By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ahmed Usman Ododo has polled 446,237 votes to defeat SDP candidate who came second with 259,052 votes.
Declaring Ododo winner of the Kogi governorship election, the the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC declared Ododo winner of the election held on November 11th, 2023.
The retuning officer, Professor Johnson Urama announced that the APC candidate scored 446,237 votes to defeat other candidates in the election.
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP Yakubu Murtala Ajaka came second with 259,052 votes while Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party, came a very distant 3rd with 46,362 votes.
“Ahmed Usman Ododo of the APC having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” the returning officer said.
See details of how the parties stand below:
A – 1,254
AA – 1,440
AAC – 424
ADC – 21,819
ADP – 1064
APC – 446,237
APGA – 469
APM – 130
APP – 1,135
BP – 82
LP – 567
NNPP – 136
NRM – 242
PDP – 46,362
PRP – 781
SDP – 259,052
YPP – 868
ZLP – 227
The total valid votes stood at 782,289 while the election witnessed 9,601 rejected votes. The total vote cast in the Kogi election is 791,890.
