APC defeats PDP in Kogi by-election
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inec had similarly declared apc candidate ahmed babba kaita winner of the katsina senatorial election.1 the independent national electoral commission inec has released the official result of the lokojakogi house of representatives by-election declaring alhaji haruna isah candidate of all progressives congress apc winner1 ajayi said that ahmed imam of the social democratic party sdp scored 2 916 votes while the candidates of the accord party and alternative democratic congress adc scored 149 votes and 2984 votes respectively1 the labour party scored 90 votes democratic alternative scored 159 votes while megga party of nigeria scored 50 votes ajayi stated1 he said that 19960 votes from 17 polling units were cancelled due to violence and other malpractices saying that 15 of the affected polling units were in lokoja local government area while two were from kogi local government area1 giving a further breakdown of the election results the returning officer said that 51 669 voters were accredited for the election while only 50036 actually cast their votes1 according to him valid votes are 48165 while rejected votes are 18711 the by-election was conducted by the independent national electoral commission inec to fill the vacancy created by the death of the former occupant of the seat umar buba jibrin on march 301 jibrin was also of the apc1 the returning officer prof. rotimi ajayi who announced the results on sunday in lokoja said isah polled 26 860 votes to defeat alhaji bashir abubakar of the peoples democratic party pdp who polled 14 845 votes1 kaita scored 224607 votes while his elder brother and a retired customs officer alhaji kabir babba-kaita of the peoples democratic party pdp scored 59724 votes1 of the 855092 registered voters 308500 were accredited at the 1825 voting points and 1577 polling units and 128 wards in the district a huge turnout considering the apathy that had greeted past bye-elections in the country1 the secretary to the katsina state government dr. mustapha inuwa has commended the people of katsina north senatorial district for coming out massively to vote in the bye-election on saturday1 he said the victory of the all progressives congress was a sign of success in the 2019 election1 inuwa said the voter turnout was encouraging especially considering the number of the accredited voters and the 294050 people who cast their votes. he described the keenly contested election as peaceful1 inuwa added that the result was a clear evidence that the all progressives congressapc was in full control of the state and added that the government appreciated the resilience and understanding exhibited by the electorate especially the party members1 the apc inuwa said would emerge victorious in future elections using the landslide victories recorded in bauchi and kogi states as proofs of the partys popularity among nigerians1 he said the apc led government under the leadership of president muhammadu buhari is committed to salvaging the nation from the socio-economic and political predicament which the moribund peoples democratic party pdp left as legacy in its sixteen years of misrule1 nan reports that the conduct of the bye election was sequel to the death in april this year of senator mustafa bukar who represented the district. nan1