November 12, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Usman Ododo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the November 11 gubernatorial election in Kogi State.
The INEC’s Returning Officer for the election and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsuka, Professor Johnson Ozoemenan Urama, declared Ododo winner.
THEWILL reports that INEC cleared eighteen candidates including Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Usman Ododo, a former accountant-general of the state and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Leke Abejide of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the election.
Ododo polled 446,237 votes to beat his closest rival, Murtala Aajaka of the SDP, who scored 259,052 votes; PDP’s Melaye polled a total of 46,362 votes and the ADC candidate garnered 21,819 votes.
The breakdown of the results shows that Ododo secured victory in 12 local government areas of Okehi, Ijumu, Okenne, Yagba West, Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ogori Magongo, Mopamoro, Bassa, Kogi Koto Karfe, Kabba/Bunnu and Lokoja.
Ajaka, however, won in eight council areas, which include Igalamela, Dekina, Ankpa, Olamaboro, Omala, Ofu, Idah and Ibaji local government.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Leke Abejide, won one local government.
A total of 1,932,654 persons in the 21 local government areas of the State registered as voters for the election while 1,833,160 collected their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).
See results of Kogi 21 LGAs:
Okehi LGA
ADC – 689
APC – 53,062
PDP – 2,722
Ajaokuta LGA
APC – 23,211
PDP – 483
SDP – 8,869
Dekina LGA
APC – 9174
PDP – 498
SDP – 47,480
Okene LGA
APC – 138,416
PDP – 1,463
SDP – 271
Ankpa LGA
APC – 8,707
PDP – 3,654
SDP – 43,258
Olamaboro LGA
APC – 5,572
PDP – 1,376
SDP – 22,173
Omala LGA
APC – 2,902
PDP – 832
SDP – 18,160
Bassa LGA
APC – 9,515
PDP – 3,605
SDP – 7,543
Kogi (Koton Karfe) LGA
APC – 14,769
PDP – 2,974
SDP – 8,441
Ofu LGA
APC – 5,245
PDP – 293
SDP – 28,768
Mopa Muro LGA
ADC – 2,027
APC – 5,077
PDP – 1,562
Adavi LGA
APC – 101,156
PDP – 1,005
SDP – 268
Ijumu LGA
ADC – 1,898
APC – 10,524
PDP – 6,909
Yagba East LGA
ADC – 7,453
APC – 7,096
PDP – 2,615
Kabba-Bunu LGA
ADC – 1,537
APC – 12,376
PDP – 8,566
Yagba West LG
ADC – 4,556
APC – 7,969
PDP – 3,010
Idah LGA
APC – 2033
PDP – 271
SDP – 20,059
Ogori Magongo LGA
APC – 362
PDP – 86
SDP – 195
Lokoja LGA
APC- 19,105
PDP- 4028
SDP- 10, 380
Igalamela LGA
APC – 2, 975
PDP- 140
SDP- 23,185
Ibaji LGA
APC: 6,991
SDP: 16,984
PDP: 269
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