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Breaking News: INEC Declares Yahaya Bello Kogi Governoe-elect In Kogi by Adenex3051(m): 6:24am On Dec 06, 2015 |
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate
of the All Progressives Congress, Alh. Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Kogi
governorship poll.
APC polled 247,752 votes to defeat PDP who came a strong second with
204,877 votes. In today’s supplementary poll, APC polled 6885 votes to beat
PDP which polled 5363 votes.
Declaring the results in Lokoja, the Chief Returning Officer for the election,
Prof. Emmanuel Kucha, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University
of Agriculture, Makurdi, said having fulfilled all legal requirements, Alh.
Yahaya Bello is declared winner of the election and Kogi Governor-Elect.
Kucha declared: “That Yahaya Bello, having polled the highest number of
votes and satisfied the law is hereby returned elected”.
The collation of results was temporarily paused when an unidentified agent
of the PDP asked about the status of APC running mate. But the Resident
Electoral Commissioner said Faleke remains the running mate to Alh.
Yahaya Bello. The supplementary poll took place in 18 of the 21 Local
Government Areas in the state.
Immediately the results were announced, the streets of Lokoja, Kotonkarfe
and Okene erupted in jubilation as people poured into the streets in
hundreds to celebrate the victory.
At Isanlu, Bello Support Organization said it is victory for democracy.
Speaking exclusively to Vanguard at Isanlu, Chief Strategist of the
organization, Abdulrasaq Ashiru said Yahaya Bello is God-sent for Kogi
redemption.
In his words: “This is the moment we have been waiting for; the moment of
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