INEC declares Yahaya Bello winner of Kogi polls

INEC declares Yahaya Bello winner of Kogi polls
Published on December 6, 2015 by pmnews   · 
Yahaya Bello named winner of the Kogi polls
Yahaya Bello named winner of the Kogi polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Mr Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of Kogi governorship election.
Bello scored 247,762 votes to defeat the incumbent Governor, Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 204,877 votes.
The Returning Officer of the governorship election, Prof. Emmanuel Kuvha, declared the results in Lokoja after the conclusion of the supplementary election held in 91 polling units.
He said the results were a merger of the election held on November 21 and the supplementary poll conducted in 91 polling units on December 5.
“The results of the supplementary election shows that the APC scored 6,885 votes, while PDP got 5,363 votes.
“Only 13,000 out of the 49,000 registered voters expected to vote in the supplementary election turned out for accreditation and voting,” he said.
Kuvha said out of the 494,723 votes cast during the exercise, only 21,740 were invalidated.
The returning officer described the election as peaceful and successful.
Mr Mumuni Okara, agent of the APC at the collation centre, described the results as satisfactory, saying that the declared results tallied what the party’s agents had obtained from the various polling units.
Capt. Joe Agada (rtd), who represented the PDP at the collation centre, however, said his party would challenge the results at the tribunal .
NAN reports that all the party agents present signed the result sheets.
INEC
Here are the collated results:
Okene Local Government:
Registered voters – 676
 Accredited voters – 217
 APC – 208
 PDP – 02
 Valid votes – 210;
 Rejected votes- 03;
 Total number of votes – 213
Okehi Local Government:
 Registered voters – 403
 Accredited voters – 110
 APC – 108
 PDP – 0
 Total votes cast – 108
Kogi Kodokafi Local Government
 Registered voters – 1,689
 Accredited voters – 738
 PDP – 281
 APC – 406
 Valid votes – 695
 Rejected votes – 03
 Total votes – 698
Ida Local Government:
 Registered voters – 310
 Accredited votes – 141
 PDP – 70
 APC – 62
 Valid votes – 136
 Rejected votes – 01
 Total votes cast – 137
Yagba West Local Government:
 Registered voters – 371
 Accredited voters – 165
 PDP – 73
 APC – 86
 Valid votes – 162
 Rejected votes – 0
 Total votes cast – 162
Adavi Local Government:
 Registered votes – 2,166
 Accredited voters – 931
 PDP – 12; APC 878
 Valid votes 896
 Rejected votes – 10
 Total votes cast – 906
Igala Mela Local Government:
 Registered voters – 1,501
 Accredited voters- 558
 APC -92
 PDP- 434
 Valid votes – 533
 Rejected votes – 06
 Total votes cast – 539
Kabba Bunu Local Government:
 Registered voters – 1,767
 Accredited voters – 375
 APC – 375
 PDP – 131
 Valid votes – 340
 Rejected votes – 10
 Total votes cast – 350
Ajaokuta Local Government:
 Registered voters – 1,411
 Accredited voters – 567
 APC – 538
 PDP – 12
 Valid votes – 554
 Rejected votes – 04
 Total votes cast – 558
Olamaboro Local Government:
 Registered voters – 2,047
 Accredited voters – 555
 APC – 167
 PDP – 332
 Valid votes -522
 Rejected votes – 22
 Total votes cast – 544
Omala Local Government:
 Registered voters – 2,526
 Accredited voters – 799
 APC – 317
 PDP – 323
 Valid votes – 650
 Rejected votes – 024
 Total votes cast – 674
Ijimu Local Government:
 Registered voters – 705
 Accredited voters – 205
 APC – 86
 PDP -102
 Valid votes – 197
 Rejected votes -01
 Total votes cast – 198
Ankpa Local Government:
 Registered voters – 6,622
 Accredited voters – 1,339
 APC – 562
 PDP – 629
 Valid votes – 1,232
 Rejected votes – 63
 Total votes cast – 1,295
Bassa Local Government:
 Registered voters – 742
 Accredited voters – 340
 APC – 221
 PDP – 114
 Valid votes – 340
 Rejected votes – 0
 Total votes cast – 340
Ofu Local Government:
 Registered voters – 4,677
 Accredited voters – 1,132
 APC – 105
 PDP – 484
 Valid votes – 1,043
 Rejected votes – 31
 Total votes cast – 1,074
Lokoja Local Government:
 Registered voters – 2,854
 Accredited voters – 833
 APC – 301
 PDP – 484
 Valid votes – 1,043
 Rejected votes – 31
 Total votes cast – 1,074
Dekina Local Government:
 Registered voters – 17,558
 Accredited voters – 4,991
 APC – 2,178
 PDP – 1,999
 Valid votes – 4,339
 Rejected votes -190
 Total votes cast – 4,529
Ibaji Local Government:
 Registered voters – 2,678
 Accredited voters – 745
 APC – 369
 PDP – 220
 Valid votes – 595
 Rejected votes – 12
 Total votes cast – 607
Ida Local Government:
 Registered votes – 310
 Accredited – 141
 PDP – 70
 APC – 62
 Valid votes- 136
 Rejected votes- 01
 Total votes cast – 137