All Progressives Congress was on Monday morning declared the winner of the March 28 Presidential elections in Kogi State.
The State Collation Officer, Prof. Adikwu Michael, who also doubles as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, made this known at the State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lokoja in the early hours of Monday.
APC got 264,851 of the total votes cast – 439,287- to defeat of the PDP who had 149,987 votes.
The collation, which started on Sunday evening and ended around 4am on Monday morning, saw Buhari win in 15 of the 21 Local Government Areas of the state to poll 60.3 per cent of the total votes while Jonathan only managed victory in six Local Governments and has 34.1 per cent of the votes cast.
Okene gave APC 34, 293 votes as against the 3, 728 votes for the PDP, LOkoja accounted for 24, 658 votes against 5, 112 for PDP, Adavi had 22, 659 votes for Buhari and 7, 767 votes for Jonathan, Kogi-Koton Karfe voted 15, 358 in APC’s favour and 2, 735 for the PDP while Okehi had 17, 801 votes in favour of the retired General while they gave President Jonathan 5, 808 votes.
The other Local Governments won by the APC include; Ogori-Magongo, Idah, which is the hometown of Senator Ahmadu Alli, a PDP chieftain, Mopa Moro, Dekina, the LGA of the state Governor, Idris Wada of the PDP, Olamaboro, Ofu, Ajaokuta, Yagba East, Ankpa and Ijumu Local Government Areas.
The other four LGAs where the PDP won are; Yagba West, Igalamela/ Odolu, Bassa and Omala.
Of the 1, 348, 956 voters registered in the state, 476, 839 were accredited to vote while 439, 287 votes were cast with 17, 959 of them rejected.
The announcement was witnessed by the agents of the two major political parties with the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, the Director of the Department of State Security in the state, Mr Fubar, among others.
NIGER STATE
In a similar vein the All Progressive Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has opened up a massive lead in the presidential race in Niger State with results for 11 of the 25 local governments in the state announced.
So far, Buhari has 296,100 votes, while President Goodluck Jonathan has polled 74,784 votes.
In Bosso LG, APC got 36,951, while PDP secured 6,036.
In Chanchaga LG, APC garnered 58,239 to PDP’s 9,438.
15,972 people voted for Buhari in Gbako with 5,521 opting for Jonathan.
Gurara LG gave Buhari 17,284 votes and Jonathan 7,803 votes, while the APC defeated the PDP with 16,368 to 2,708 votes in Katcha LG.
Mariga LG gave APC 28,463 votes and the PDP 4,351 votes.
Other local governments where results have been announced are: Munya LG (APC, 12,820; PDP, 7119); Paiko LG (APC, 27,298; PDP, 8,029); Shiroro LG (APC, 27,462; PDP, 7,040). Suleja LG (APC, 38,262; PDP, 9,535) and Tafa LG (APC, 16,981; PDP, 7,168).
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