Many heavyweights lost at their polling units in yesterday’s governorship and state assembly elections.
Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate Jimi Agbaje failed to deliver his Apapa polling unit where his All Progressives Congress (APC) opponent Akinwunmi Ambode polled 124 votes to his 88 votes. He similarly failed to deliver in the presidential ballot.
Former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP Chief Olabode George lost at his polling unit on Lagos Island. His party polled 87 to APC’s 137 in the governorship election.
Borno State PDP governorship candidate Gambo Lawan lost to the APC candidate and Governor Kashim Shettima in Mobbar local government area in the northern part of the state.
Shettima secured 118 votes to Lawan’s nine votes at Kareto Dispensary polling unit of Kareto ward.
The election was held at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Studies, one of the 20 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri.
Mobbar, which shares border with parts of Niger Republic, is one of the local government areas sacked by Boko Haram. Residents of the council voted at the IDP camp where they have been staying in the last five months.
The PDP candidate scored zero to Shettima’s 196 at Shettimari polling unit in Lawan Bukar, Lamisula ward, where the governor voted.
Minister of Education and former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau lost in his polling unit. The APC won 164 to PDP’s 78.
Minister of National Planning Dr. Sulyman Abubakar also lost his polling unit 006 Ajikobi ward in Ilorin where his party the PDP won 56 votes to APC’s 291.
Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda yesterday in Bauchi again failed to deliver his polling unit at Baba Side Primary School on Ran Road in Bauchi metropolis to the PDP. In the presidential poll, Yuguda lost in the same polling unit.
Former Edo State Governor Oserheimen Osunbor, who recently defected to the APC lost at his polling unit to the PDP House of Assembly election.
The APC polled 24 votes against 139 votes garnered by the PDP at Unit six Ward six, Iruekpen in Esan West local government area where he voted.
But the APC National Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun secured victory for the APC at his Unit one Ward two polling unit in Oredo Local Government Area.it was the first time he was winning at the polling unit since 1999.
The APC polled 54 votes to defeat the PDP which secured 48 votes at Unit one for the Oredo East Constituency seat in the Edo State House of Assembly.
In unit two, the APC candidate, Chris Okaeben polled 49 votes to defeat the PDP candidates, Mr Uyi Ogbemudia who scored 43 votes.
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo again won his polling unit for the APC in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Ogun State. At polling unit 22, Ward II in Abeokuta North Local Government area, , APC governorship candidate. Ibikunle Amosun polled 95 votes to defeat his PPD opponent Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka who scored four votes.
The SDP candidate Senator Akin Odunsi got two votes.
In the House Assembly results, the APC again got 85 votes, while the PDP and SDP got 8 and 14 votes.
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