The incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan is failing to his key opponent General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) in Adamawa state.
The results of 14 of 21 local governments so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) showed that opposition is leading.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) won in nine local governments though Peoples Democratic Party won in five.
The local governments, whose results have so far been released, comprise Madagali, Lamurde, Michika, Maiha, Mayo Belwa, Yola South and Yola North.
Others are Mubi North, Shelleng, Toungo, Guyuk, Hong, Girei and Song Local Governments.In Madagali, the PDP recorded 4,997 votes while APC scored 3,331.
In Lamurde, APC counted 7,322 votes while PDP recorded 17, 919. Also in Michika local government, the PDP had 6,762, while the APC received 3,527.
In Maiha the opposition scored 15,432 as against the 2,603 votes recorded by the PDP. In Hong Local Government, the home town of ex-minister of Health Aliyu Idi Hong, the APC got the highest votes of 17, 365, while the ruling party received 16, 662.
In Mayo Belwa, the local government of impeached governor Murtala Nyako, the APC scored 24,483 votes followed by the PDP which polled 17, 789.
In Yola South Local Government, the APC got 39,019, overcoming the PDP which scored 10,988 votes.
The story is also the same in Yola North where both former PDP national chairman Bamanga Tukur and Mr. Jonathan’s linkman, Hassan Adamu (Wakilin Adamawa), cast their votes.
The APC beaten the PDP here with 47, 139 against PDP’s 13, 790 votes.
In Toungo LG, the APC had the highest votes of 6,891, overcoming the ruling party, which scored 4,239 votes. In Mubi North, the APC also recorded the highest votes of 20,641 votes as against 12,964 votes gathered by the PDP.
In Shelleng, the opposition got 14,656 while the PDP scored 9,053. In Guyuk, the APC scored 9,575 while the PDP got 19,808.
The PDP also won in Song local government with 18,495 while the APC polled 17, 354.
The state’s returning officer, Okogbaa Geoffrey, said the electoral commission would guarantee transparency by stabbing to the provisions of the electoral act in its conducts.
He praised the shareholders for exhibiting a sense of sportsmanship.
However, it has already been obtained that APC also won in Kano, Jigawa and Ondo states, and Jonathan – in Ekiti and Enugu state.
The counting in other states is currently being in process.
The INEC election commission said the first results collated from 120,000 polling stations nationwide should be available on Sunday evening although this failed to materialize.
No comments:
Post a Comment