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.
He is a former commissioner for lands in Akwa Ibom and will succeed Emmanuel on May 29, 2023.
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.
The organisation deployed its Election Portal, Dataphyte Election Portal (DEP) to report live election incidents and results from the country’s 174 local governments.
Low voter turnout has been witnessed across Nigeria as 28 states conduct their 2023 governorship and state house of assembly elections today.
There were reported cases of opposition intimidation in Lagos, with several voters prevented from getting to their polling units. Ethnic profiling was also commonplace, and many polling units were invaded and attacked, with voters chased away.
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