Presidential election result for Plateau state - PDP wins

As announced by Prof Emmanuel Kocha, VC University of Agriculture, Makurdi, RO for Plateau
AA - 178
ACPN - 391
AD - 279
ADC - 406
APA - 618
APC - 429,140
CPP - 237
HOPE - 56
KOWA - 138
NCP - 693
PDP - 549,615 (PDP wins)
PPN - 554
UPD - 54
UPP - 29
Total valid votes - 982,388
Rejected votes - 18304
Total votes cast- 1,000,692

Presidential election results so far

The presidential election results for 18 states plus the FCT has so far been announced. The APC has 10 states, while PDP has 8 states plus the FCT, Abuja. It's a very tight race.

So far APC is leading with 8,520,436 votes while PDP has 6,488,210 votes.

The election commission will resume by 10am today to continue the announcement of the remaining states

Wife stabs husband to death over APC,PDP presidential candidates in Lagos

A 26 year old pregnant wife simply identified as Onyiyechi has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for stabbing her husband to death following an argument over the presidential candidates in Saturday's general election at their home in Ejigbo on Sunday March 29th.

According to a report by Vanguard, the husband was  supporting PDP while Onyiyechi supported the APC. An arguement over who would win the presidential election degenerated into a fight with the wife stabbing her husband inside their one room apartment at the 81 military zone junction in Ejigbo

A neighbor in their compound narrated what happened, He said;

"We were all outside waiting to vote when Onyiyechi rushed out, shouting for help. Out of curiosity, we all ran inside, only to discover blood all over the ground, on entering their apartment. On closer observation, we noticed that the blood was from her husband chest region. We met him on the ground. Before we could rush him to the hospital, he gave up the ghost. Perhaps, he would have survived the attack had Onyiyechi called for help early. From all indication, it was clear that she attempted to manage the situation immediately the incident occurred. It was when she discovered that the situation had overwhelmed her that she raised alarm. I do not know the name of her husband. We only know that of his wife, who we fondly call Onyiyechi. The irony of this matter is that she is not cantankerous. She has never beaten a little child, let alone to fight with any neighbor. Again on that day, we saw both of them together. They were seen sitting outside, one hour before the incident occurred. Policemen from Ejigbo later came to remove the corpse to the Isolo morgue” the anonymous neighbor said.

 

The police arrested the suspect while further investigation into the matter is ongoing as some other version of the story claims the couple got into a fight following a disagreement they had after Onyiyechi decided to grate Okro she was to use in preparing their meal inside their one room apartment. Her husband is reported to have instructed her to take it out but she disobeyed which sparked a quarrel and a fight between them.

President Jonathan arrives Bayelsa ahead of tomorrow's election

President Jonathan arrived Bayelsa this evening ahead of tomorrow's presidential elections. More pics after the cut...

Heavy Flood Renders Many Homeless in Umuahia

A heavy downpour which lasted
for about 2 hours in Umuahia  has rendered many homeless, as flood destroyed many houses.

The rain which started at about 3pm on Sunday , did not stop until about 5pm, yesterday, sweeping away many homes, while several were submerged.

Some of the areas affected includes Girls High Sch, Amuzukwu, Oriete mkt road. Umuolege alala, Amuzukwu. Umueze, Ozuite streets etc.

Residents in flood-prone areas said they were taken unawares.

A resident in Oriete mkt road, Uko  said they were almost killed when
their house collapsed. “We survived by miracle".

"We were sleeping when the rain was falling, then after sometime, our  compound fence collapsed and heavy flood gushed in which enter our houses now we have no where to go” Andrew  said.

A woman Mrs Agomuo said "we didn't know what to do, water was every where, my house was filed with water that we had to climb our table and fridge if not the intervention of some officers of FRSC living nearby I don't know what would have happened".