Nigeria: Yiaga Verifies 2020 Edo Election Results
Yiaga Africa has verified the 2020 Edo State governorship election results released by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The civil society organisation (CSO) verified the INEC official results after the declaration of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Godwin Obaseki, as winner of the poll by the commission. INEC Returning Officer […]
Nigeria: CDD Observes Vote Buying in Edo Election
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has reported that propaganda and vote buying marred the 19 September governorship election in Edo State, south-south Nigeria. In its preliminary report on the election, the civil society organisation (CSO) noted that politicians induced voters with items such as Ankara fabric, spaghetti, and cash ranging from N1,000 to […]
Nigeria: Yiaga to Assess Edo Election with PVT
Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, says the civil society organisation (CSO) plans to assess the credibility of the governorship election in Edo State, south-south Nigeria, with parallel vote tabulation (PVT) methodology. Itodo, who made this known in a statement, said that the CSO, through its Watching the Vote movement, would also deploy 500 […]