Professor Iwu of INEC announces Yar'adua as the winner of the shambolic presidential elections. In a barefaced and brazen display of falsehood, the INEC chairman claimed that PDP candidate, Umar Yar'adua has been returned as the winner of the flawed elections.
The figure were arbitrarily awarded to PDP candidate, Umar Yar'adua who was awarded 24 million votes even though not up to 10 million Nigerians voted. As earlier reported by SAHARAREPORTERS, INEC gave the 2nd position to Muhammad Buhari with 6 million votes and Abubakar Atiku was awarded the third position with 2.4million votes.
OUR REPORT ON FRIDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION DAY:
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In what seems as the most bizarre and brazen form of election rigging, the results of the presidential elections holding tomorrow have been made by INEC officials led by Professor Maurice Iwu.
Saharareporters received concrete information earlier today that the elections results which was decided by President Obasanjo, Maurice Iwu and PDP leaders at a "special meeting" which coincided with those of the opposition in Abuja had agreed on the percentage votes to be allocated to Gov. Umaru Yar'adua, the presidential candidate of the PDP.
The meeting, which had to refine its strategies, had earlier awarded 70% (Now the final percentile awarded) or more of the total vote cast to Yar'adua but the outcome of last weeks election and threats by major opposition parties to boycott the elections led the group, said to be thirty in number to "reduce" the percentage to between "57 - 61%"
In a "final agreement" communicated to members today, certain states of the federation led by Rivers (Rivers produced close to 2 million votes), Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Ogun states, will provide the highest amount of votes for Yar'adua, while some other PDP states will provide "not too high" numbers.
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The meeting also agreed to put up close to 20 million (Group settles for 35 million votes) voters as the the number of participants in the elections, so as to give a semblance of mass participation in the elections.
The high level and secretive meeting also agreed to make "General Buhari look good by awarding him second best" (Buhari is second with 6.million votes) while Atiku will come in a distant 3rd position (Atiku is 3rd position with 2.4 million votes representing 8.% of total votes) as other presidential candidates share the rest of the votes.
Saharareporters could not confirm how many percentages of votes were allocated to Buhari in the results already made up for INEC to announce as early as Monday (Results announced by Maurice Iwu on Monday April 23 2007 afternoon).
The meeting also agreed that some "work needs to be done to reduce open rigging" (Group resolves to ration ballot papers and distribute to opposition strongholds at night), which might mean that ballot stuffing in the open will be reduced since a high percentages of PDP states where rigging is expected to take place has already done so before the Election Day proper.
A fresh incentive of N500 million was provided by the Rivers State government to support the initiative.
INEC commissioners in Lagos was recommended for removal (INEC Commissioner in Lagos and 3 other states replaced on Friday) and replacement by the meeting which lasted till early hours of Wednesday and a source said a smaller committee continues to "fine-tune" the outcome of the meeting depending on changing dynamics (Small committee headed by Ahmadu Alli, and with members Maurice Iwu, Andy Uba, Bode George and James Ibori decides to award 70% of total votes the original level decided by the big group).
The meeting anticipates troubles in Kano, Edo, Delta, Ondo and intends to deploy military to quell riots.
Final Results of RIGGED Nigerian Presidential Elections of April 21 2007
As Announced by INEC Prof. Maurice Iwu on April 23, 2007
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Position
Presidential Candidate
Vice-Presidential
Candidate
Political Party
Votes
Percentage
Of
Total
Comment
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
24,638,063
69.486
Announced
To
Be elected
2
Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd.) GCFR
Rt. Hon. Edwin Ume-Ezeoke
All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
6,665,299
18.798
3
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
Senator Ben Obi
Action Congress (AC)
2,637,848
7.439
4
Orji Uzor Kalu
Inuwa Abdulkadir
Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
608,803
1.717
5
Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa
Engr. Ebere Udeogu
Democratic Peoples Party (DPP)
289,224
0.816
6
Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu
Alhaji Habib Ibrahim Gajo
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
155,947
0.440
Alhaji Mahmud Danjuma Sani
89,241
0.252
8
Rev. Chris O. Okotie
Fela Akinola Binutu
Fresh Democratic Party (FRESH)
74,049
0.209
9
Professor Patrick O. Utomi
Engr. Ibrahim Musa
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
50,849
0.143
10
Dr. Brimmy Asekharuagbom Olaghere
Mal. Zainab Goggo Bayero (Mrs.)
Nigeria Peoples Congress (NPC).
33,771
0.095
11
Chief Ambrose Owuru
Alhaji Ibrahim Danjuma
Hope Democratic Party (HDP)
28,519
0.080
12
Arthur Nwankwo
Mohammed Abdullahi
Peoples Mandate Party (PMP)
24,164
0.068
13
Chief Emmanuel Osita Okereke
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