{"id":5557,"date":"2023-11-11T10:42:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T10:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=5557"},"modified":"2023-11-11T10:42:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T10:42:39","slug":"kogi-election-yiaga-africa-raises-concern-over-forged-election-results-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/11\/11\/kogi-election-yiaga-africa-raises-concern-over-forged-election-results-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi Election: YIAGA Africa Raises Concern Over Forged Election Results In Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Idowu Patrick<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, has raised the alarm over the discovery of election results from a polling unit in Kogi State that was forged before the conclusion of the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The results were said to have emanated from Polling Unit 004, Eni Ward of Ogori\/Mangogo area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yiaga Africa revealed this via its handle, @YIAGA on X Saturday morning, urging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate the results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear @inecnigeria we received report of pre-filled results sheet discovered in PU 004, Eni Ward of Ogori\/magongo in Kogi state before commencement of voting. Kindly investigate and address this issue promptly to safeguard the integrity of the process,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the alleged results, a copy of which was attached to the post, the APC polled 200 votes; AA scored 1; while ADC, PDP and SDP got 2 votes each.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5559\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231111-WA0050-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231111-WA0050-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231111-WA0050.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>INEC, which was tagged in the post, had yet to respond to the issue as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5558\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/P-IMG-20231111-WA0048-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/P-IMG-20231111-WA0048-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/P-IMG-20231111-WA0048-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/P-IMG-20231111-WA0048.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At about 9.45am, the organisation posted another pre-recorded result sheet from PU 020, Eika\/Ohizenyi, Okehi LGA of the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother case of pre-filled results sheet in PU 020, Eika\/Ohizenyi, Okehi LGA of Kogi state,\u201d it wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the results, APC got 530 votes; while AA and SDP polled 1 each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idowu Patrick &nbsp; A civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, has raised the alarm over the discovery of election results from a polling unit in Kogi State that was forged before the conclusion of the exercise. &nbsp; The results were said to have emanated from Polling Unit 004, Eni Ward of Ogori\/Mangogo area of the state. 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