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BiafraNigeriaWorld News  April 27, 2003 2003 Poll Results
SMOKING GUN?: WEBSITE EVIDENCE OF INEC FRAUD Rattles Tinubu, Gives Victory to Williams There was panic within the political circles in Lagos yesterday when it was discovered that on the website of the Indepen-dent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Funsho Williams of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled more votes than the Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was declared winner of the April 19 gubernatorial election. In the results on the website, while Tinubu, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) candidate, was given 838,000 votes, the PDP candidate, William was given 1,066,000 votes. With the figure, many PDP top shots were rejoicing yesterday morning as they directed Lagosians to the website, claiming victory. But by 12.30 yesterday, new figures, (911,597 for Tinubu and 740,406 for Williams) were posted on the website. (This Day)		Key Stories Police Raid C/River Community, Kill Two Party At Aso Rock As Losers Protest   National Assembly Leadership (2003-2007): The Front Runners From Sharia To 'Yam' How a Carpenter Nailed Audu's Coffin Imo Govt Refutes Election Monitors Report AD/Afenifere: The Squandering of Heritage New Faces on the Saddle Saving our Democracy Asian Leaders In Crucial Meeting Over SARS Aziz: I Want Home in UK
How Duke Survived the Ethnic Plot   Omisore, Senator-Elect Files Bail Motion   AUDIO   VIDEO If anything was capable of stopping Governor Donald Etim Duke from going back to the beautiful and expansive Diamond Hill Government House, come May 29, it was the ethnic gang up and the much taunted Calabar - Ogoja accord. But surprisingly this ethnic factor under the umbrella of Atam Peoples Association (ATA) crumbled irretrievably.... (Guardian)   Counsel to Otunba Iyiola Omisore, Mr. Kunle Kalejaiye, has filed a motion for bail at the Ibadan High Court, where the former deputy governor is standing trial for complicity and murder of former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige. In an eight point application supported by a 26 point affidavit, lead counsel to Omisore,.... (This Day)     Obasanjo/PDP Election Fraud is Deeply Concerning General Ojukwu Seeks Democracy Isioma Daniel Speaks "Fatwa" Animalism 1 "Fatwa" Animalism 2

NATIONAL ASEEMBLY AND OTHER 2003 ELECTION RESULTS Gubernatorial Senate House of Representatives Local Government 2003 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS Click on map above or state below for details Abia Adamawa Akwa-Ibom Anambra Bauchi Bayelsa Benue Borno Cross River Delta Ebonyi Edo Ekiti Enugu Gombe Imo Jigawa Kaduna Kano Katsina Kebbi Kogi Kwara Lagos Nasarawa Niger Ogun Ondo Osun Oyo Plateau Rivers Sokoto Taraba Yobe Zamfara Federal Capital Territory

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