Today, November 22, residents of Kogi state will know who will take charge of the state’s affairs for the next four years: Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party or Audu Abubakar, who is the All Progressives Congress candidate.
Idris Wada and Audu Abubakar.
Yesterday, November 21, the INEC shifted the collation exercise to this morning, as results did not trickle in from the local government areas.
At the moment, at least results from 16 LGAs have arrived the INEC headquarters in Lokoja. The collation officers are already seated in the conference hall preparing to commence announcements of results.
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Naij.com will bring you live updates:
13:03 pm
Lokoja LGA: Total registered voters – 114139, accredited voters – 30746; APC – 13517, PDP – 12414; total valid votes – 27063, rejected votes – 1173, total votes cast – 28236.
12.50 pm
Bassa LGA: Total registered voters – 51526, accredited voters – 24663; APC – 11815, PDP – 9258; rejected votes -1524, total votes cast – 23226.
12:40 pm
INEC administrative officers and party agents at the collation of Kogi governorship election results in Lokoja.
12:35 pm
Igalamela-Odolu LGA: total registered voters – 54266, accredited voters – 20953; APC – 9003, PDP – 8683; total valid votes – 18448, rejected votes – 1285, total votes cast – 19733.
12:20 pm
Olamabolo LGA: Total registered voters – 71756, accredited voters – 24429; APC – 13227, PDP – 8202; total valid votes – 22075, rejected votes – 1192, total votes cast – 23,267.
12:05 pm
Ankpa LGA: Total registered voters – 119556, accredited voters – 45967; APC – 22983, PDP – 14731; total valid votes- 38732, rejected votes – 1960, total votes cast – 40692.
11:58 am
OFU LGA: Total registered voters – 76936, accredited voters – 32311; APC – 16800, PDP – 10997; total valid votes – 28685, rejected votes – 1946, total votes cast – 30631.
11:45 am
Omala LGA: Total registered voters – 53510, accredited voters – 22545; APC – 9228, PDP – 10,517; total valid votes- 20175, rejected votes – 950, total votes cast – 21125.
11:40 am
Kabba Bunu LGA: Total registered voters – 60,522, accredited voters – 19,620; APC – 9659, PDP – 7768; total valid votes – 17916, rejected votes – 839, total votes cast – 18755.
11:30 The collation of the election results has continued.
11.00 am The election results so far.
ELECTORAL OFFICIALS BATTLING TO COMPLETE THEIR REPORTS FOR SUBMISSION AFTER KOGI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION RESULTS IN LOKOJA ON SATURDAY (21/11/15) NIGHT.
10:32 am
Election results from 11 local governments have been already announced.
10:30 am INEC officials at the collation office in Kogi state are going on a 30-minute break.
10:25 am
Idah LGA: Total registered voters – 48762, accredited voters – 21471; APC – 11,779, PDP – 6952, total valid votes – 19,273, rejected votes – 951, total votes cast – 20224.
10:15 am
Yagba East LGA: Total registered voters – 35322, accredited voters – 13921; APC – 7129, PDP – 5368; total valid votes – 12842, rejected votes – 516, total votes cast – 13358.
10:05 am
Yagba West LGA: Total registered voters – 35966, accredited voters – 15902; APC – 7930, PDP – 7021; total valid votes – 15176, rejected votes – 529, total votes cast – 15,705.
10:01 am The issue has been resolved in a following way: registered voters should be changed to – 117131 and accredited voters should now be – 35143.
09:56 am PDP agent has already rejected the result, saying it shows there was no real voting in Okene.
09:52 am There is discrepancy in the result from Okene LGA, so it may be cancelled. Accredited voters – 33703, total votes cast – 34042. It is not possible for the total votes cast to be more than accredited voters.
The INEC officials are trying to resolve the issue right now.
09:48 am The collation of election results is ongoing.
09:38 am
Okene LGA: Total registered voters – 117132, accredited voters – 33703, APC – 14786, PDP – 15968, total valid votes – 33039, rejected votes – 1003, total votes cast – 34042.
09:30 am
09:20 am
Kogikk LGA: Total registered voters – 45,817, accredited voters – 21,834; APC – 10,426, PDP – 9,316; total votes cast – 20,533.
09:03 am
Adavi LGA: Total registered voters – 85127, accredited voters – 30993; APC – 15636, PDP – 11902; total valid votes – 29292, rejected votes – 768, total votes cast – 30060.
08:55 am INEC national commissioner reading the results from each local government area.
INEC officials at the collation centre
08:48 am Heavy security mounted at the entrance of the INEC office in Lokoja as collation continues.
08:42 am
08:30 am
Ogori Mangogo LGA: Total registered voters – 14387, accredited voters – 4820; APC – 1931, PDP – 2601; total valid votes – 4890, rejected votes – 135, total votes cast – 4760.
08:27 am The INEC collation room at the moment.
08:20 am
Mopa Moro LGA: Registered voters – 18348; accredited voters – 8859; APC – 3888; PDP – 4195; total valid votes – 8244; rejected votes -282; total votes cast – 8526.
08:16 am
Okehi LGA: Registered voters – 69114, accredited voters -24645; APC – 10,170, PDP – 8504; rejected votes – 733; total valid – 23251.
COLLATION OFFICER FOR OKEHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, MALAM HUSSAIN ABDULKAREEM (L), PRESENTING HIS REPORT DURING THE COLLATION OF KOGI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION RESULTS IN LOKOJA
08:12 am All major national TV stations are here to cover proceedings live.
08:00 am The collation has started, the opening remarks is now being given by the representative of INEC national commissioner and former INEC acting boss, Hajia Amina Zakari.
07:30 am The INEC announced that each party should present only one agent for the exercise.
07:20 am “We now have 16 results,” the INEC official just announced. This means that results of 16 LGAs have been processed at the commission’s ICT.
07:15 am The seats where the Resident Electoral Commissioner and other senior officials of INEC will announce the official results.
7:00 am The conference room is extremely crowded with collation officers, parties’ agents, journalists, local and foreign observers and INEC staff.
6.55 am Journalists and observers have gathered at the media room of the INEC office in Lokoja waiting for the commencement of the process.
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