Tunde Oyekola Senate President Bukola Saraki, Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kwara State, Mr Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, all won their p
olling units at the governorship and state House of Assembly elections held on Saturday.
For the governorship election, Saraki won his Polling Unit 006 at Ajikobi Ward, Ilorin West Local Government Area, for the Peoples Democratic Party, with 253 votes, while the All Progressives Congress polled 125 votes.Ahmed won his Polling Unit 008 at Share Ward, Ifelodun Local Government Area, for the PDP with 173 votes in the governorship election while the APC got 128 votes, leading with a margin of 45 votes.
Saraki blamed the low voter turnout that marred the elections in the stateon the increased security presence. He also decried the malfunctioning of card readers at some polling stations.He said, “The security officials worked very well. They were not enough, but those who were deployed worked hard.” Meanwhile, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who voted in Oro town in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state, lauded INEC for the conduct of the polls.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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