, if you don't win by INEC declaring you, forget it. Udom release money for the election, he bought votes, he rigged, he even bought APC agent, INEC officials, police in the polling units.

You chose not to spend money and lost. Accept it and move on

When you were squarely beaten With 30 LG - 2LG

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guruzmarstk:
Nsima, Let make a deal...!

Tell buhari 2 return atiku's stolen mandate, den we make u governor

Atiku cannot ever have any mandate in Nigeria, let alone a stolen one.

Lol. Won’t be surprised if Ayogu Eze of Enugu State also vows to reclaim his stolen mandate.

Stranger things have happened in APC.

Meanwhile, Nsima Ekeres mentor trying to reach Buharigs.

Your mandate is with Godswill Akpabio

Collect it from him

Loser

Mandate koo?

Mandarin nyii.....


Baba, go and rest........you never had a mandate.....

The elections conducted one million times will result in a loss for you one million and one times......

So,go and see how you will drag Minister of Niger Delta with Akpabio and the budget man....

"And the results showed that APC won in the 26 Local government areas of the state. We have the results of the polling units already to confirm this”

Na wa o! This Nsima and co dey talk something o! How is it possible that an opposition party in a state will win all the LGAs? This statement alone shows he's just dreaming and carrying tall tales. He should go and collect abi cut his mandate form Akpabio the yam.

rottennaija:
Abeg, Nsima Ekere should go and rest. He has lost and can't get it back. In Nigeria, if you don't win by INEC declaring you, forget it. Udom release money for the election, he bought votes, he rigged, he even bought APC agent, INEC officials, police in the polling units.

You chose not to spend money and lost. Accept it and move on

bro nsima spent too, people collected his money n voted udom.
i was in apc topshot house on election eve he told one of the stalwart that came that apc has put 1million naira in all polling units.
so both parties spent but God took charge of the process.
nsima lost.fair n square.
he shud go to tribunal, he will meet God.

rottennaija:
Abeg, Nsima Ekere should go and rest. He has lost and can't get it back. In Nigeria, if you don't win by INEC declaring you, forget it. Udom release money for the election, he bought votes, he rigged, he even bought APC agent, INEC officials, police in the polling units.

You chose not to spend money and lost. Accept it and move on

Nsima should keep quiet.someone that couldn't win his local government.i overrated the small boy

yaki84:

bro nsima spent too, people collected his money n voted udom.
i was in apc topshot house on election eve he told one of the stalwart that came that apc has put 1million naira in all polling units.
so both parties spent but God took charge of the process.
nsima lost.fair n square.
he shud go to tribunal, he will meet God.

I expected udom to win but narrowly.i still wonder how udom got reelected so easily.bassey albert is the new akpabio of akwa ibom,him and umanah will slug it out 2023

rottennaija:
Abeg, Nsima Ekere should go and rest. He has lost and can't get it back. In Nigeria, if you don't win by INEC declaring you, forget it. Udom release money for the election, he bought votes, he rigged, he even bought APC agent, INEC officials, police in the polling units.

You chose not to spend money and lost. Accept it and move on

Who is this one?? That means you're indirectly saying Buhari bought votes too??

Cletus77:

Who is this one?? That means you're indirectly saying Buhari bought votes too??

Did you see Buhari in any part of the sentence?

vicdom:

When you were squarely beaten With 30 LG - 2LG

30 to 1 actually

rottennaija:


Did you see Buhari in any part of the sentence?

You were saying Udom released money to buy votes abi? You're also indirectly saying Buhari did the same cos both won..

My brother 4get it..even if an Akwa ibomites are asked to vote again.. we'll double the margin.

Udom is Ibom and Ibom is Udom so don't paint it as if he cheated

senatordave1:

I expected udom to win but narrowly.i still wonder how udom got reelected so easily.bassey albert is the new akpabio of akwa ibom,him and umanah will slug it out 2023

which umana abeg?