The All Progressive Congress, APC, has won the 21 Local Government Chairmanship seats and 239 councillorship slots in Kogi in the election held on Saturday.
The Chairman of Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, KOSIEC, Mr Mamman Nda-Eri, who announced the results in Lokoja, said the election was peaceful, free, fair and credible.
Among the elected local government chairmen was a woman that clinched the seat in Ogori-Magongo Local Government.
“APC performed excellently; it cleared all the chairmanship and councillorship positions, leaving nothing to the other 18 political parties that took part in the election.
“The results declared at the headquarters were earlier declared at the various collations centres by the respective Returning Officers.
“As Chairman of KOSIEC, I hereby confirm the results earlier collated and returned by the Returning Officers,” he said.
He thanked the electoral officials, security operatives, observers and newsmen for their support that made the election a success.
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