Saturday’s rerun for the Kogi
West senatorial District election between Senators Dino Melaye and Smart
Adeyemi is gradually coming to an end as collation of results has commenced.
As at press time, results are
being gathered and announced in different polling units and collation centers
in the state.
The supplementary election is
between the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Melaye and Adeyemi are engaged in
a fresh battle of who occupies the Kogi West senatorial district after the
former, who is the sitting lawmaker lost in court.
The Court of Appeal had declared
the seat vacant when it upheld the decision of the Tribunal which had earlier
sacked Dino Melaye.
Melaye is running on the platform
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while Adeyemi is carrying the APC’s flag.
Recall that INEC had on November
18 declared the Kogi West Senatorial election as ‘inconclusive.
The returning officer, Professor
Olayinde Lawal, said the margin between the candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Smart Adeyemi and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator
Dino Melaye is 20,570.
He said Adeyemi polled a total of
80,118 votes, while Melaye got 59,548 votes from the seven Local Government
Areas in the senatorial district.
Prof Lawal explained that the
total margin between both candidates is lower than the 43,127 registered voters
in 53 polling units of 20 registration areas in the zone where elections were
cancelled.
Meanwhile, voting across 53
polling units has been marred with voters’ apathy.
Our correspondent who
visited some affected polling units in Lokoja where elections were cancelled
reports that elections material arrived as early as 8am.
Some polling units visited
included Paparanda Square, and Maigairi Palace.
Follow this thread for results as
being announced by INEC Collation officials at Local Governments headquarters.
PU001/okekoko ward/kabba Bunu LGA…
APC – 109
PDP – 73
PU 003/10. Ilafin/idofin/odogbe ward. PU Form EC 60E
APC – 102
PDP – 53
AD -1
ADC -1
Invalid votes – 4
Mopamuro LGA Ward 08
PU 004
No of registered voters =643
No of accredited voters =231
No of used ballot paper =231
No of unused ballot paper =412
No of rejected vote =01
Total valid vote =230
APC – 224
DPC – 01
PDP – 05
PU001/Odaki Ward 002/kogi LGA.
APC – 170
PDP – 123
PU003/Ward D/Lokoja LGA.
APC – 422
PDP – 85
APM – 2
Invalid 4.
PU005/angwa power/ward D/ lokoja LGA. Results from two
voting points:
PDP= 100
APC= 229
APM= 1
INVALID= 5
Ukwo ward pu003/kogi KKF LGA. Form EC60E
APC – 117
PDP – 253
PU006/WardD/Agwukura/ Lokoja.
No of registered voters 1748
No of accredited voters 434
Total no of valid votes 436
APC – 349
PDP – 87
Invalid votes – 8
Spoilt ballot papers – 8
PU006/WardD/Agwukura/ Lokoja.
No of registered voters 1748
No of accredited voters 434
Total no of valid votes 436
APC – 349
PDP – 87
Invalid votes – 8
Egbeda Egga/Okedayo ward, Okedayo quarters ogidi open space – APC 120, PDP 15
08 Mopamuro LGA,
No of accredited voters 231.
APC 224
PDP 05
DPC 01
rejected 01
Odolu Ward, Kabba; Fehinti Oluwa
Qtrs Unit 005
APC – 330
PDP – 04
Void – 2
St Andrew School Unit 002
APC – 225
PDP – 47
ADC – 1
Void – 5
Sanco Unit 003, Odolu Kabba;
APC
– 171
PDP – 27,
Void – 3
AYEGUNLE ILEMO WARD 05 MOPAMURO
LGA
APC: 85
PDP: 04
Obatedo Opening space, ward 02
Oke Egbe in Yagba West LGA
APC -165
PDP- 22
PPC- 01
Rejected—03.
Ward D, unguwan pawa polling unit
005 lokoja
Apc – 229
PDP – 100
Madabo 003 ward DLokoja
APC 432
PDP- 85
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