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Category: Election 2019

  • Atiku maintains lead in 18 Adamawa LGAs

    The results of the presidential election in three more LGAs in Adamawa State have been announced with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar maintaining the lead.

    Atiku had been in the lead since about 9am on Monday when results of 15 LGAs were released.

    But more results have since been announced from three more LGAs namely Song, Fufore and Gombi, bringing to 18 the total number of LGAs where results have been announced since the collation exercise started Sunday evening.

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    Atiku has a total of 349,690 votes from the 18 LGAs while Buhari has 338,926 votes.

    In the latest results Atiku polled 22,648 votes in Song, 16,430 in Fufore and 18,172 in Gombi while Buhari polled 17,350 votes in Song, 29,507 in Fufore and 12,805 in Gombi.

    The Presidential Collation Centre in Yola adjourned sitting to 2pm after announcing the Gombi LGA result with pending results from the remaining Michika, Jada and Toungo LGAs.

  • APC wins 4 out of 9 reps declared in Ogun

    The All Progressives Congress ( APC ) has clinched three more House of Representatives seats in Ogun, winning all four so far declared out of nine federal constituencies in the state.

    Olumide Osoba (APC) won Abeokuta North/ Odeda/Obafemi Owode, Lanre Edun (APC) won Abeokuta South, while Korede Osunsanya, also of APC, was declared winner of Ijebu-Ode/Ijebu-North/Odogbolu federal constituency.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC had earlier been declared winner of Ado – Odo/Ota Federal Constituency’s seat in Ogun.

    Olumide, son of a former governor of the state and chieftain of APC, Chief Segun Osoba, polled a total of 33, 538 votes to defeat the incumbent, Mikhail Kazeem of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), who scored 14,903 votes.

    The result was announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Ismaila Salami, at Unity High School Collation Centre, Ago- Ika, Abeokuta.

    At the Centenary Hall collation centre for the Abeokuta-South federal constituency, the Returning Officer, Prof. Bameke Oyedele, declared APC’s Edun as winner, having polled a total of 17,003 votes.

    He defeated his closest rival, Mr Segun Sowunmi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored a total of 8,608 votes.

    Similarly, Prof. Michael Ozoje, the Returning Officer at Ijebu-Ode Local Government Collation Centre, declared Osunsanya as winner of Ijebu-Ode/Ijebu North-East/Odogbolu seat with a total of 25,608 votes.

    Mr Taiwo Shote, the PDP candidate who came closest to Osunsanya, scored total votes of 21,775.

    Results of the polls for the five remaining federal constituency seats were being awaited as at the filing of this report.

  • Ogun: Osoba’s son, Olumide, wins Reps Seat

    Honourable Olumide Osoba, son of former governor Olusegun Osoba, has been declared winner of the House of Representatives election for Abeokuta North/ Odeda/Obafemi Owode Federal Constituency.

    Olumide who occupied the seat from 2011 to 2015, reclaimed it from the incumbent, Hon. Mikhail Kazeem, of the Allied People’s Movement (APM).

    The House of Representatives – elect polled a total of 33,538 votes to trounce Kazeem who garnered 14,903 votes.

    A breakdown of the performances across Local Governments, revealed that Osoba won with 13,475 votes in Abeokuta North Local Government, Kazeem polled 8,597 votes, while Mrs. Abimbola Lanre-Balogun of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 3,906 votes.

    In Obafemi Owode Local Government, Osoba polled 12,930 votes while Kazeem scored 3315 and Lanre Balogun with 6913 votes respectively.

    Also, Osoba’s son won in Odeda Local Government with 7133 votes while Kazeem and Lanre Balogun polled 2991 and 3494 votes respectively.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer in charge House of Representatives Collation centre at Unity High School, Ago-Ika, Abeokuta,  Prof. S. O Ismaila, declared Olumide Osoba winner.

  • INEC declares Kogi East Senate poll inconclusive

    Kogi East Senate poll inconclusive, as APC wins Central

     

    Kogi East result

    APC – 113,772

    PDP – 69,131

    ADC – 30,696

    Election declared inconclusive. Voting didn’t hold in 129 polling units.

