The Punch reported that the 16th Brigade of the Nigerian Army stationed in Yenagoa,
Bayelsa State, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of 15 gunmen suspected to be political
thugs, who allegedly had planned to disrupt Saturday’s elections.
The Leadership said the initial suspense and curiosity among Nigerians over the outcome
of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections began to give way last night
as President Muhammadu Buhari took the lead in four of the country’s geo-political zones.
The Sun said that as Nigerians and the entire global community await the outcome of last
Saturday’s presidential election with bated breath, the ruling party, the All Progressives
Party (APC) and the major opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are locked in
a battle of claims and counter-claims over alleged plots to falsify results.
The Guardian reported that the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) women and youth presidential campaign team has raised the alarm over
alleged plans by the opposition to instigate violence in the Southeast and Southsouth,
to use that as cover to alter the election result figures from the two geo-political zones.
The Nation said that some giants have fallen in the fierce battle for the Senate – going by
results announced by the electoral umpire.
Dr. Bukola Saraki lost his bid to return to the Senate for the third time – and his hitherto
firm grip on Kwara State politics, it reported.
ThisDay reported that the first major upset in last Saturday’s National Assembly election
emerged yesterday with the defeat of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who
contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by former majority
leader in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, of the All Progressives
Congress (APC).