{"id":6045,"date":"2020-09-22T10:16:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T09:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=6045"},"modified":"2020-09-23T19:55:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T18:55:01","slug":"quickchecks-edo-election-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/quickchecks-edo-election-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#QuickChecks: Edo Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1.<\/strong> A Facebook user<\/a> claims that Obaseki has emerged victorious in his polling unit. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nasir Ayitogo, a Premium Times reporter, confirmed that in the result announced at the polling unit, PDP had 80 votes while APC got 51 votes. Also, reports from other news outlets including Punch<\/a> and TheNation<\/a> confirmed the claim to be true.\u00a0 Obaseki voted at the Emokpae Model Primary School, Polling Unit 19, Ward 4, Oredo Local Government Area. This claim is true, Obaseki actually won his polling unit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2.<\/strong> The Cable in a twitter post claims there was violence when PDP candidate and incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, arrived his polling unit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Information from an observer on the field, Alao Abiodun, confirms there was an attempt by a young man to disrupt the process upon Obaseki\u2019s arrival. Video evidence sent across also shows some people involved in mild violence. He noted however that the governor has voted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. A Facebook user claims that Obaseki has emerged victorious in his polling unit.  Nasir Ayitogo, a Premium Times reporter, confirmed that in the result announced at the polling unit, PDP had 80 votes while APC got 51 votes. Also, reports from other news outlets including Punch and TheNation confirmed the claim to be true.\u00a0 Obaseki voted at the Emokpae Model Primary School, Polling Unit 19, Ward 4, Oredo Local Government Area. This claim is true, Obaseki actually won his polling unit.\u00a0\u00a0 2. The Cable in a twitter post claims there was violence when PDP candidate and incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, arrived his polling unit. Information from an observer on the field, Alao Abiodun, confirms there was an attempt by a young man to disrupt the process upon Obaseki\u2019s arrival. Video evidence sent across also shows some people involved in mild violence. He noted however that the governor has voted. 3. 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