The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alh. Yahaya Bello has been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the winner of the Kogi governorship election.
APC polled 247,752 votes to defeat the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which came second with 204,877 votes. This is in addition to yesterday’s supplementary poll, where the APC polled 6885 votes to beat the PDP which polled 5363 votes.
The Chief Returning Officer for the
election, Prof. Emmanuel Kucha, while declaring the results in Lokoja, stated that having fulfilled all legal requirements, Alh. Yahaya Bello is declared winner of the election and Kogi
Governor-Elect.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Agriculture, Makurdi, held, “That Yahaya Bello, having polled the highest number of votes and satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby returned elected.”
The final results are as follow:
Ibaji: PDP 220 APC 369
Adavi: PDP 12 APC 878
Ankpa PDP 629 APC 562
Ajaokuta: PDP 12 APC 538
Omala: PDP 323 APC 317
Igalamela/Odolu PDP 434 APC 92
Ofu: PDP 484 APC 105
Dekina: PDP 1999 APC 2178
Kabba/Bunu: PDP 131 APC 201
Ijumu: PDP 102 APC 86
Lokoja: PDP 145 APC 301
Kogi/Koto: PDP 281 APC 406
Yagba West: PDP 73 APC 86
Okene: PDP 02 APC 208
Okehi: PDP 0 APC 108
Idah: PDP 70 APC 62
Bassa: PDP 114 APC 221
Olamaboro PDP 332 APC 167
Total: PDP 5363 APC 6885
Grand Total: PDP 204,877
APC 247,752
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