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Nationwide protests: South East NASS caucus demands arrest of purveyors of ethnic profiling of Igbos
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By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The Southeast National Assembly Caucus has condemned the continued ethnic profiling of Igbos over the nationwide #EndBadGovernments protest across the country.
A statement signed by the southeast leaders of both chambers of the National Assembly, Senator Enyinaya Abaribe and Rt. Hon Igariwey Iduma Enwo further described as unfortunate and dangerous the ethnic profiling of Igbos in the ongoing mass protests across the country.
“For the records, the Igbo nation, in obedience to the advice of their leaders, Governors, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, parliamentarians and others in the private sector had taken a reasoned and strategic decision not to participate in the on-going nationwide protests” the statement emphasized adding this was evident in the relative calm experienced in the five South Eastern states.
“We are, therefore, surprised and disappointed, that Igbos are still made scapegoats, and targeted as instigators of protests, as shown in several statements (such as the Igbo Must Go hashtag and call by a certain ‘Lagospedia’ X(Twitter) handle) and videos trending online.
“This dangerous ethnic profiling is unwarranted, and must stop. It was such profiling that led to the millions of deaths in Nigeria from the 1950’s to the unfortunate civil war in 1967 to 1970. Elsewhere in Africa it led to the genocide in Rwanda and the xenophobia in South Africa.
“We demand that the security agencies bring to book the purveyors of this hate speeches in line with the cybercrimes act
while we continue to appeal to Igbos across the country to stay away from the protests, and remain law abiding”
The Accord Party has won the governorship election at the polling unit of former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in Okuku, Odo-Otin Local Government Area of the state.
According to the result sheet uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) IReV portal, Accord polled 125 votes to emerge victorious at the polling unit.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) came second with 85 votes, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) secured five votes.
The African Action Congress (AAC) scored two votes, while the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) each recorded one vote.
Other parties, including the AA, ADP, APGA, APM, APP, BP, NNPP and PRP, recorded no votes.
The result sheet showed that 228 voters were accredited, with 220 valid votes cast and eight rejected ballots.
The election was conducted at Court Hall I, Okuku, in Odo-Otin Local Government Area.
The result comes against the backdrop of Oyinlola’s reported endorsement of the APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of the election.
Oyinlola, who governed Osun State from 2003 to 2010, had publicly backed Oyebamiji despite the APC candidate running against incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The outcome at Oyinlola’s polling unit therefore puts the Accord Party ahead of the APC, with Adeleke’s party failing to secure the unit despite the incumbent governor’s participation in the election.
Voting was disrupted in Ejigbo, Osun State, after violence broke out at a polling unit during the ongoing Osun State Governorship election.
It was gathered that voters, residents and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fled the polling unit as tension escalated around the area.
According to Channels TV, people were seen running in different directions while motorcycles and vehicles moved through the area as residents attempted to escape the unfolding situation.
The immediate cause of the violence was not clear, as the chaos temporarily halted the ongoing electoral process.
The incident comes as voters come out in their numbers to partake in governorship election amid tight security.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday has given a blow by blow account of the ongoing governorship election process in Osun State.
According to the electoral umpire, voting commenced smoothly across the south-west, with 3,556 of the state’s 3,763 polling units opened as of 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.
INEC made this claim in a post on its official 𝕏, while giving an update on the conduct of the governorship election.
The commissioner further stated that the figure of the polling units that opened as of 8;30 am represents 94.5 per cent of the total polling units in the state.
It said the remaining 207 polling units, representing 5.5 per cent, experienced minor delays but had all become operational by 9 a.m.
INEC made this claim in a post on its official 𝕏, while giving an update on the conduct of the governorship election.
The commissioner further stated that the figure of the polling units that opened as of 8;30 am represents 94.5 per cent of the total polling units in the state.
It said the remaining 207 polling units, representing 5.5 per cent, experienced minor delays but had all become operational by 9 a.m.
The electoral body further said the Registration Area Centre (RAC) activation exercise for the election was completed at 6:09 p.m. on Friday.
INEC said, “RAC activation was successfully completed (100%) at 6:09 p.m. yesterday in preparation for the Osun State Governorship Election.”
INEC described the deployment and opening process as peaceful and orderly.
The RAC activation and polling unit opening processes were conducted in a peaceful, orderly, and timely manner,” INEC said.
Naija News understands that incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke is seeking re-election on the platform of the Accord Party (A), while the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate is Bola Oyebamiji, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate is Najeem Salaam, and several others are challenging him.
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