Rerun Elections: APGA Wins 1 Assembly Seat In Bayelsa, NNPP Wins 2 In Kano As PDP Wins Reps, Assembly Seats In Sokoto

Opposition parties in the country won parliament seats at the state and federal levels in the rerun elections held on  Saturday, February  3, 2024.

In Bayelsa state, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  has announced the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA  candidate,  Waikumo Amakoromo, as winner of the rerun of the house of Assembly election in  Yenagoa Constituency 2 .

Amakoromo  got  5,959 votes  while  the PDP candidate,  Mrs Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai had  5,263 votes.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that INEC Returning Officer , who is also the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the  Federal University, Otuoke, Prof Chris Onyema, announced the election results at the INEC collation centre, Okolobiri, on Saturday night.

Bayelsa is a PDP-controlled state.

In Sokoto state, the leading opposition party  in the state, the PDP,  has also won  the  rerun election held in Bodinga North state constituency .

The Returning Officer, Professor Farouk Tambuwal, announced Magaji Abubakar of the PDP as  winner of the election having gotten 6,488 votes while the APC candidate,  Yusuf Marafa Danchadi had 5,893 votes.

PDP candidate, Umar Yusuf has also been declared  as  winner of the rerun election held  in  Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency.

The INEC Returning Officer, Prof Abubakar Abdullahi-Bagudo, declared Umar  Yusuf as winner of the election submitting that he had  27,042 votes while the APC candidate Abubakar Umar got  25,738 votes.

 In Kano state, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  has declared Alhassan Ishaq of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP,  winner of  the rerun election  held in Kura/Garun Mallam State Constituency .

The Returning Officer , Prof. Shehu Galadanchi, announced that Ishaq  had 37,262  votes while the APC candidate, Musa Daurawar got  30,803 votes.

INEC has also  declared Bello  Butu-Butu of the NNPP winner of  the rerun election held in the Rimin Gado/Tofa State constituency.

The Returning Officer , Prof. Ibrahim Tajo Suraj submitted that Bello Butu-Butu of the NNPP  had 31,135 votes while the APC candidate got 25,577 votes.

In Oyo state, Hon  Ibrahim Shittu , who  had won the House of Assembly  election  held in Saki West State Constituency  on  March 18, 2023 , but later had his victory annulled by the Court of Appeal, has reclaimed his parliament seat.

He has won the rerun election that was held in Units 11, Ward six, Odo Osun, Kinikini and Unit 19, Ward 11, Ogbalanja of the Saki West state constituency..

  Shittu eventually had 13,850 votes, while  the PDP candidate,  Julius Okedoyin got 13,670 votes.

Oyo is a PDP-controlled state.

In Niger state, the  APC candidate , Jibril Baba, has been announced as winner of the rerun of   House of Assembly election in Lavun state  constituency.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC , through the Returning Officer, Prof Emmanuel Raymond, announced the  election results on Sunday  submitting that  Baba got 21,393 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Joshua Gana had  20,802 votes-Team@orientactualmags.com
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