Buhari wins Kogi with wide margin

General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All
Progressives Congress was on Monday morning
announced the winner of the March 28
Presidential elections in Kogi State.
The State Collation Officer, Prof. Adikwu Michael,
who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of
Abuja, made the announcement at the State
headquarters of the Independent National
Electoral Commission in Lokoja in the early hours
of Monday.
Gen. Buhari polled 264,851 of the total votes
cast – 439,287- to defeat President Goodluck
Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, who
had 149,987 votes.
The collation, which began on Sunday evening
and ended around 4am on Monday morning, saw
Buhari win in 15 of the 21 Local Government
Areas of the state to poll 60.3 per cent of the
total votes while Jonathan could only manage
victory in six Local Governments and has 34.1
per cent of the votes cast.
APC won with high margins in most of the LGAs
with Okene, Lokoja, Adavi, Kogi-Koton Karfe and
Okehi accounting for the highest margins.
Okene gave APC 34, 293 votes as against the 3,
728 votes for the PDP, LOkoja accounted for 24,
658 votes against 5, 112 for PDP, Adavi had 22,
659 votes for Buhari and 7, 767 votes for
Jonathan, Kogi-Koton Karfe voted 15, 358 in
APC’s favour and 2, 735 for the PDP while Okehi
had 17, 801 votes in favour of the retired General
while they gave President Jonathan 5, 808 votes.
The PDP however won with slim margins in the
five LGAs they had with the highest margin
coming from Ibaji Local Government, where they
had 13,885 votes to the APC’s 6, 076 votes.
The other Local Governments won by the APC
include; Ogori-Magongo, Idah, which is the
hometown of Senator Ahmadu Alli, a PDP
chieftain, Mopa Moro, Dekina, the LGA of the
state Governor, Idris Wada of the PDP,
Olamaboro, Ofu, Ajaokuta, Yagba East, Ankpa
and Ijumu Local Government Areas.
The other four LGAs where the PDP won are;
Yagba West, Igalamela/ Odolu, Bassa and Omala.
Of the 1, 348, 956 voters registered in the state,
476, 839 were accredited to vote while 439, 287
votes were cast with 17, 959 of them rejected.
The event was witnessed by the agents of the
two major political parties, the Kogi State
Commissioner of Police, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi,
the Director of the Department of State Security
in the state, Mr Fubar, among others.

Source: PunchNg