Saraki wins senatorial election as INEC announces more results Below are additional results of Saturday’s Senate and House of Representatives elections as announced by INEC returning officers:
Gov. Bukola Saraki (PDP) emerged the winner in the Kwara Central Senatorial District by defeating his father’s Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) candidate.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP also cleared the two other senatorial districts and five House of Representatives seats in Kwara.
Saraki defeated three other candidates by polling 78,799 votes, followed closely by the ACN candidate, Oloriegbe Yahaya, who got 53,058 votes, while the ACPN candidate, Hajia Rukayat Issa, scored 32,499, followed by Bilikisu Gambar (CPC), 5,928 ballots.
In Kwara North Senatorial District, former Gov. Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi defeated Yinusa Yahaya (CPC) and Shuaib Abdullahi (ACN).
Incumbent Sen. Simeon Ajibola was returned in Kwara South after defeating the ACPN and ACN candidates, Lola Ashiru and Anu Ibiwoye, respectively.
In the Ibadan North Federal Constituency in Oyo State, Abiodun Awoleye (ACN) polled 30,035 ballots to beat Kazeem Adeniyi (Accord Party), 24,519; Omotosho Ademola (PDP), 13,472 and Bello Armstrong (ANPP), 1,189 votes.
Bitrus Kaze of the PDP won the Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency seat in Plateau with 94,774 ballots, beating Augustine Choji (LP), who scored 26,460 votes.
In the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency in Gombe State, Khamisu Mailantarki (CPC) got 122,987 ballots, followed by Ibrahim Waziri (PDP), 44,266; Ahmed Gana (ANPP), 8,760; Malam Nasiru Abubakar (LP), 757 and Malam Musa Usman (ADC), 740 votes.
Ayo Adeseun of the ACN garnered 105,975 votes to beat Jumoke Akinjide (PDP), who got 78,643 ballots in the Oyo Central Senatorial District of Oyo State.
In the Ogun East Senatorial District, Adegbenga Kaka (ACN) won the election with 76,643 votes ahead of Mohammed Odunowo (PDP), 52,613 and Abiodun Odusanya (PPN), 46,148 ballots.
PDP candidates won the five House of Representatives seats in the Rivers East Federal Constituency.
Osunde Ogbemudia, the INEC Electoral Officer for Port Harcourt Council, announced on Sunday that Ken Chikere (PDP) won the seat for the Port Harcourt 1 Federal Constituency with 8, 671 votes, while Chidibere Honourable of ACN got 7,800 votes to place second.
The APGA and UNPP candidates polled 1,535 and 2,113 votes respectively.
Bright Gogo (PDP) defeated his rivals with 23,193 votes for the Okirika/Ogu/Bolo Federal Constituency seat. ACN candidate John Kalipe got 7,718, while the ANPP candidate got 40 votes.
The PDP candidate also won in the Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency with 68, 945 votes, while APGA and ACN got 9,359 and 7,609 respectively.
Bari Mpigi (PDP) scored 75,814 votes to win in the Eleme/Tai/Oyigbo Federal Constituency, with the ACN and APGA candidates scoring 9,334 and 1,546 ballots respectively.
Chief Andrew Uchendu, a three-term member of the House of Representatives, equally won on the PDP platform in the Ikwerre/Emohua Federal Constituency with 42,542 votes.
His closest rival, Emma Okah of ACN, got 15,347 votes while ANPP got 1,442 votes.
In Enugu State, Gil Nnaji of the PDP polled 67,330 ballots to defeat Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani (PDC), who garnered 32,005 votes in the Enugu East Senatorial District.
Also in the race for the House of Representatives, Offor Chukwumegbu of the PDP raked in 22,504 votes to beat eight other contestants in the Enugu North/South Federal Constituency.
In Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Smart Adeyemi (PDP) polled 84,511 while Joseph Faniyi of CPC got 35,281 votes.
In the Kabba-Bunu Federal Constituency, Tajudeen Yussuf of PDP polled 22,183 to defeat Rep. Dino Melaye of ANPP, who polled 18,214.
Buba Jubril of CPC polled 29,728 to defeat Mr Shabba Ibrahim (PDP), who polled 19,793 ballots to win the Lokoja/Koton Karfe Federal Constituency seat.
In the Osun East Senatorial District, Jide Omoworare (ACN) defeated Sen. Iyiola Omisore (PDP) by polling 119,852 compared with the latter’s 51,315 ballots.
Sola Adeyeye, also of the ACN, won the Osun Central Senatorial District seat, scoring 129,527 votes, while in Osun West Senatorial District, Mr Muda Oyetunde (ACN) got 121,971 ballots to beat Sen. Isiaka Adeleke (PDP), who received 720,090 votes
In Ogun West Senatorial District, Mr Akin Odunsi (ACN) won with 61,362 ballots ahead of Mr Babatunde Fadun (PDP), who got 59,949.
The Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency seat in Bauchi State was won by Mr Dogara Yakubu (PDP), who got 87,646, followed by Malam Aminu Tukur (ANPP), 65,507; Alhaji Umar Jibo (CPC), 17,924 and Mr Nuhu Dallaji (ACN), 4,926.
In the Owerri Fedederal Constituency in Imo, Mr Francis Ezenwa (APGA) polled 220,028 votes to defeat Mr Ernest Ibejiako (PDP), 17,702; Gibson Njemanze (ACN), 12,955 and Clement Nwokocha (Fresh Party), Zero.
Incumbent Sen. Odion Ugbesia of the PDP scored 61,983 to beat Mrs Herbata Okonofua of ACN, who scored 49,385 to pick the senatorial ticket for Edo Central.
For the Egor/Ikpoba Okha Federal Constituency seat in Edo, the ACN candidate, Mr Jim Adun, scored 47,353 to defeat Mr Ifaluyi Isibor, a sitting member, who scored 14,813.
The ACN also won the Oredo Federal Constituency election, as its candidate, Razaq Bello, scored 31,039 as against the 9,260 ballots polled by PDP’s Ogbeide Ihama.
Similarly, the ACN won the House of Representatives seats for Owan and Etsako, with ACN’s Pally Iriase scoring 21,013 as against 18,881 votes polled by John Abolagbe of the PDP in Owan.
For Etsako, ACN’s Abubakar Momoh scored 52,657 while the PDP candidate, Abas Braimah, got 24,129.
In the Esan South-East/Esan North-East Federal Constituency where PDP won, its candidate, Friday Itulah, scored 26,536 to defeat ACN’s Christopher Ebari, who scored 21,745.
In Sokoto State, the ruling PDP won three federal constituencies, with Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed winning in Kware/Wamakko, while incumbent Assemblymen Isa salihu and Umaru Bature beat their opponents in Tangaza/Gudu and Sokoto North/Sokoto South respectively.
In the House of Representatives election, the PDP candidate, Alli Ahmad, won in Ilorin East/Ilorin South with 31,163 votes, while the ACN candidate, Hajia Biliksu Oniyangi, polled 19,771 and the incumbent member of the House, formerly of PDP but now ACPN, scored 17,861 votes.
The PDP candidate for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency, Alhaji Mashood Mustapha, scored 44,170 to defeat his closest rival, Jidda AbdulRazak (ACN), who got scored 29,634, while ACPN candidate Duro Sulaiman polled 17,388 ballots.
In Oyo South Senatorial District, Olufemi Lanlehin of the ACN received 127,691 ballots to defeat Bayo Lawal (Accord Party, 118,250 and incumbent Kamarudeen Adedibu (PDP, who got 92,395 votes.
