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The Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday declared Abdulfatah
Ahmed, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, the
winner of the governorship elections in Kwara State.

Mr Ahmed,
currently the state finance commissioner, polled 254,969 votes winning
50.58 percent of the 504,102 valid votes cast. He defeated 15 other
contestants including Gbemisola Saraki, sister of the incumbent
governor, Bukola Saraki. His closest rival, Dele Belgore, of the Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN) scored 152,580 votes, scoring 25 percent of
the total votes in eight local government areas. Mr Ahmed fulfilled the
25 percent requirement across the 16 local government areas of the
state.

Ms Saraki of the
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) scored 72,456 votes winning 25
percent of the votes in two local government areas of the state.

Displeased with result

However, expressing
displeasure with the results, the agents of the ACPN and ACN at the
collation centre unlike other party agents, refused to sign the result
sheet. Abdulmumini Anafi, the ACN agent at the collation centre,
claimed that the process was marred with series of malpractices and
intimidation and that the party will contest it at the tribunal.

“We have records
of all these and apart from that, so much multiple voting took place
and there were a lot of places where voters were scared away from
voting, they did not come out. They created so much fear to
disenfranchise them,” he said, claiming that the party will at the
appropriate time make known its official position.

Though the House
of Assembly results were announced at their various constituencies, the
State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Timothy Ibitoye announced that
PDP won 22 out of the 24 Assembly seats.