2. A fresh report has it that the PDP has been
displaced in Niger State as the All Progressives Congress governorship
candidate in the state, Alh Abubakar Bello, has been officially declared
winner of the governorship election in the state.
The Returning
Officer, Prof. Abdulganiu Ambali Bello, announced that Bello polled
593,702 votes to defeat Alh. Umar Nasko of the Peoples Democratic Party,
who polled 239,772 votes. The APC governorship candidate emerge
victorious in 23 of the 25 local government areas as announced by INEC.
3.
The All Progressives Congress Governorship candidate in Plateau State,
Simon Lalong, has been declared winner of the governorship election in
the state. Lalong polled 537,050 votes to beat the Peoples Democratic
Party’s candidate , Senator Gyang Pwajok, who secured 501,938 votes.
With this development, the Peoples Democratic Party has now been
displaced in the state.
4. Although, governor Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, may be leading Emeka Ihedioha in Imo State’s governorship
elections, the Returning Officer in the state has declared the election
inconclusive following irregularities noticed in some areas. The result
announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe, shows that
Okorocha polled 385,071 votes, while Ihedioha, got 306,142 votes. A
supplementary election is expected to hold soon in the state.
5.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has won the
Sokoto State governorship election under the umbrella of the All
Progressives Congress, APC. Tambuwal polled 647,609 votes to defeat
Senator Abdallah Wali of the PDP who polled 269,074.
6.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has advised aggrieved
politicians who feel cheated in Saturday’s elections across different
states in the country to approach the election petition tribunals. This
advice was contained in a statement by the commission issued on Sunday.
7.
Political ‘Tsunami’ appears to have taken over different PDP controlled
states as the APC continues to conquer them. The trend is not different
in Kaduna State as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
Malam Nasir el-Rufai defeated Governor Mukhtar Yero of the PDP and 13
other candidates to win the state’s governorship election. The Returning
Officer for the state, Prof. Jafar Kaura, announced that el-Rufai
polled 1, 117, 635 votes to defeat the state governor, who secured 485,
833 votes.
8. The cancellation of the governorship elections in three local
government areas of Abia State was yesterday reversed by the The state
Returning Officer, who is also the Vice Chancellor, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba after the state governor,
Theodore Orji and other PDP stalwarts stormed the venue of the collation
centre, asking the Returning Officer to reverse his decision. The
affected local government areas, whose results were earlier cancelled
because of malpractices and other electoral issues include Isiala-Ngwa
North, Osisioma and Obimgwa.
9. Following alleged irregularities
and violence, the All Progressives Congress, APC, All Progressives Grand
Alliance, APGA and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Rivers State
have called for the cancellation of the governorship and House of
Assembly elections in the state. Their call was contained in a joint
press briefing held in Port Harcourt on Sunday.
10. Lagos State has finally broken the jinx of being in the opposition
as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC,
Akinwumi Ambode defeated his closest rival, Jimi Agbaje in Saturday’s
governorship election in the state. Results released by the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, show that Ambode won 14 out of the
20 local government areas in the state.
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