The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in the local government elections in Kogi State, Eko Hot Blog has learnt.
Chairman of the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC), Mammam Eri, disclosed this on Sunday in Lokoja.
While officially declaring the results of the election, he noted that the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) swept to victory in all polls for the 21 chairmanship and 239 councillorship seats in the state.
“The State Independent Electoral Commission has received all results as released from the 239 wards and the 21 Local Government Areas of the state,” Eri said.
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He added, “The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission has, therefore, ratified and adopted these results.”
Apart from the APC, other political parties that participated in the election included the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Eri commended the people of the state for conducting themselves in a peaceful manner while the elections took place.
He also thanked the political actors and other stakeholders in the state, including the security agencies and media for their support to ensure the elections were successfully conducted.
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