Voting has been concluded in the
Kogi West supplementary election and counting of votes has started in the 53
polling units where supplementary election took place today.
Early report shows that in GRA
Asuta ward 01 Kabba, APC had 254 while PDP had 95; But in the same town, Town
Hall, polling Unit 002, Asuta Ward, APC had 48 while PDP had 98.
With other results yet to be
collated, the PDP candidate, Senator Dino Melaye has raised the red flag again,
alleging alteration of results.
In a tweet, he commended the
voters in the district for voting for him, against the APC rival, Smart
Adeyemi. At the same time, he claimed magic results were emerging.
Im very proud of the electorates in Kogi West. You voted me today but prepared results already in place. We will fight to the end. illegality shall never stand. Magic results everywhere.- SDM.— Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@dino_melaye) November 30, 2019
After sorting and counting in
each affected polling unit, the results will be taken to the Local Government
for further addition. They will thereafter be transferred to Lokoja for final
collation and announcement.
Voting was peaceful in Lokoja and
other areas of the Senatorial District including Odolu in Kabba,
Aiyetoro-Gbedde and Demonstration Primary School, Asuta Ward, voting unit of
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.
At the Ward B Unit 001, Karaworo,
near Pararanda, in Lokoja, accreditation began as early as 8am, after which
voting commenced.
While early hours voters’ turnout
was impressive, however there was voter apathy, as most polling units witnessed
no voters three hours before the 2pm closing of voting.
Sorting and counting were also
smooth without any rancour. Rerun elections also took place for Ajaokuta
Federal Constituency seat.
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