The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially announced Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as the victorious candidate in the Kogi state governorship election.
The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Johnson Urama from the University of Nigeria, Nnsuka, disclosed the results at the INEC state collation center in Lokoja, the state capital, on Sunday night.
Ododo secured 446,237 votes, emerging as the winner and surpassing Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who garnered 259,052 votes in the second position. Dino Melaye, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), received 46,362 votes.
Prof. Urama declared, “Ahmed Ododo, having satisfied the legal requirements, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”
Additionally, he noted that the number of canceled votes in areas where the election did not take place was 16,247, and this figure was deemed insufficient to significantly impact the overall outcome of the results.