BREAKING: SDP’s Ajaka Defeats APC, PDP in 5 LGAs As Collation Continues in Kogi Guber Election
- The collation of results is still ongoing in the Kogi governorship election, which took place on Saturday, November 11
- The Social Democratic Party flagbearer, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, emerged victorious in five LGAs
- Ajaka won by a landslide against Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress and Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party
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Kogi state, Lokoja - Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Saturday, November 11, gubernatorial election in Kogi state, has emerged victorious by a landslide in five local government areas.
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Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commenced the final collation of results on Saturday, a winner has not yet been announced.
However, the election results collated from the IRev's portal of the INEC so far indicated Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ajaka of the SDP were taking a serious leading in the state against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Dino Melaye.
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Breakdown of the results collated in five Kogi LGAs
The election results collated by The Cable reads thus:
1. Olamaboro LGA, Kogi
Murtala Ajaka, the SDP governorship candidate, has won his fifth LGA.
Registered voters: 105,864
Accredited voters: 30,287
ADC: 126
APC: 5,572
PDP: 1,376
SDP: 22,173
Valid votes: 29,731
Rejected votes: 495
Total votes cast: 30,226
2. Omala LGA, Kogi
Registered voters: 74,537
Accredited voters: 22,538
ADC: 218
APC: 2,902
PDP: 832
SDP: 18,160
Valid votes: 22,317
Rejected votes: 196
Total votes cast: 22,51
3. Ofu LGA, Kogi
Registered voters: 101,964
Accredited voters: 36,087
ADC: 297
APC: 5,245
PDP: 293
SDP: 28,768
Valid votes: 35,180
Rejected votes: 587
Total votes cast: 35,767
4. Idah LGA, Kogi
Murtala Akaja, the candidate of the SDP, secured over 80% of the votes in his LGA.
Registered voters: 64,339
Accredited voters: 23,044
APC: 2,033
PDP: 271
SDP: 20,059
Valid votes: 22,742
Rejected votes: 280
Total votes cast: 23,022
5. Ankpa LGA, Kogi
Registered voters: 180,095
Accredited voters: 57,650
ADC: 186
APC: 8,707
PDP: 3,654
SDP: 43,258
Valid votes: 56,395
Rejected votes: 873
Total votes cast: 57,268
Dino Melaye loses LGA to APC's Ododo in Kogi
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Dino Melaye was defeated in his polling unit.
The APC governorship candidate in the Saturday, November 11 election, Ahmed Usman Ododo, massively defeated Melaye and Murtala Yakubu Ajaka of the SDP.
Ododo won by a landslide with 10,524 votes, while Melaye got 6,909 votes, and Ajaka of the SDP scored 356 votes.
Kogi/Imo/Bayelsa: EFCC busts vote buyers
In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) intercepted huge sums of money from suspected vote buyers and sellers in the states where off-cycle elections were held on Saturday.
Among the arrested persons is an agent of the ruling APC, as seen in the pictures released by the EFCC.
Source: Legit.ng
