By Ayobami Omole, Lokoja
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won two State House of Assembly seats in Kogi state. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) also won a seat in Saturday elections conducted across the 25 constituencies in the state.
The seats were ‘snatched’ from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who won all 25 seats in 2019.
PDP candidate for Ogori-Magongo state constituency election, Hon. Bode Ogunmola has been declared winner of the Saturday election.
Declaring the result of the election, Mr Ekundayo Mejebi, returning officer said Ogunmola defeated Major Akerejola of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ogunmola scored 2910 votes to defeat his closest rival, Major Akerejola who scored 2163 votes.
Opposition PDP also won the State Assembly seat for Bassa constituency.
Daku Sunday of PDP won the election with 8399 votes, defeating the candidate of APC who polled 7189 votes.
African Democratic Congress (ADC) won Yagba West constituency seat. The party’s candidate, Ibikunle Simon Idowu (Kuli), polled 6551 votes to defeat APC candidate, Yemisi Oshaloto who garnered 6050 votes.
The ruling APC has won all other assembly seats that has been officially announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state.
Meanwhile, Two female candidate has been declared winners of the just concluded House of Assembly elections in Kogi state.
The two candidates; Mrs Comfort Nwuchola and Mrs. Omotayo Adeleye-Ishaya, won Ibaji and Ijumu state constituency seats respectively.
Both Nwuchola and Adeleye-Ishaya were candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC). Both were also first female to represent their respective constituencies in the State Assembly.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday, declared Omotayo Adeleye-Ishaya as the winner of Ijumu State House of Assembly election.
Declaring the result, the Local Government Electoral Officer, Mrs Grace Abalaka Haruna, at the end of the collation exercise at the INEC office, Iyara, said the APC candidate having scored the valid votes of 8568, ahead of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Alaga Tokunbo, who got 3899 and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate who scored 2648, emerged winner of the election.
In Ibaji, Comfort Nwuchola of APC polled 7718 votes to defeat the candidate of NNPP, Peter Egwuda, who garnered 6737 votes to come second. The candidate of PDP polled 4630 votes to come third.
The third female candidate of APC, Yemisi Oshaloto lost narrowly to ADC candidate in Yagba West state constituency.
Next Assembly will be the first time Kogi State House of Assembly will have two female lawmakers making laws for the people.
Since the first Assembly in 1992, Kogi State House of Assembly has had just three female members, having just one at a time.
