Breaking News: Jonathan loses at presidential Villa polling units

We will continually update you with more report as counting of votes commence. In the final result announced at the two polling units at the Presidential Villa yesterday night, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan lost to the All Progressive Congress candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari as he polled a total of 595 votes General Buhari’s 613 votes.

The election which was conducted peacefully saw the All Progressive Congress senatorial and House of Representatives candidates also defeating the Peoples Democratic Candidates.While the APC candidate for the senatorial election polled a total of 597 votes, the PDP candidate won 567 votes from the two polling units in the Villa.

The APC candidate for the House of Representatives also polled 589 votes to defeat the PDP candidate who got 495 votes.
A total of 1,345 voters were accredited in the two polling units.
The announcement of the final result sparked a wide jubilation from APC supporters.
President Jonathan won the election at the two polling units in 2011.

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Buhari refused to participate in yet another presidential debate

According to reliable information, APC presidential candidate,  Gen. Buhari has refused to participate in yet another Presidential debate, this time organised by Channel's Tv in conjunction with ARISE TV and NPAN. According to a statement signed by PDP's presidential campaign spokesman, Femi Fani Kayode:

"We have been informed that General Buhari and the APC have decided not to participate in the NPAN-Channel Television-organised debate after they had earlier agreed to take part in it. We had thought that having withdrawn from participating in the debate organised by Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), they would have availed themselves this second platform. Now that they have also turned their back on this, it is now very clear that General Buhari is incapable of engaging in rigorous live television debates on the issues of governance.
It speaks about his intellectual laziness and his loss of touch with contemporary issues of development and statecraft. We would like to reiterate that the APC has something to shield about General Buhari. He has campaigned in some states of the federation attacking President Jonathan’s handling of insurgency, corruption and economy. Now there is a platform on which both candidates can engage each other on these issues and he (Buhari) is running away. It is a disgrace to the APC and their candidate that they would treat everybody with contempt.
The organisers of the debates are interested in promoting a robust culture of debates so that people can listen to the candidates and make informed choices on the basis of their arguments. We call on Nigerians to express their displeasure with General Buhari and the APC by rejecting them at the poll. This will be a just recompense for treating the Nigerian people and electorate with disdain”

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