Kogi election results
This report comes from Vanguard (Lagos). It's a follow-up to Signs of rule of law and legitimacy in Nigeria(Trivia: Do your students know why Governor Idris holds the title Alhaji?)
(More trivia: The loser Abubakar Audu could retire to his house in Potomac, MD, zip code 20854, an area where a number of Nigerian politicians have purchased homes. He bought the house at 12301 Glen Road, in 2000 for $1.7 million.)
Kogi Election - Idris Wins, Audu Kicks
"ALHAJI Ibrahim Idris of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) was, yesterday, returned to office as governor of Kogi State in a landslide victory. He polled 518,581 of the 734,625 votes cast in Saturday's election."His closest opponent, Prince Abubakar Audu of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP), trailed a distant second with 175,978 votes; while Mr. Ramat Momoh of the PAC got 1,529 votes and Professor Yusuf Obaje (DPP) got 1,259 votes...
"Idris extended his hands of fellowship to his opponents. But Prince Audu said the election was characterised by a high level of malpractices...
"The ANPP and the Action Congress (AC) with which it ran a joint ticket in the election, as well as the Democratic People's Party (DPP) called for the nullification of the election...
"Their spokesman, Chief Mike Adeleye, who is the chairman of AC in the state... alleged that the results declared in four local government areas in Kogi East senatorial districts were manufactured by the PDP..."
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:19 AM
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