The CPC’s claims, as repeated in General Muhammadu Buhari’s recent media publications, that the 2011 Presidential Elections, despite its overwhelming acclaim by both local and foreign observers who adjudged it to be the best so far, were massively rigged hence their Presidential Candidate Gen Mohammed Buhari was “robbed” of victory at the said polls, is an absurdity that cannot be supported by any facts.
Here Are the Fact
Presidential Election Results 2011
| STATE | JONATHAN | BUHARI | RIBADU | SHEKARU |
| ABIA | 1,175,954 | 3,608 | 4,156 | 1,455 |
| ADAMAWA | 508,314 | 344,526 | 32,786 | 2,706 |
| AKWA IBOM | 1,165,629 | 5,348 | 54,148 | 8,777 |
| ANAMBRA | 1,145,169 | 4,223 | 3,437 | 975 |
| BAYELSA | 504,811 | 691 | 370 | 136 |
| BAUCHI | 258,404 | 1,315,209 | 16,674 | 8,777 |
| BENUE | 694,776 | 109,680 | 223,007 | 7,705 |
| BORNO | 207,075 | 909,763 | 7,533 | 37,279 |
| CROSS RIVER | 703,382 | 4,002 | 5,839 | 2,551 |
| DELTA | 1,378,851 | 8,960 | 13,110 | 2,746 |
| EBONYI | 480,592 | 1,025 | 1,102 | 14,296 |
| EDO | 542,173 | 17,795 | 54,242 | 2,174 |
| EKITI | 135,009 | 2,689 | 116,981 | 1,482 |
| ENUGU | 802,144 | 3,753 | 1,755 | 1,111 |
| FCT | 253,444 | 131,576 | 2,323 | 3,170 |
| GOMBE | 290,347 | 459,898 | 3,420 | 136 |
| IMO | 1,381,357 | 7,591 | 14,821 | 2,520 |
| JIGAWA | 419,252 | 663,994 | 17,355 | 7,673 |
| KADUNA | 1,190,179 | 1,334,244 | 11,278 | 17,301 |
| KANO | 440,666 | 1,624,354 | 42,353 | 526,310 |
| KATSINA | 428,392 | 1,163,919 | 10,945 | 6,342 |
| KEBBI | 369,198 | 501,453 | 36,171 | 3,288 |
| KOGI | 399,816 | 132,201 | 6,516 | 16,491 |
| KWARA | 268,243 | 83,603 | 52,432 | 1,672 |
| LAGOS | 1,281,688 | 189,983 | 427,203 | 8,941 |
| NASARAWA | 408,997 | 278,390 | 1,204 | 1,047 |
| NIGER | 321,429 | 652,574 | 13,334 | 7,138 |
| OGUN | 309,177 | 17,654 | 199,555 | 2,969 |
| ONDO | 387,376 | 11,890 | 74,253 | 6,741 |
| OSUN | 188,409 | 6,997 | 299,711 | 3,617 |
| OYO | 484,758 | 92,396 | 252,240 | 7,156 |
| PLATEAU | 1,029,865 | 356,551 | 10,181 | 5,235 |
| RIVERS | 1,817,762 | 13,182 | 16,382 | 1,449 |
| SOKOTO | 309,057 | 540,769 | 20,144 | 5,063 |
| TARABA | 451,354 | 257,986 | 17,791 | 1,203 |
| YOBE | 117,128 | 337,537 | 6,069 | 143,179 |
| ZAMFARA | 238,980 | 624,515 | 17,970 | 46,554 |
| TOTAL | 22,496,157 | 12,214,529 | 2,088,791 | 917,365 |
The above are declared results by the INEC.
General Buhari in his petition to the presidential Electoral Tribunal had no grouse with the results in the 3 Geopolitical zones in the North where he won overwhelmingly, and the south west where the PDP lost all its Governors etc, leaving out only two Geopolitical zones that is south-south and south east, where his alleged massive rigging Therefore, by inference, even the CPC agreed that elections in four (4) out of the six (6) Geopolitical zones were averagely free and fair. This implies that elections in approximately (4/6) 70% of the entire country remained essentially free and fair. In a developing Country that in itself will ordinarily go for a pass mark.
THE MYTH
The CPC claims that in many states of the South East and the South-south, the voter turnout was well over 90% and that this was the reason why the Respected General lost the Presidential election. The votes cast for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in the South East and South-South is as follows:
SOUTH EAST SOUTH-SOUTH
ABIA: 1,175,954 AKWA-IBOM: 1,165,629
ANAMBRA: 1,145,169 BAYELSA: 504,811
EBONYI: 480,592 C/RIVERS: 703,382
ENUGU: 802,144 DELTA: 1,378,851
IMO: 1,190,179 EDO: 542,173
RIVER 1,817,762
THE ABSURD
Let us in absolute deference to electoral absurdity assume that the ENTIRE South Eastern States were guilty of excessive voter turnout. Although this in fact is not true of EBONYI and ENUGU States, but since we are at the level of absurdity let us cancel ALL the votes cast for President Goodluck Jonathan in the South East. Total votes cast in South East for Jonathan is 4, 794,038.
In the South-South, even under the present absurd template, if bayelsa had a 100% voter’s turnout, we don’t think many rationale people will like to argue against this for very obvious reasons. Goodluck is their Son; this is the first and perhaps only chance they will ever get to put someone at the helms of affairs in Abuja! So we give it to them. Also Edo State does not fall in the Category of over 90% vote’s turnout. In fact Edo State was and still under the Control of an opposition party.
Given the above therefore, let us as was done in the South East for the purpose of political Absurdity remove ALL the votes from Akwa Ibom, C/Rivers and Delta States. This comes to a total of 5,065,624.
Therefore: 4,794,038
Total Vote from South-East and South-South 5,065,624
Total vote cast for Goodluck in the remaining 4-zones is equal to:- 9,859,662
Total vote for Goodluck Jonathan 22,496,157
Less total vote from South East and South-South 9,859,662
12,636,495
Subtract total vote cast for CPC Presidential candidate from above: 12,214,529
421,966
With the above, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan would have still won the elections in spite of massive deductions by a clear margin of 411,641. Many Presidents in the World history have been sworn in with fewer margins.
The claim by CPC and its Presidential Candidate General Buhari therefore is clearly BOGUS. The perception of their haven been cheated at the polls is political delusion, common with organization and people with over exaggerated opinions of themselves. The earlier the CPC and its Presidential Candidates begin to see themselves as Nigerians see them the better for the nation and its citizenry.
Against this backdrop, let the CPC show us where Gen. Buhari was expected to have won, but was allegedly rigged out by the PDP.
Dr Sanya Awosan,
Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Af