Anxiety gripped Kogi State political leaders, last night, as early results from the governorship election, held in the state, projected Governor Idris Wada to be running neck and neck with his closest challenger, Prince Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The first results for the two
parties in the election were too close to call in most areas of Kogi West and
Kogi East.
Wada’s optimism was not helped by
the defeat of his campaign manager, Senator Tunde Ogbeha, in his polling booth.
Ogbeha, who hailed the professionalism of the staff of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, who conducted the poll, saw the PDP losing his
booth to the APC.
Among the early results to have
emerged was the one for Ekinrin Adde Ward in Ijumu local government area
where the APC governorship running mate, James Faleke, hails from, and the
party won by1791 to the 307 votes scored by PDP.
The PDP running mate and incumbent
deputy governor, Arc. Yomi Awoniyi, also delivered for his party, winning his
Ileteju Ward 02 in Mopa, Mopamura LGA.
The result for the ward was PDP,
98 votes and APC, 72.
Other results confirmed were:
Ankpa Ojoku Ward Bangele Unit 1:PDP 346, APC 40; Kabba/Bunu St Barnabas
Unit, Odolu Ward: APC 206, PDP 95; Ijumu Ayere Unit 03: APC 101, PDP 58;
AyegunleGdede/ Iluhafon Ward: APC 167, PDP 41, Oja Otun Iyara: APC 146, PDP 36;
Demonstration Kabba Okekoko Ward: APC 171, PDP 70; Akefe Unit: PDP 138, APC
117.
The election was overshadowed by
heavy presence of security men who put up a show of force in most areas
of Kogi as the election passed off uneventfully in most areas of the
state. An exception was in Ayingba, in Dekina local government area of the
state where armed thugs, early in the morning, seized sensitive election
materials leading to the cancelation of the election in the polling units
affected.
Besides, there were reports of
the malfunction of card readers with Wada being the most prominent victim.
culled from Vanguard
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