All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Niger state, Alh Abubakar Bello, has been declared winner of the governorship election in the state by the Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulganiu Ambali.
BREAKING: APC's Abubakar Bello Wins Niger Guber Poll With A Landslide
Bello polled 593,702 votes to defeat Alh. Umar Nasko of the Peoples Democratic Party, who got 239,772 votes.
The APC governorship candidate won 23 of the 25 local government areas announced.
Bello had taking a commanding lead earlier on Sunday, winning all 16 local government areas before a break was announced in collation around 5pm.
It wasn’t until midnight that collation resumed with the APC sustaining its momentum.
Details of the results from the local government for the two parties are as follows:
Munya LG:
APC, 12,636
PDP, 7,542
Tafa LG:
APC, 11,555
PDP, 7,267
Bosso LG:
APC, 29,777
PDP, 7,187
Paikoro LG:
APC, 25,959
PDP, 10,023
Rafi LG:
APC, 31,307
PDP, 8,937
Chanchaga LG:
APC, 44,050
PDP, 14,863
Katcha LG:
APC, 20,175
PDP, 7,488
Shiroro LG:
APC, 26,478
PDP, 8,862
Bida LG:
APC, 38,055
PDP, 7,345
Lavun LG:
APC, 25,497
PDP, 10,713
Rijau LG:
APC, 21,093
PDP, 11,880
Gbako LG:
APC, 22,629
PDP, 8,902
Borgu LG:
APC, 25,006
PDP, 7,798
Lapai LG:
APC, 27,114
PDP, 6,790
Agai LG:
APC, 20,101
PDP, 9,189
Suleja LG:
APC, 27,886
PDP, 9,292
Magama LG:
APC, 18,864
PDP, 20,036
Gurara LG:
APC, 15,211
PDP, 7,921
Edati LG:
APC, 12,326
PDP, 11,184
Agwara LG:
APC, 7,472
PDP, 8,751
Wushishi LG:
APC, 16,049
PDP, 8,387
Mokwa LG:
APC, 27,880
PDP, 8,097
Kontagora LG:
APC, 39,295
PDP, 11,196
Mashegu LG:
APC, 22,634
PDP, 8,734
Mariga LG:
APC, 24,653
PDP, 10,437
Source; The Punch Newspaper (http://www.punchng.com/news/apc-candidate-bello-wins-niger-gov-poll/)
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