The independent National Election has declared Kogi State governorship election inconclusive, the resident electoralcommissioner Hussiani Pai said this today.
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The final collation of yesterday’s governorship election has been concluded at the INEC office in Lokoja and the computation is being done for the final declaration by the Returning officer, Professor Emmanuel Kucha, of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
The results so far collated puts the APC candidate Prince Abubakar Audu ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Idris Wada.
Audu won majority votes in 16 out of the 21 local government areas.
Audu has so far garnered about 240, 867 votes as against the 199, 514 votes scored by his closest challenger, Wada.
APC defeated the People’s Democratic Party candidate and incumbent, Idris Wada in in the following local government areas as already declared: Ofu, Ida, Kabba Bunu, Yagba East, Yagba West, Adavi, Koton Karfi, Ankpa, Okehi, Ajaokuta, Ijumun, Olamaboro, Igalamela, Bassa, and IbajiLokoja, local governments.
The PDP was victorious in five local governments namely Ogori Mangogo, Omala, Okene, Dekina and Mopa-moro local governments.
The Returning Officer is making the final computation andwill soon make the formal declaration.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday interrogated former Governor of Akwa Ibom State Godswill Akpabio over allegation of financial crimes. Daily Trust gathered that Akpabio honoured the invitation by the anti-graft agency to explain allegations of looting of the state’s funds during his tenure. Sources told our correspondent that Senator Akpabio was being interrogated late yesterday evening at the Abuja head offices of the Commission. He was spotted at the EFFC office in company of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, at about 5:20pm. Akpabio’s arrest yesterday is fallout of the petition by an Abuja-based lawyer and activist, Leo Ekpenyong, who had on June 8 this year petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the EFCC, calling for Senator Akpabio’s probe and accusing him of looting. The petitioner had earlier on Wednesday adopted his petition and provided more details to the anti-graft agency on the allegations against the minority leader of People...
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