Police shut Ekiti Assembly as APC lawmakers resume

                                                       Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba

There was tension in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday as the 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers stormed the Ekiti State House of Assembly to resume legislative duties.

Their return caught workers and the seven Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers loyal to Governor Ayodele Fayose unawares and created tension as officials of the Assembly hurriedly vacated their offices.

The return of the lawmakers followed Tuesday’s directive by the state secretariat of the APC asking them to resume legislative duties.

But over 100 soldiers and police operatives promptly took over the Assembly to maintain peace while the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, ordered its immediate closure.

UK PM congratulates Buhari

                                                       British Prime Minister, David Cameron

The UK Prime  Minister,David Cameron, has released a statement congratulating the President-elect, Maj. Gen Buhari(retd.) on his victory at  the  presidential election.

Cameron, in a statement on www.gov.uk Wednesday said,”I send my warmest congratulations to General Buhari on being elected as Nigeria’s next President.

“This election has been a credit to the Nigerian people and a truly historic moment for Nigerian democracy.

Buhari salutes Nigerians’ resilience, courage

                                                President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has saluted the resilience exhibited by Nigerians who trooped out in their numbers to vote in the just concluded Presidential election.

Buhari said this in an address he read in the early hours of Wednesday, after the official results of the elections were made public by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

He told party supporters that President Goodluck Jonathan called to congratulate him at exactly 5:15pm on Tuesday, (hours before the results were made public) to concede defeat and congratulate him. 
While describing President Jonathan as a statesman, the President-elect asked Nigerians to join him to appreciate the President for taking the path of honour.

According to him, President Jonathan engaged in a spirited campaign and was a worthy opponent.

Jonathan to PDP: Celebrate, don’t mourn

                                                           President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said despite his defeat in the hands of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress in the last presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party should be celebrating rather than mourning.

In his statement after the announcement of the election result, Jonathan said the PDP should be rejoicing because it had in the last 16 years steered the country away from ethnic and regional politics.

He said, “To my colleagues in the PDP, I thank you for your support. Today, the PDP should be celebrating rather than mourning. We have established a legacy of democratic freedom, transparency, economic growth and free and fair elections.

Drama as Orubebe disrupts poll result declaration

The Peoples Democratic Party’s agent, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, protesting at the INEC’s collation centre for the presidential poll’s result in Abuja... on Tuesday

The fever generated by the eagerness of Nigerians about the outcome collation of the presidential election results in Abuja inched to its peak on Tuesday, when the Peoples Democratic Party’s agent, Godsday Orubebe, caused a row at the venue.

Tension rose as those within the hall and others watching the exercise on the television sets in their homes began to entertain fear that Orubebe’s attempt to stop the proceedings from going on could truncate the electoral process.

The drama had barely ended when Orubebe’s profile, was immediately updated on Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, as attempting to disrupt the announcement of the presidential election on Tuesday.

The exercise started on a dramatic note at about 11.30am when Orubebe signified his intention to raise an observation.