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Bayelsa Guber election: Three LGAs in Kogi left to be collated, Collation still ongoing

By NewsTrack Nigeria
November 17, 2019

Bassa LG (Kogi)

APC – 8386

PDP – 9724

Sagbama LGA (Bayelsa)

The local government has 109,460 registered voters while accredited voters were 70,111. Votes scored by parties are;

APC: 7,831

PDP: 60,339

Ofu LGA (Kogi)

APC– 11, 006

PDP – 12,264

Ankpa LGA (Kogi)

APC – 11, 268

PDP – 28,108

Yagba West

APC – 7, 868

PDP – 8, 860

Okehi LGA

APC – 36,954

PDP – 478

Olamaboro LGA

APC – 16,876

PDP – 8,155

Rejected – 819

Dr Ibrahim Dauda Mohammed, the Returning Officer in the area said this was due to issues of over voting and card readers problems.

In Ichala ward, polling unit 002 had 356 votes cancelled while another polling unit 05 had 301 votes cancelled.

In Ogbegene ward, another polling unit had 356 votes cancelled.

Idah LGA

APC – 4,602

PDP 13,962

1013 votes were cancelled in three polling units in two wards in Idah local government area.

Ajaokuta LGA

APC 17,952

PDP 5,565

Mopamoro LGA

APC – 4,953

PDP – 3,581

914 votes cancelled in Mopamuro LGA due to ballot box snatching

Returning Officer for Mopamuro local government area in the Kogi governorship elections, Dr Isa Mohammed Nurudeen, says 915 votes were cancelled in two wards due to ballot box snatching and vandalization.

In the election in the LGA which has 9, 093 accredited voters out of 23, 030 registered voters, the APC got 4, 953 while the PDP got 3, 581

Okehi LGA

APC – 36, 954

PDP – 478

Yagba East

APC – 6,735

PDP – 7546

Kogi/Koton-Karfe LGA

APC – 14,097

PDP – 9,404

Minister of State for FCT, Hajia Ramatu Ali arrived the state collation centre at the INEC headquarters in Lokoja at about 11.56am to witness the collation of results.

She was immediately ushered into the venue even though majority of accredited journalists were denied access.

Kabba-Bunu LGA

APC – 15,364

PDP – 8,084

Returning Officer asked to go and reconcile his summary…

Okene LGA

APC -112,764

PDP – 139

No cancelled votes.

Igalamela/Odolu

APC – 8,075

PDP – 11,195

Results from 5 PUs were cancelled over alleged vote-buying, over voting and disruption of exercise.

Adavi LGA

APC – 64,657

PDP – 366

Ogori Magongo (Kogi Governorship Poll)

APC – 3679

PDP – 2145

Lyon leads in Bayelsa

The governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon is ahead of his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Diri as unit results trickled in after Saturday’s governorship election.

Generally, unit results showed that Lyon was leading the PDP Candidate, Douye Diri, in Southern Ijaw, Nembe, Brass, Ogbia, Ekeremor, and most areas in Yenagoa, local government areas.

The results further showed that Diri was not doing well at his Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area as most units especially in Odi and Kaiama voted for Lyon. Read More: Lyon leads in Bayelsa

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