The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Muhammadu Yahaya (Gombe), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara) the winners of Saturday`s governorship election.
Also, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno; Dr Dikko Radda of the Katsina State All Progressives Congress and his counterpart in Jigawa State, Namadi Dammodi, emerged as the governors-elect.
The APC candidate in the Sokoto State governorship election, Ahmad Sokoto, similarly emerged as the governor-elect in the state, while Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum was set for victory having won the 22 local government areas declared so far in the state on Sunday.
There were also strong indications that the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, would be re-elected as he emerged victorious in 14 out of the 19 LGAs results declared as of 10.21 pm on Sunday, while his closest rival, Sadique Abubakar of the APC won five local government areas.
Similarly, the APC candidate in Benue, Rev Fr. Hyacinth Alia, is currently leading his opponents in the results so far declared by the electoral commission.
PDP's Makinde was declared the winner of the Oyo gubernatorial election after beating out his closest rival with 563,756 votes. His Teslim Folarin at the All Progressive Congress got his 256,685 votes.
Accord party Adebayo Adelabu won his 38,357 votes. In an interview with journalists shortly after winning his re-election, Makinde said he was overwhelmed by the show of love poured out on him by people in the state. , the governor, accompanied by his wife, Tamnominimin, was surrounded by family, friends and associates while celebrating the victory at his estate in the Icolaba district of Ibadan.
He thanked the good people of the state for their confidence in his government and his ability to run it.
Makinde said:
"Right now, I am overwhelmed. I want to thank the good people in government for the trust they have shown in this government and my ability to lead it."
Governor Abiodun received 276,298 votes, defeating PDP opponent Oladippo Adebutu and 12 other candidates, who received 262,383 votes, to secure a second term.
Prof. Kayode Adeboile, Ogun State Governor's Election Officer, declared Abiodun at the Comparison Center of the State Commission.
According to him, the total number of registered voters he had was 2,688,305 and the number of accredited voters he had 666,406.
Adebowale said a total of 645,133 votes were valid and his 18,835 votes out of a total of 663,968 were rejected.
Sanwo-Olu was re-elected after receiving the highest number of votes in Saturday's gubernatorial election. The results were announced on Sunday at INEC's sorting center in Yaba, Lagos.
Governor was declared the winner with his 762,134 votes, while his closest rival, his Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labor Party, won his 312,329 votes. PDP candidate Olajide Adediran finished his third with 62,449 votes.
Sanwo-Olu was re-elected His
Sanwo-Olu won his LGA of 19 and Rhodes-Vivour won his Amuwo Odofin LGA, Federal Institute of Technology (Acre, Ondo Province) Elections Officer Adenike Oladiji, Deputy Chancellor of .
Earlier, Oragiji said:
"That means we have no results and we can influence everything here. We collect only what we get and to make sure it is correct We test the accuracy of the values when the results are announced.There were 16,798 negative votes and a total of 1,107,248 valid votes. He added that he had received threats.
He said:
"Our role is to conduct elections for midwives, and politicians will work with us to do a good job." I hope that you will The ballot box robbery problem is out of the question. Even if it happened, it shouldn't happen in Lagos.
Kwara governor wins
In Kwara, the governor and APC candidate won 273,424 votes, beating his closest rival in the election, PDP's Alhaji Yaman Abdullahi, by 155,490 votes.
Presenting the results at the INEC office, his professor Ilorin Sunday, electoral officer for state gubernatorial elections and vice-chancellor of Makurdi Agricultural College, said Abdulrazaq won all 16 of his municipalities in the state. said he did. Ilorin South, Ilorin West, Ilorin East, Offa, Oyun, Ifelodun, Irepodun, Oke-Ero, Ekiti, Patigi, Edu, Kaiama, and Baruten municipalities.
Ito announced that 470,771 voters were granted the vote, while 460,497 votes were verified and over 4,000 were invalid. At
Gombe, Yahaya won his second term with his 342,821 votes, beating out his closest challenger and his PDP candidate Muhammad Barde with 233,131 points, while NNPP's Khamisu Mailantarki scored his 19,861 points. was recorded.
Professor Maimuna Waziri, a federal returnee who is also vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Gashua in Yobe state, announced the results at the Comparison Center on Sunday.
Our correspondent reports that Barde won two LGAs, leaving the Governor free of nine other LGAs for the win.
Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of this All-Progressive Assembly, who has fulfilled the requirements of the law and received the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and returned as elected.
Elections officials said Gombe has 1,575,794 registered voters, but 618,231 have the right to vote.
Delta State Professor Emmanuel Adigio, Election Superintendent and Deputy Chancellor of Okerenko Maritime College, who announced the election results at his INEC headquarters in Uyo, Akwaibom State on Sunday, said Eno had garnered 356,346 votes for his Passing the APC's defeat, the Youth Progressive Party candidates received 129,602 and 136,262 votes respectively.
