APC candidate Shado wins Kogi by-election
Hassan Shado of the All Progressives Congress has been declared the winner of the Dekina-Okura II federal constituency by-election held on Saturday in Kogi.
Emmanuel Enenche-Onome, Independent National Electoral Commission returning officer, announced the results on Sunday.
Mr Enenche-Onome said Shado scored a total of 55,073 votes to beat his closest rivals, Meliga Godwin of the Peoples Democratic Party and Egene Joseph Ugbede of Allied Peoples Movement, who scored 1,038 and 445 votes, respectively.
He said, “I do hereby declare that Mr Hassan Shado, having scored the highest votes, is hereby returned the winner of the Dekina-Okura II by-election in Kogi.”
The election, which recorded low turnout, saw six out of the 18 registered political parties contest the election.
The parties are the Accord Party, the African Democratic Congress, the All Progressives Congress, Allied People’s Movement, Social Democratic Party, and the People’s Democratic Party.
The by-election was conducted to fill the vacancy created by the death of a former deputy speaker of the House of Assembly, Enema Paul, on December 14, 2024, following a protracted illness.
(NAN)
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