The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released results of 11 local government areas in Niger State, with All Progressives Congress, APC, leading in nine of the areas.
The APC gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Umar Mohammed Bago won his Bida Constituency, while his PDP rival, Alhaji Isah Liman Kantigi, also won his Edati Constituency.
In Bida, Bago polled 27,778 votes against 22,846 votes won by Kantigi.
In Edati, Kantigi scored 16,559 votes against 9,225 votes won by Bago.
However, a breakdown of the results released so far shows that APC’s Bago got the majority of the votes in Bida, Tafa, Gurara, Paikoro, Bosso, Lapai, Suleja, Kacha and Chachanga, while Kantigi won Edati and Munya LGAs.
The collation was suspended till 6 pm.
Here are the collated results so far:
PAIKORO LG
APC – 21, 855
PDP – 15, 780
LP – 106
NNPP – 192
MUNYA LG
APC – 8,644
PDP – 10,208
LP – 21
NNPP – 13
BOSSO LG
APC – 24, 794
PDP – 20, 251
LP – 211
SULEJA LG
APC – 18, 261
PDP – 15, 551
LP – 1, 664
KATCHA LG
APC – 17, 037
PDP – 16, 495
LP – 3
TAFA LG
APC – 12, 520
PDP – 12, 082
NNPP – 11
LP – 206
GURARA LG
APC – 14, 520
PDP – 11, 506
LP – 176
NNPP – 14
EDATI LG:
APC – 9, 225
PDP – 16, 559
BIDA LG
APC – 27, 778
PDP – 22, 846
LP – 87
NNPP – 687
CHACHANGA LG
APC – 34, 231
PDP – 27, 989
LP – 323
NNPP – 144
LAPAI LG
APC – 21, 795
PDP – 18, 041
LP – 16
NNPP – 18
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