The candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won the 25 February presidential election in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria, according to results uploaded on the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV). Mr Obi’s haul of votes in the area implies he, and not Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the presidential election in Rivers, contrary to the declaration made by INEC.

The result for Obio/Akpor council area, as declared by INEC, portrayed Mr Tinubu as scoring 80, 239 votes, with Mr Obi garnering 3,829 votes. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 368 votes while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party got 161 votes, this newspaper had reported. Mr Tinubu was later declared winner of the election. Atiku came second while Mr Obi came third.

But PREMIUM TIMES’ review of the results from various polling units of the 17 wards in Obio/Akpor LGA as uploaded on IReV revealed a sharp contrast with the result declared by INEC. However, winning Rivers does not mean Mr Obi would have won the presidential election. He still would have falling far short of winning the highest number of votes nationally and scoring 25 percent of votes in at least 24 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, as stipulated by the Nigerian constitution.

Methodology
Given that Mr Tinubu was declared winner in Obio/Akpor, this newspaper’s review focused on the results of the votes scored by the APC and LP in the area. By our tally, the APC got 17, 158 votes while the LP amassed 73,311 votes. Obio/Akpor Local Government Area has 1,211 polling units across its 17 wards. PREMIUM TIMES could only review results from 1,116 polling units uploaded on the IReV as of 16 March, representing about 94.13 percent of the results from the council area.

However, results from some polling units were either blurred or improperly snapped and therefore illegible. Results from about 95 polling units, representing about 5.87 per cent, were yet to be uploaded within the period under review. There were no results in some polling units either because the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System malfunctioned or people did not come out to cast their votes, as observed at Ake Hostel UNIPORT Polling Unit in Choba Ward. This newspaper computed the available and readable results from the 1,116 polling units uploaded so far on the IReV within the period of the review.

Other findings
In some polling units in Obio/Akpor, PREMIUM TIMES found that some results were altered in favour of the APC, with the original scores mutilated. The result from Rumuorluoji Open Space II polling unit in Oro-Igwe Ward, for instance, showed that the APC originally scored 17 but the number, ‘2’ was added to the figure to read ‘217.’ For the LP, 227 was recorded, but the number ‘2’ was erased and altered to read ‘027.’

At the column meant for recording the scores in words, there were evidence of adjustments to suit the changed figures. In Rumuokoro Ward, it was noticed that in 34 polling units, results earlier written for the LP were erased and the figures swapped with that of the APC. PREMIUM TIMES, nevertheless, tallied the figures as published by INEC, despite the obvious evidence of adjustments and mutilations. In other words, the figures were tallied as they appeared on result sheets, even when there was evidence that such figures were tampered with.

Source: Premium Times

Interesting times ahead

Obi won the general election...not just rivers.

Only a hopelessly deluded criminally minded person will say Tinubu won.

And for the records,I'm a sound minded omo Yoruba

Wahala! Wahala!! Wahala!!!

It is clear that River's election was rigged and the perpetrator will be ashamed at last. He has lost relevance and he will continue to

Premium times has done a good job obi won Rivers...even at that he still came third

I would also love premium times to investigate the results in the east too
. How did obi win with over 95 percent of the votes there..

Toks2008:
Tinubu won the general election...not just rivers.

Only a hopelessly deluded criminally minded person will say obi won.

And for the records,I'm a sound minded omo Yoruba

Yes...i agree with you ....

tinubu the Jagaban of.Africa ....

Watch out for your new president....may 29

How I wish INEC will declare a re run between tinubu and obi only...let tinubu flog him wotowoto beyond redemption...

My God! 💔
This guy's carry out corruption with impunity

PDP WON Rivers in the Presidential Election

Where did you drag this fake News out of this Sunday morning

Was it your crooked Pastor’s latest Sermon

go to court in the mud

"Winning Rivers doesn't mean Obi could have won the election " ? Premium times has gotten this low? If it could happen in Rivers, isn't that a pointer that it happened in other places? Premium Times was persecuted at a point but suddenly sold out and became APC spokesmen

Everyday on nairaland lots of thread about AND FCT is created, Abuja is a state for the purpose of election....

Et

Yes Obi Won, ...in Sokoto , Adamawa, Yobe, Niger, Bauchi, Kebbi, Gombe , Taraba, Zamfara, Kano, Kaduna, Kastina, Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Ogun

Craze they worry all of you claiming Obi Won,
Is madness now epidemic that Obi supporters have gone bananas,

Obi won , obi won yet u can't prove it

Stale, article sponsored by APC from an APC news media

Everyone knows this already, they should think of something else

When will Premium times write to Guinea to inquire about his dual citizenship??

Story for the gods.

Raymeskey:
Wahala! Wahala!! Wahala!!!

It is clear that River's election was rigged and the perpetrator will be ashamed at last. He has lost relevance and he will continue to

The rigging of the presidential election in Rivers was superintended over by Wike! I don’t know how that shameless thug can show his face in public never mind mouthing off on topical issues of the day like he still has any honour left!

PROUDIGBO:


The rigging of the presidential election in Rivers was superintended over by Wike! I don’t know how that shameless thug can show his face in public never mind mouthing off on topical issues of the day like he still has any honour left!

The only thing that can safe his ass is to decamp to APC, that's an association of past criminals which he is.

Toks2008:
Obi won the general election...not just rivers.

Only a hopelessly deluded criminally minded person will say Tinubu won.

And for the records,I'm a sound minded omo Yoruba

LOL.
U are an 0bing0?
LOL.
I thought u are too sophisticated for buIIsh*t.
Obi won an election where NW and NE don't know Obi is contesting elections?
LOL.
I thought u are way past these deIusions.

BIZNess123:


How I wish INEC will declare a re run between tinubu and obi only...let tinubu flog him wotowoto beyond redemption...

Horseshit!

There’s a good reason you lot decided to use your ‘structure’ to rig LP into 3rd position! The only ace Tinubu has up his sleeve is the support he’s getting from the Fulani hegemony, who for whatever reason have decided that he would ‘win’ the presidential election!

Christistruth03:


PDP WON Rivers in the Presidential Election

Where did you drag this fake News out of this Sunday morning

Was it your crooked Pastor’s latest Sermon

This is a bait for Agbado!