APC Candidates win Kogi and Imo Governorship Poll, as Results Collation Continues in Bayelsa
Usman Ododo of All Progressive Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the Kogi State Governorship Poll.
He defeated his closest rivals in the keenly contested poll with a wide margin.
Ododo in the results declared on Sunday night scored 446,237 votes and won in 13 local government areas of the state.
His closest rival, Muri Ajaka of the social democratic party, got 259, 052 votes and won in 13 local government areas.
Senator Dino Melaye of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came a distant third with 46,362 votes and failed to win in any local government area.
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Meanwhile, a supplementary poll is to hold in Ogori/Magongo, Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okehi and Okene Local Government Areas, where the incidence of malpractices is very Signiant during Saturday’s poll.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) national officer, Kudu Haruna who announced the re-run polls on Sunday night said, it would hold on November 18 in 59 polling units.
Earlier on Sunday, Governor Hope Uzodinma of APC has won Imo state governorship poll with a very high margin.
The runner up in the poll, Labour Party and PDP had rejected the results, threatening to challenge it in court.
Two people accused of trying to steal ballot boxes were reportedly shot dead.
The electoral body initially said fresh elections would be needed in parts of the state following opposition allegations that the results had been written before voting had even started.
It later announced that the number of registered voters in these areas was smaller than Mr Ododo’s margin of victory so the reruns were cancelled.
Some clashes were reported in Bayelsa state during voting on Saturday. An electoral official was abducted a day before the polls before being released.
These elections are seen as a test of how much confidence people still have in the electoral process after February’s presidential election results were challenged by the two main opposition candidates.
They had alleged irregularities and sought to have the results overturned in court.
But President Bola Tinubu’s election victory was upheld, with the judges saying the opposition had failed to present any evidence of rigging.
