OGUN STATE
Abiodun Wins Ogun Governorship Election
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has been declared winner of the Ogun State governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared the Abiodun winner of the governorship election held on Saturday after polling 276,298 votes.
Abiodun defeated the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Oladipupo Adebutu, who polled 262,383 votes and 12 other candidates.
Abiodun defeated Adebutu with 13,915 votes.
The returning officer of the governorship election in the state, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, declared Abiodun at the collation centre of the commission in the state.
Adebowale said a total of 2,688,305 was the total registered voters while accredited voters were 666,406
On the valid votes, Adebowale said a total of 645,133 votes were valid while 18,835 votes were rejected. He said a total of 663968 votes were cast.
KWARA STATE
AbdulRazaq Re-elected As Kwara Governor
Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman has won re-election as the governor of Kwara State for a second term in office.
Abdulrazaq, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, emerged as the winner of the Saturday governorship election held in the state by polling 273,424 votes to beat his closest rival, Yaman Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 155,490 votes in the election.
Announcing the results at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office in Ilorin on Sunday, the returning officer for the state governorship election, Professor Isaac Itodo, who is the Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, declared AbdulRazaq as the winner of the election having scored majority votes in the election.
AbdulRazaq won in all 16 local government councils in the state. He won in Ilorin South, Ilorin West, Ilorin East, Offa, Oyun, Ifelodun, Irepodun, Oke-Ero, Ekiti, Patigi, Edu, Kaiama and Baruten local governments.
LAGOS STATE
Sanwo-Olu Re-elected Governor Of Lagos State
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the Lagos governorship election.
Sanwo-Olu was announced the winner of the election at a few minutes past 1am on Monday.
The Labour Party (LP), which had Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour as its governorship candidate, rejected the result.
Announcing the result at the Lagos headquarters of INEC, Oladiji Adenike, the returning officer for the election, said Sanwo-Olu polled 762,134 votes to win the election.
The LP came second with 312,329 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trailed in third place with 62,449 votes.
A total of 1,182,620 voters were accredited, while 1,155,678 votes were valid.
With the INEC declaration, Sanwo-Olu has secured a second term as governor of Lagos.
SOKOTO STATE
APC’s Ahmed Aliyu, Wins Sokoto Guber Poll
Ahmed Aliyu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto state, has been declared the winner of the election.
Armaya’u Hamisu, the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Sokoto governorship election announced the result on Sunday evening.
Hamisu said Aliyu secured 453,661 votes to defeat his closest rival, Saidu Umar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 404,632 votes.
Interestingly, in the 2019 election, Aliyu had also contested on the APC platform.
KATSINA STATE
INEC Announces Dikko Umar-Radda As Winner Of Katsina Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Dikko Umar-Radda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election in Katsina state.
Muazu Abubakar-Gusau, INEC returning officer for the Katsina governorship poll, announced the result on Sunday, adding that Umar-Radda polled 859,892 votes to win the election.
Yakubu Lado-Danmarke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second with 486,620 votes.
On voter participation in the election, the INEC returning officer said the number of registered voters in the state was 3,516,719, while those accredited for the governorship election was 1,399,291.
He gave the number of rejected votes as 20,579, while the total valid votes was 1,365,848 and the total votes cast was 1,386,427.
He said elections were cancelled in 88 polling units due to some irregularities such as violence and over-voting.
“Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, Dikko Umar-Radda of the APC is hereby declared winner and returned elected,” Abubakar-Gusau said.