Unofficial results from yesterday’s supplementary governorship election in Kogi State suggest victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
Bello, who replaced the late Prince Abubakar Audu, went into yesterday’s make-up election with about 41,000 votes lead over Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
To cancel the APC’s lead, Wada needs at least 46,000 votes. However, results from the supplementary election indicated that hurdle was insurmountable for the PDP candidate.
Apart from disruption of voting at Eti Aja 2 in Dekina Local Council where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office was set ablaze on Friday and some polling units in Kogi East where voting started late because of security and logistics hitches, the supplementary exercise was generally peaceful.
In Kogi East, card readers were not generally effective and electoral officials were instructed to use incident forms where card readers failed.
There was low turnout of voters in Ankpa, Igalamela/Odolu local councils
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the low turnout was visible in Ankpa Local Government Area where results from nine polling units with 6,018 registered voters were cancelled in the Nov.21, election.
Although polling officers in various units visited confirmed that electoral materials arrived the polling units before 8:00 a.m., the officers were relaxed.
The situation was, however, different from what happened during the November 21 election.
An electoral official at RCM Primary School Polling Unit, Ankpa, who preferred anonymity, said “the materials were distributed at the early hours of the day”.
He added: “Although there is low turnout, the card readers are working perfectly and the exercise has been very peaceful; no security threat. You can see that the security men are relaxing,” he said.
Also, at Oforachi Ward 1, Unit 001, in Igalamela/Odolu local government area, the exercise recorded low turnout as only 10 eligible voters turned up for accreditation at about 10:30 a.m.
The Presiding Officer at the unit, who preferred anonymity, said he was hopeful that more people would turn out later, blaming the situation largely on the biting cold in the area.
Early results
In Odo Ape Ward of Kabba/Bunu Local Council, where election was taking place in one unit, the APC scored 41 votes against PDP’s 18. APC also won by a margin of three votes in the unit where election took place at Ayetoro Kiri Ward.
The APC was also leading massively in some of the units in Kogi Central, the home of the party’s candidate.
Bello equally recorded victory in the only unit in Bariki Ward, Okene local council, where APC got 201 votes to PDP’s two.
At Ituwa Ipaja Unit, Ajaokuta local council, it was APC, 247 votes, PDP, eight.
Other results include:
Ajigi/Ofinran/Okedisin Polling Unit, Yagba West: APC 86, PDP 73.
Aiyetoro Ward I, the only polling unit in Ijumu LGA where the election held: APC-86, PDP 102.
Oboroke Ward II, Okehi LGA: APC 110, PDP 0
Apanko polling unit, Okehi LGA: APC 212, PDP 2
Oboroke Uvete II Polling Unit 10, Okehi LGA: APC 108 PDP 2.
Ituwa Ipaja, Ajaokuta zone: APC 247, PDP 8
Ikende, in Bassa Local Council: APC 52 PDP -14.
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