PDP wins 50% of Edo House of Assembly seats
The All Progressives Congress (APC) won eight seats, representing 33.33 percent of the total seats in the state assembly. The last seat was won by the Labour Party (LP).
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) won eight seats, representing 33.33 percent of the total seats in the state assembly. The last seat was won by the Labour Party (LP).
Officially, nine of the 11 governors who sought re-election in the March 18 polls held across Nigeria have been returned by INEC for another term of four years.
A resident of Benue State, Terungwa Shankyula, urged the governor-elect to come up with ideas that would lead to infrastructure growth and the state’s overall development.
Dataphyte’s analysis of the presidential election results showed that the candidate of the LP won in 10 LGAs in the state, while APC also grabbed 10.
The PDP governorship candidate won in local government areas such as Riyom, Jos South, Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Mikang, Langtang South, Langtang North, Bokkos, Quaapan and Mangu.
Makinde is the second governor to win re-election in Oyo State after the late Abiola Ajimobi. He is a member of G-5 Governors who opposed the candidacy of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The governor defeated his closest challenger and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Oladipupo Adebutu, who scored 262, 383 votes.
Buni got 317,113 votes to beat his closest rival, Sheriff Abdullahi of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 104,259, according to state returning officer, Prof Umar Pate.
Low voter turnout has been witnessed across Nigeria as 28 states conduct their 2023 governorship and state house of assembly elections today.
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PDP has dominated the state since the country’s return to democracy. In 1999, Chimaroke Nnamani was elected under the platform of the PDP and governed the state for eight years. He handed over to a fellow party man, Sullivan Chime, who governed the state from 2007 to 2015.