Nigeria Decides: Zulum Returns as Borno Governor
He won by a landslide.
Matawalle is the first governor in the 2023 poll to fail in his second term bid.
Makinde won in 31 LGAs with a total of 563,756 votes to defeat Folarin, who won in two LGAs with 256,685 votes.
He triumphed in a tight contest with deputy speaker of the senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege of the APC.
Collation in some LGAs in Abia and Enugu suspended due to violence and calls for review.
Mohammed polled 525,280 votes, triumphing over his closest opponent who polled 432,272 votes.
He said a Tinubu presidency will promote good governance.
She was the National Open University of Nigeria’s (NOUN) Congress of Students’ first female Senate President.
It blasted the Labour Party for what it described as do-or-die politics.
Sanwo-Olu, Makinde, Yahaya, Abiodun, Abdulrasaq secure re-election; ruling party retains Katsina, Jigawa, Yobe, reclaims Sokoto, comfortable in Ebonyi.
The NNPP candidate polled a total of 1,019,,602 votes to defeat his closest rival, the current deputy governor of the state, who scored: 890,705.
He defeated the PDP candidate, Oladipupo Adetutu, with a difference of 13,915 votes.
He scored a total of 317,113 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Alhaji Sheriff Abdullahi of the PDP that polled 104,259 votes.
He defeated Lamido Mustapha Sule of the PDP who finished in second place.
Eno won 29 out of the 31 local government areas in the state with a total of 356,348 votes to defeat Bassey Albert of the Young Progressives Party with 136,262 votes.
“This is state-backed terrorism… Nobody has a monopoly of violence… I completely condemn the entirety of this election and I will challenge it in court,” he said.
The PDP candidate won convincingly with 563,756 otesahead of his closest contender Teslim Folarin of the APC who got 256,685 votes.
The APC candidate has received two-thirds of the votes with 90% of the ballot collated in an election marred by incidents of voter suppression and violence.
Rhodes-Vivour added that lot of areas were under intense attacks by thugs and hooligans but the APC said he likes sportsmanship.
Amaechi expressed dissatisfaction with Saturday’s election, and decried what he called a total failure of governance in Nigeria.
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