The New Nigerian People's Party followed with his 125.09 votes and the Labor Party won his 4,746 votes.
Adagio said: “PDP Pastor Umo Eno, who has fulfilled the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the governor's election of Akwaibom State.” YPP candidate Senator Bassey Albert was elected to only two governments.
Municipalities won by the incoming governor include Udung Uko, Uruan, Ini, Esit Eket, Ikot Abasi, Ikot Ekpene, Etim Ekpo and 22 other municipalities, Akpan winning Ibom LGA in Ikono and Ibiono respectively. bottom.
However, YPP party agent Kelvin Umoh dismissed the findings, claiming that there had been widespread violence and intimidation that allegedly led to the killing of his party supporters. "With widespread violence and intimidation, it would be wrong to add signatures to the results sheet." and also thanked voters for voting for the state's PDP.
In Katsina state, APC gubernatorial candidate Radda has emerged as the next governor after winning 33 of his 34 LGAs in the state.
PDP candidate Senator Yakublad has won his LGA in Kankala.
The results were announced in the presence of Election Officer Professor Muaz Abubakar at the Election Comparison Center for the Gubernatorial Election in Katsina.
Buni Re-elected Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni was also re-elected.
Won all 17 municipal districts in the state with a total of 317,113 votes.
PDP candidate Alhaji Sharif Abdulahi was a close second with a total of 104,259 votes.
Prof. Umar Pate, an election officer for the gubernatorial election and announcing the results at Damatur, VC of the Federal University of Kashere, Gombe State, said the number of accredited voters was 459,492, valid votes he had 444,567, total votes. He received 457,781 votes.
In Benue, APC gubernatorial candidate Hyacinth his Reverend Aria leads the results announced so far.
Results had been released for 16 of INEC's 23 local government districts at the time of this report's submission on Sunday at 18:00.
The Catholic Priest leads by a wide margin in his 12 municipalities, and his Titus Uba, a PDP candidate, has won his four LGAs. According to
Abubakar, Radda interviewed 859892 to win the election. PDP candidate Senator Yakublad conducted a poll with his 486,260.
With a total of 317,113 votes in the state, he won all 17 municipal constituencies.
PDP candidate Alhaji Sharif Abdulahi was a close second with a total of 104,259 votes.
Professor Umar Pate, who was an election officer for the gubernatorial election and announced the results at Damatur, VC of Kashere Federal University in Gombe State, received 459,492 accredited voters, 444,567 valid votes and total votes. The number is 457,781 votes.
In Benue, APC gubernatorial candidate Hyacinth his Reverend Aria leads the results announced so far.
At the time this report was submitted at 18:00 on Sunday, 16 of INEC's 23 municipalities had published results.
Catholic priests lead by a wide margin in 12 municipalities, while PDP candidate Titus Uba wins in four LGAs.
So far, Alia has queried 310,817 with a difference of 169,488 to Uba's 141,329.
Meanwhile, with the postponement of the Kwande LGA election, the final results of the gubernatorial election may not be announced by his INEC.
Local government elections could not be held on Saturday because he made an error in one vote in the
national constituency.
Permanent Election Commissioner Professor Sam Egwu said elections would be held at a later date and announced by INEC.
However, the REC said the governor's winner "can be declared with theoretical probability if the margin of victory is greater than the total number of registered voters in Kwande. Registered voters."
Councils include Apa, Gwer West, Logo, Ado, Gwer East, Agatu, Obi, Ukum, Tarka, Buruku, Katsina-Ala, Guma, Gboko, Ohimini, Ushongo, and Ogbadibo.
Rivers PDP
In Rivers State, his PDP leads in 17 of the 23 local government areas, according to gubernatorial election results recorded to date.
The state's largest opposition party, the APC, came in second place by a wide margin, followed closely by the Social Democrats and the Labor Party.
Federal Election Officer and Deputy Chancellor of the Federal Petroleum Institute in Ehrum, Delta Province, Professor Akpoflalimurke, received his 17 LGA check results from various checkers and returnees.
Sunday he at 18:00 Rim-rukeh postponed the compilation of the results until Monday (today).
He explained:
LGAs collected so far are Tai, Opobo Nkoro LGA, Gokana LGA, Ogu/Bolo, Eleme, Ikwerre, Oyigbo, Etche, Khana, Andoni, Bonny, Ahoada East, Okrika.
Others are Abua Odual, Em'oha, Ogva/Egbema/Donni.
Meanwhile, the New Nigerian Bharatiya Janata Party and his APC are battling it out for the lead in the Kano gubernatorial election results so far announced.
The opposition was ousted early by the ruling APC, but hours later, NNPP's Abba Kabir Yusuf led his APC candidate, Nasir Gawuna, by his 3,037 votes.
Gawuna received 342,698 votes in 20 LGAs, while Yusuf received 345,735 votes.
