THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far announced 26 candidates as Governors-elect following the 18 March polls.
Yesterday, Wednesday 22nd March, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) was declared the winner of the governorship election in Abia State.
Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) also emerged as the winner of the governorship election in Enugu State.
This brings the total number of results announced by INEC to 26 out of the 28 states that went to the poll. The elections in Kebbi and Adamawa states were declared inconclusive.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) won in 15 states, PDP in nine and LP in one. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) won in Kano State.
APC has seven governors re-elected. They are Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Mai Mala Muni (Yobe), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Babagana Zulum (Borno).
The ruling party also secured wins for eight new candidates: Uba Sani (Kaduna), Bassey Otu (Cross River), Mohammed Bago (Niger), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Ahmed Aliyu (Sokoto), Dikko Radda (Katsina), Hyacinth Alia (Benue), and Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi).
Two PDP governors – Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) – secured re-election.
Seven first-term governors were elected on the platform of the PDP. They are Kefas Agbu (Taraba), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Siminialayi Fubara (Rivers) and Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta).
PDP’s Dauda Lawal unseated Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, while Abba Kabir of the NNPP unseated the APC in Kano State.
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