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Friday, March 29, 2019 EiE Nigeria Weekly Update

“If leadership fails, citizens must not fail and there lies the beautyand importance of Democracy.”- Olusegun Obasanjo (Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) 

On Saturday, March 9th, Nigerians went to the polls to decide the governors, state house of Assembly members and Federal Capital Territory council members in 29 states and the FCT. APC won the governorship election in 13 states while PDP won in 9 states. 6 governorship elections were inconclusive while Rivers State was suspended indefinitely due to range of reasons including over voting, disruption of the process and discontinuation of the use of Card Readers midway in the election. Governorship supplementary elections were conducted on Saturday, March 23rd in Sokoto, Kano, Plateau and Benue States. APC candidates won in Kano and Plateau states while PDP won in Benue and Sokoto States. Adamawa supplementary election was conducted on Thursday, March 28th and was won by PDP.

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Today, marks 15 days to #ChibokGirls fifth year in captivity. 112 #ChibokGirls still remain in captivity. Leah Sharibu and Alice Ngaddah are also in captivity.

We will keep demanding until our girls are brought BACK & ALIVE!#EducationIsNotACrime #BringBackOurGirls #5YearsTooLong

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The EiE Nigeria Team