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| PDP clears Reps seats in Sokoto re-run, wins Ohimini Constituency in Benue by References: 1:52pm On Jan 26, 2020 |
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates as the winners of the re-run elections for Sokoto North/Sokoto South and Isa/Sabon-Birni Federal Constituencies of Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi of PDP defeated the incumbent lawmaker, Alhaji Bala Hassan of All Progressives Congress (APC) with 68,985 votes against 42,433 lawful votes casted to clinched Sokoto North/Sokoto South House of Representatives seat. NAN also reports that PDP’s Sa’idu Bargaja also defeated his closest opponent of the APC, Alhaji Sani Aminu-Isa with 44,490 against 41,048 for Isa/Sabon-Birni federal constituency. INEC spokesman in Sokoto, Mr Musa Abubakar told NAN on Sunday that the results were declared at the election collation centres, respectively. Musa noted that no fewer than 38 candidates and 21 candidates participated in the elections for the two affected constituencies. NAN reports that re-run elections were conducted on Saturday for Binji and Sokoto North state House of Assembly seats as well as Sokoto North/Sokoto South and Isa/Sabon Birni federal constituencies. https://thenationonlineng.net/pdp-wins-in-sokoto-re-run-elections/ The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benue State has declared the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)’s Chris Adaji, winner of the Ohimini state constituency supplementary election. Adaji polled a total of 6,742 votes to defeat his closest rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Musa Alechenu who scored a total of 6,341 votes. Our correspondent reports that the result was declared by the Returning Officer, Prof. Nichodemus Abulu at the INEC office in Idekpa, headquarters of Ohimini local government area on Saturday night. Earlier, the INEC State’s REC, Nentawe Yiltwadta, announced that 16 political parties participated in the election. Adaji’s win showed that the PDP retains its 23 out of 30 seats in the Benue State House of Assembly leaving the remaining seven for APC and other political parties. https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pdp-wins-benues-supplementary-election.html Mynd44 Lalasticlala |
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