But at 8:30 p.m. Gauna outdid his NNPP counterpart when the results for Bici province were announced.
Gauna he received 484,877 votes, while Yusuf was trailing in the Bici LGA results where he had 473,737 votes.
NNPP was ahead of his APC at his 22:00 when Bebezi was announced as the sorting center in the 36th LGA result.
Rivers PDP
In Rivers, recorded gubernatorial election results show the PDP leading in 17 of the 23 local government areas.
His APC, the state's largest opposition party, came in second place by a wide margin, followed closely by the Social Democrats and the Labor Party.
Federal Electoral Officer and Deputy Chancellor of the Federal Petroleum Institute in Ehrum, Delta, Professor Akpoflalimurke said from various collators and returnees that he received 17 of his LGA collation results.
Sunday at 18:00 Rim-rukeh postponed the compilation of the results until Monday (today) as he had not received further results from the pending council.
He explained:
LGAs collected so far are Tai, Opobo Nkoro LGA, Gokana LGA, Ogu/Bolo, Eleme, Ikwerre, Oyigbo, Etche, Khana, Andoni, Bonny, Ahoada East, Okrika.
Others are Abua Odual, Em'oha, or Ogva/Egbema/Donni.
Meanwhile, the New Nigerian People's Party and his APC are battling it out for the lead in Kano's gubernatorial election results so far.
The opposition was ousted early by the ruling APC, but hours later NNPP's Abba Kabir Yusuf led his APC candidate Nasir Gawuna by his 3,037 votes.
Gawuna in his LGA of 20 he received 342,698 votes, while Yusuf received his 345,735 votes.
But at 8:30 p.m. Gauna surpassed his NNPP counterparts when the results for the Bici local government area were announced.
Gauna received 484,877 votes while Yusuf trailed with 473,737 votes in the Bichi LGA results.
NNPP was ahead of his APC at his 22:00 when Bebezi was announced as the sorting center in the 36th LGA results.
Yusuf interviewed a total of 711,685 people and Gawuna he interviewed 680,808 people. Results from his LGA of eight were expected late Monday night.
His APC candidate for the Sokoto gubernatorial election, Ahmad Sokoto, appears as the governor elected in the election that just ended.
According to results announced in 21 LGAs so far, APC candidate leads PDP candidate Saidu Uvandma by about 43,228 votes.
In Adamawa State, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri leads by his 39,037 vote margin, determined by 13 LGAs in the state's 21 council districts.
Fintil, who is seeking re-election for a second term, went to vote against his rival, his APC Senator Aisha Tubinani.
She wants to make her history as the country's first elected governor.
PDP received a total of 235,379 votes and APC received a total of 214,043 votes.
The results showed that PDP won the LGA of Guyuk, Jada, Gombi, Sheren, Demsa, Lamulde, Giray, Hong and Madagali.
APC, meanwhile, scored victories in his LGA of Gagne, Mubinose, Mayo his Belwa and Maiha. This is according to the results announced by the verification officer in front of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner Yunusa Hudu and Professor Mohammed Mele, , the State Verification Officer.
In Niger, the APC has fielded the governor as a candidate, with results announced so far giving Umalbago an early lead and that he leads in 12 of his 14 LGAs. suggests.
But his PDP his rival, his Isah Kantigi, won three municipal constituencies.
15 of his 25 local government departments in the state have been rounded up, while the remaining 10 of his departments have yet to be announced.
Bago won in Tafa, Gurara, Paikoro, Bida, Chanchaga, Rapai, Rafi, Magama, Agaye, Paikoro, Bosso and Suleha, while PDP candidates won in Muña, Ravun and Edati local government areas.
Kaduna elections are still ahead, but the PDP is leading in six of the seven councils announced so far.
So far, PDP leads in the councils of Qawra, Giwa, Sangha, Kajulu, Java and Makalfi, while APC dominates in Ikala LGA.
The situation is the same in Plateau State where APC and PDP each won six of his LGAs.
So far APC has beaten Jos East, Kanke, Pankshin, Shendam, Wase and Kanam, with APC leading with Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Langtang South, Langtang North, Mikang and Riyom .
Chief of Sokoto gubernatorial elections who is also vice-chancellor of Dutzimma Federal University in Katsina State His Almayo His Hamis professor said after he collated all the results from 23 municipalities around 10pm on Sunday , announced Aliyu.
He said the APC candidate was his closest challenger, Said Umar He Uvandma of the state's ruling party, the People's Democratic Party, who he defeated by a margin of 49,029 votes.
APC candidate Ahmed Aliyu received a total of 453,661 votes to defeat the PDP who received a total of 404,632 votes.
Labor and People's Democratic candidates Chijioke Edeoga and Peter Mba each won his eight councils, as explained by his INEC local government collation official in the Enugu gubernatorial election.