INEC declares Kogi governorship poll inconclusive, + full and cancelled results

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State inconclusive.
INEC stated this on Sunday.
It said this was based on the fact that the number of cancelled votes was more than the margin between the winner and the runner up.
At the conclusion of collation of results from the 21 local government areas of the state, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Abubakar Audu, polled 240,867 votes, while the incumbent and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Captain Idris Wada, came second with 199,514 votes.
The Returning Officer for the election. Prof Emmanuel Kucha, said 49,953 votes were cancelled and this was more than the margin between the votes of Audu and Wada.
INEC, Kucha said, will fix a date for the supplementary election in areas that had their votes canceled.
He said: “Since the number of cancelled votes was 49,953 while the difference between the votes scored by the APC and PDP candidates stood at 41,353, the election could not yet be declared as conclusive.
“Applying provision of INEC guideline, page 22 to 23 paragraph 4(m), the election will be re-conducted in 59 polling units across eighteen LGAs.”
The local government areas that had their votes cancelled and the number of votes invalidated were Adavi, 2134; Ajaokuta, 1406; Anpka, 6021; Bassa, 742; Dekina, 17,454; Ibaji, 2665; Idah, 310; Igalamela/Odolu, 1501; Ijumu, 705; Kabba/Bunu, 1767; Kogi, 1689; Lokoja, 2854; Ofu, 4679; Okehi, 403; Okene, 676; Olamaboro, 2046; Omala, 2526; and Yagba West, 375.
Audu won in 16 of the state’s 21 local government areas, while Wada took only five.
Audu won in Yagba East, Yagba West, Kabba/Bunu, Ijumu, Lokoja, Kogi, Okehi, Ajaokuta, Adavi, Ankpa, Igalamela/Odolu, Ofu, Olamaboro, Ibaji, Bassa and Idah Local Government Areas.
For Wada, his victory was limited to Omala, Dekina, Mopamuro and Ogori/Mangogo and Okene.

1. Okehi LGA
APC: 10,170
PDP: 8,504

2. Mopamuro LGA
APC: 3,888
PDP: 4,195

3. Ogori Magongo LGA
APC: 1,931
PDP: 2,601

4. Ajaokuta LGA
APC: 8,581
PDP: 6,903

5. Adavi LGA
APC: 15,636
PDP: 11,902

6. Kogi LGA
APC: 10,426
PDP: 9,316

7. Ijumu LGA
APC: 9,958
PDP: 6,040

8. Okene LGA
APC: 14,786
PDP: 15,968

9. Yagba West LGA
APC: 7,930
PDP: 7,021

10. Yagba East LGA

APC: 7,129
PDP: 5,368

11. Idah LGA
APC: 11,779
PDP: 6,952

12. Kabba/Bunu LGA
APC: 9,659
PDP: 7,768

13. Omala LGA
APC: 9,228
PDP: 10,517

14. Ofu LGA
APC: 16,800
PDP: 10,997

15. Ankpa LGA
APC: 22,983
PDP: 14,731

16. Olamaboro LGA
APC: 13,227
PDP: 8,202

17. Igalamela-Odolu LGA
APC: 9,003
PDP: 8,683

18. Bassa LGA
APC: 11,815
PDP: 9,258

19. Lokoja LGA
APC: 13,517
PDP: 12,414

20. Dekina LGA
APC: 20,994
PDP: 21,602

21. Ibaji LGA
APC: 11,427
PDP: 10,572.