₦airaland Forum

The Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) has declared Bello Matawalle of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of
Zamfara state governorship election.


Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, announced
this during a press conference in Abuja on
Saturday.

He also said the party won all but one of the
elective positions in the state. Kabiru Hassan of
the National Rescue Movement (NRM) won the
election in Maru south state constituency.

Yakubu said this following the supreme court
decision to sack all candidates of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) who participated
in the state election.

The apex court had ruled that the party did not
hold a valid primary election and subsequently
voided its votes.

Matawalle had scored 189,452 to emerge
second in the governorship election.

There are 36 elective positions in the state
including three senatorial districts and seven
house of representatives seats.

The INEC chairman said the governor, deputy
governor-elect as well as incoming federal
lawmakers will receive their certificates of
return on Monday in Abuja while the state
house of assembly-elect members will get
theirs in Zamfara on Friday.

“I wish to seize this opportunity to draw the
attention of all stakeholders, but particularly the
political parties, to the implications of the
supreme court judgment on the Zamfara
matter,” he said.


“It is clear that properly conducted party
primaries are cardinal to the proper internal
functioning of political parties, the electoral
process and our democratic system at large.
“Therefore, political parties must take very
seriously the conduct of primaries according to
all extant rules, including the monitoring of the
processes by INEC to avoid a repeat of the
Zamfara experience.”


https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-inec-declares-pdp-winner-of-elections-in-zamfara

That's right thing to do. I'm loving the way judiciary and the inec are doing their duty.. Indeed they are independent... Kudos to the president Muhammadu buhari... There was a time you don't dare this when my oga from west was on seat, you dare it, you go with it. Talking about my oga from otuoke? That's probably worst but hide on some certain circumstances! Lip sealed!

what about the presidency ? after may 29 ?

Mtewwwww

majamajic:
what about the presidency ? after may 29 ?

this is Nigeria we are not talking about Cameroonian issues here.