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Kogi State 2019 Governorship Election OBSERVATION REPORT 20 21 13 12 11 10 9 1 KOGI STATE 20194 19 16 5 2 15 GOVERNORSHIP17 3 14 18 ELECTION7 8 6 SITUATION ROOM REPORT OF OBSERVATION OF KOGI STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION 2019 2020 Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room All Rights Reserved Situation Room Secretariat: c/o Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) Plot 451 Gambo Jimeta Crescent, Guzape District, Abuja, Nigeria Telephone: 09095050505, 09032999919 Website: http://situationroom.placng.org Facebook: facebook.com/situationroomnigeria Twitter: @situationroomng TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Background on the State 1 Voting Statistics for Kogi State Governorship Election 2019 2 Political Atmosphere before the Election 7 PRE-ELECTION ACTIVITIES 9 Situation Room Pre-Election Activities 9 Party Primaries 11 Preparations by INEC 14 Preparation by Security Agencies 18 ELECTION-DAY OBSERVATION 19 Structure and Methodology 19 Arrival, setting-up and Opening of Polls 20 Accreditation and Voting Process 20 Turnout and Conduct of Voters 22 Presence and Conduct of Party Agents 22 Vote Trading/Buying 22 ELECTION-DAY SECURITY 25 Thuggery, Intimidation and Election Violence 25 COLLATION PROCESS 29 POST-ELECTION OBSERVATION 31 Vote Tabulation and Declaration of Results 31 Reaction of Candidates/Parties 32 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 33 APPENDIX 37 INTRODUCTION Background on the State The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the Governorship election in Kogi State on Saturday, 16th November 2019, simultaneously with the Governorship election in Bayelsa State. These Governorship elections were conducted by INEC on the recognition and understanding of the needs for improvement and drawing lessons from the 2019 General Elections. Kogi State, with a population of 3,314,043 according to 2006 Census, was carved out of Kwara and Benue States on August 27, 1991. It is one of the States in the north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The State is popularly called the confluence state due to the convergence of Rivers Niger and Benue at Lokoja, the State capital. There are three main ethnic groups in the State namely Igala, Ebira, and Okun; with the Igalas being the largest ethnic group. The last Governorship election in the State was conducted in November 2015, with the then candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Audu dying before the conclusion of the election and being replaced by Yahaya Adoza Bello who came second in the Party primaries held ahead of the election. Mr. Bello was declared the winner of the election after a supplementary election was held on 5th December 2015 to conclude the process. Kogi State has 21 Local Government Areas, 3 Senatorial districts, 9 Federal and 25 State constituencies. Local Government Council elections have not been held in the State since 2010. The Councils are presently administered by special appointees of the State Government. The State is rich in mineral deposits such as iron ore, limestone, and coal, amongst others. 1 Local Governments by Senatorial Districts KOGI CENTRAL KOGI EAST KOGI WEST ADAVI ANKPA IJUMU AJAOKUTA BASSA KABBA-BUNU OGORI-MAGONGO DEKINA KOGI OKEHI IBAJI LOKOJA OKENE IDAH MOPAMURO IGALAMELA-ODOLU YAGBA EAST OFU YAGBA WEST OLAMABORO OMALA LGA Map 2 Voting Statistics for Kogi State Governorship Election 2019 No. of Voting Points (VPs): 3,508 No. of Polling Units (P.U): 239 No. of Registration Areas (R.A): 2548 No. of Local Government Areas (L.G.As): 21 No. of Registered Voters: 1,646,350 No. of PVCs Collected as at 30th Sept., 2019 1,485,828 (90.2%) No. of PVCs uncollected as at 30th Sept., 2019 160,522 (9.8%) No. of Presiding Officers (POs): 2,548 No. of Assist. Presiding Officers (APOs) I: 2,548 No. of Assist. Presiding Officers (APOs) II: 2,548 No. of Assist. Presiding Officers (APOs) III: 2,548 No. of Assist. Presiding Officers (APOs) VP: 960 No. of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs): 255 No. of R.A Collation Officers (COs): 239 No. of L.G.A Collation Officers (COs): 21 No. of Returning Officer (RO) for Gov. Election: 1 Gender Distribution of Voter Population 825,663 (50.1%) 820,687 (49.9%) 3 S/N LGA Hqtrs RAs/ PUs Wardss 1. Adavi Ogaminana 11 191 2. Ajaokuta Adogo 14 80 3. Ankpa Ankpa 13 176 4. Bassa Oguma 10 107 5. Dekina Dekina 12 217 6. Ibaji Onyedega 10 148 7. Idah Idah 10 89 8. Igalamela-Odolu Ajaka 10 90 9. Ijumu Iyara 15 79 10. Kabba-Bunu Kabba 15 96 11. Kogi (KK) Kotonkarfe 11 67 12. Lokoja Lokoja 10 105 13. Mopamuro Mopa 10 52 14. Ofu Ugwolawo 11 129 15. Ogorimagongo Akpafa 10 67 16. Okehi Obangede 11 176 17. Okene Okene 11 266 18. Olamaboro Okpo 10 124 19. Omala Abejukolo 11 128 20. Yagba East Isanlu 10 61 21. Yagba West Odo-Ere 14 100 TOTAL 239 2548 4 Distribution of Voters by Local Government Area S/N LGA No. of Registered No. of Registered Voters Voters with PVCs 1. Adavi 105,906 91,786 2. Ajaokuta 73,836 64,079 3. Ankpa 142.912 118,016 4. Bassa 58,892 57,674 5. Dekina 166,165 151,753 6. Ibaji 76,575 73,701 7. Idah 56,743 54,485 8. Igalamela-Odolu 65,129 58,232 9. Ijumu 59,578 54,157 10. Kabba-Bunu 74,789 68,980 11. Kogi (KK) 53,590 51,097 12. Lokoja 137,301 118,673 13. Mopamuro 23,030 18,183 14. Ofu 88,958 74,727 15. Ogorimagongo 16,032 12,051 16. Okehi 82,180 75,086 17. Okene 131,166 129,681 18. Olamaboro 82,973 75,260 19. Omala 66,368 64,545 20. Yagba East 41,443 34,143 21. Yagba West 42,784 39,511 5 LGA Collation Centres S/N LGA LGA COLLATION CENTRES CODE 1. Adavi 01 Local Government Secretariat, Ogaminana. 