    Kogi Central

    APC – 76,183
    PDP – 18_349
    SDP – 48,326

    Yakubu Oseni (APC) declared winner

  • Ajimobi loses senatorial election to PDP

    Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has lost his bid to return to the Senate.

    In the result announced by the Returning officer for Oyo South Senatorial District, Prof. Wole Akinsola, Dr Kola Balogun of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) beat Ajimobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the incumbent Sen. Adesoji Akanbi of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to emerge the winner.

    He polled 105,720 votes to beat Ajimobi who scored 92,218 and Akanbi who polled 49,437 votes.

  • Buhari leads in eight Kebbi LGAs

    President Muhammad Buhari is leading in eight out of the 21 Local Government Areas of Kebbi in the presidential election results so far released by INEC Collation Officers.

    In the results released by the Collation Officer for the Kebbi Presidential Election, Prof. Haruna Bichi, the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina state, APC scored 17,863 in Aliero Local Government against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which polled 5,458.

    Similarly, in Kalgo local government, APC scored 19,057 as against PDP which got 3,233 while in Ngaski Local government, APC scored 20,641 as against PDP which scored 6,591.

    In Sakaba local government, APC polled 14,026 as against PDP with had 3,800 votes.

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    Also in Suru local government, APC polled 22,627 while PDP scored 10,358 votes.

    Furthermore, in Shanga local government, APC got 19,262 while PDP which scored 6,961, and in Bagudo local government, APC scored 29,243 as against PDP with 8,160 votes.

    In Arewa local government, APC polled 32,582 as against PDP which scored 8,390 votes.

    The collation and announcement would continue today by 12 noon.

  • APC wins two Senatorial Seats in Kano

    All Progressives Congress APC has won Kano North and South Senatorial Seats in Kano state.

    The Chairman Senate committee on works and (APC) candidate Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya beat Abdullahi Sani Togo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win Kano South Senatorial Ticket.

    Gaya polled 319,004 to defeat the PDP candidate who scored 217,520.

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    In Kano North Senatorial, Senator Barau Jibrin of APC won with 286,419 to beat the PDP candidate Ahmed Garba Bichi who scored 155,638 votes.

    Meanwhile, the result of Kano Central Senatorial election is being awaited as collation is still in progress as at the time of filing the report.

  • Atiku leads Adamawa’s 15th LGA result

    Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP has taken a slight lead over President Muhammad Buhari of the APC as the 15th LGA result of the presidential poll in Adamawa State was announced about 9.20am on Monday.

    The results from six other LGAs were still being worked on as this story was filed.

    Atiku polled a total of 292,440 votes, as against Buhari’s 279,264 votes in the 15 LGAs that had been announced.

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    The LGAs from which the results summed up to the foregoing figures were Girei, Shelleng, Mubi North, Yola North, Numan, Demsa, Hong, Ganye, Guyuk, Lamurde, Yola South, Mubi South, Mayo Belwa, Madagali and Maiha.

    While Atiku won by wide margins in Numan, Demsa, Hong, Guyuk, Lamurde, Madagali and Mayo Belwa, Buhari took the lead in Mubi North, Shelleng, Girei, Yola North, Ganye, Yola South, Mubi South and Maiha.

  • Buhari wins Nasarawa for the first time

    President Muhammadu Buhari has won Nasarawa state for the first time since 2003 defeating Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by 37,896 votes.

    Results collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lafia shows that President Buhari polled 279,315 votes to defeat Atiku who polled 241,419 votes.

    Buhari won in eight local governments while Atiku won in five local governments marking the first time the Peoples Democratic Party has lost Nasarawa state in a presidential election since then return to democracy in 1999.

    Read Also: Buhari leads in five local governments in Edo

    The president got his highest number of votes in Lafia, the state capital, where he polled 55,254, while Atiku got his highest votes in Karu local government after polling 49,292.

  • Buhari leads in five local governments in Edo

    President Muhammadu Buhari is leading in five out of the nine local government area results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

    From the results, Buhari won in Estako Central, Owan East, Owan West, Estako East and Ovia South West while Atiku won in Oredo, Ovia North East, Egor and Esan North East.

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    In the aggregate, Buhari has so far garnered 124,343 votes while Atiku is polling 149,587 votes.