Prof. Johnson Urama, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nnsuka has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Usman Ododo as the winner of Saturday’s Governorship election in Kogi State.
Prof. Urama, while announcing at the INEC state collation centre in Lokoja, the state capital, on Sunday night, said Ododo polled 446,237 to defeat his closest rival, Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who polled 259,052 votes.
Meanwhile, Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came third after scoring 46,362 votes and Hon. Leke Abejide of the African Democratic Party (ADP) got 21,819 votes to come fourth.
He said, “Ahmed Ododo having certified the requirements of the law is hereby declared winner and returned elected,” he said.
He also said the number of cancelled votes in the areas where the election did not hold was 16, 247 and could not substantially affect the outcome of the result.