2. Ajaokuta 02 INEC Local Government Office, Adogo. 3. Ankpa 03 INEC Local Government Office, Ankpa. 4. Bassa 04 Local Government Secretariat, Oguma. 5. Dekina 05 Govt. Secondary School, Dekina. 6. Ibaji 06 Local Government Council Secretariat, Onyedega. 7. Idah 07 INEC Local Government Office, Idah. 8. Igalamela-Odolu 08 INEC Local Government Office, Ajaka. 9. Ijumu 09 Local Government Secretariat, Iyara. 10. Kabba-Bunu 10 Local Government Secretariat, Kabba. 11. Kogi (KK) 11 Local Government Council Sec., Kotonkarfe. 12. Lokoja 12 INEC Local Government Office, Lokoja. 13. Mopamuro 13 Local Government Secretariat, Mopa. 14. Ofu 14 Local Government Secretariat, Ugwolawo. 15. Ogorimagongo 15 INEC Local Government Office, Akpafa. 16. Okehi 16 INEC Local Government Office, Obangede. 17. Okene 17 Local Government Secretariat, Okene. 18. Olamaboro 18 Local Government Secretariat, Okpo. 19 Omala 19 Local Government Secretariat, Abejukolo. 20. Yagba East 20 INEC Local Government Office, Isanlu. 21. Yagba West 21 Local Government Secretariat, Odo-Ere 6 POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE BEFORE THE ELECTION The period leading up to the election in Kogi State was tense following developments in the State at the time. On October 21, 2019, less than a month before the election, Edward Onoja, former Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello was sworn in as deputy governor of the State, to replace Simon Achuba, who was controversially impeached by the Kogi State House of Assembly. Onoja was also Governor Bello’s running mate in the Governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Controversy trailed the said impeachment, as the panel set up to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against the former deputy governor absolved him of all the allegations. This raised questions as to the legality of the impeachment in the absence of an indictment by the panel. Critics argued that the impeachment was unconstitutional, as it breached the provision of section 188(8) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999. Also, the attack and destruction of property at the State secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lokoja on 10th November 2019, less than a week to the election, raised concern as the governorship candidate of the party, Natasha Akpoti was a notable candidate who was expected to receive a fair number of votes at the polls, next to the candidates of the APC and PDP. In addition to the destruction of parts of the secretariat building, the campaign materials of the party were destroyed and replaced with campaign posters of the governorship candidate of another party. It will be recalled that Akpoti’s nomination by the SDP was invalidated by INEC, the reason being that the party had nominated an underaged candidate as her running mate. The party and its governorship candidate challenged this action by INEC and the court ruled in favour of the party, directing INEC to add the SDP to the ballot. The attack on the party’s secretariat came soon after this decision by the court. On 12th November 2019, only two days after the attack on the SDP secretariat, Akpoti claimed that she was harassed and denied access to the INEC Stakeholders’ meeting in Lokoja by suspected thugs in the presence of security agents, who failed to intervene. The meeting which had the INEC Chairman 7 and Inspector General of Police in attendance ended abruptly as the Police engaged the use of tear gas at the venue of the meeting. The pre-election atmosphere was charged with fake news, as a co-ordinated group of fake news peddlers popularly known as ‘Data Boys’ or ‘Foot soldiers’ were reported to have been disseminating false information in different areas across the State, with the aim of promoting the interest of a particular political group. 8 PRE-ELECTION ACTIVITIES Situation Room Pre-Election Activities: Strategy Meeting on Peace Messaging with Civic Groups The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room convened a Meeting of Civic Groups and community leaders in Kogi State on Thursday, 5th September 2019 to deliberate on the political environment and develop a coordinated peace messaging strategy for achieving a peaceful Governorship elections in the State in view of the State’s records of election violence.
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