EMERGING WINNERS IN THE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

19/03/ 23

Shina J O

OYO STATE.

Makinde wins Oyo election. Oyo state incumbent governor Seyi Makinde has emerged winner of the state governorship election after scoring 61% percent of the total vote cast.

The returning officer Prof Adebayo Bamire the Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University while declaring the PDP candidate winner said he fulfilled all the requirement.

GOMBE STATE

Governor Muhammed Inusa Yahaya Of The APC Wins Second Term As Governor of Gombe State,

He Polled 342, 821 Votes To Defeat Mohammed Jibrin of the PDP Who Polled 204, 593

KWARA STATE

Abdurahman Abdulrazaq of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the 2023 governorship election in Kwara State by the Returning Officer for the 2023 governorship election in the State, Professor Isaac Itodo.

Abdulrazaq on the platform of APC polled a total of 273,424 votes to defeat his close rival, Abdulahi Yaman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who polled a total of 155,490 votes.

JIGAWA STATE

The returning officer of Jigawa state governorship election professor Muhammad Umar has declared Namadi Danmodi of all progressive Congress winner.

AKWA IBOM PDP Wins

The People’s Democratic Party,PDP, candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno has been declared winner of the state Governorship Election.

Eno scored 356,348 votes to beat YPP’s Senator Bassey Akpan who scored 136,262 votes and APC’s Akanimo Udofia who came third with
129,602 votes.

The Chief Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, Prof Emmanuel Adigio made the declaration at the State INEC Collation Centre, Uyo after the final collation of results from the 31 Local Government Areas of the state.

PDP won in 29 out of the 31 LGAs, while the YPP won in 2 LGAs.

NIGER GOV’SHIP ELECTION APC WINS

The governorship candidate of the people’s Democratic party PDP Sani Liman Kantigi has congratulated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC Umar Bago ahead of the official declaration of the Governorship election results.

This was confirmed by the state Collation agent to the APC governorship candidate Mohammed Umar Kolo and the State collation Agent to the PDP governorship candidate Sani Kutingi in Minna the Niger state Capital.

The two state collation agents said the congratulatory call by the PDP candidate Sani Liman Kantigi even before the official declaration of results shows the level of political maturity in the state.

The chairman, inter party Advisory committee, Niger state chapter, Mohammed Bello said the state belongs to every indigene no matter the political difference.

Niger state is one of the twenty eight states in Nigeria where governorship and House of Assembly elections were conducted on the 18 march 2023.

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