POLITICS

INEC declares AbdulRazaq winner, re-elected for 2nd term

Published

2 years ago

March 19, 2023

Afusat Agunbiade-oladipo

Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara as winner of the Saturday’s Governorship election.

Abdulrazaq won the election to serve a second term of another four years in office on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Prof. Isaac Itodo, the Returning Officer for the Governorship election, who is also the Vice-Chancellor, University of Markurdi, said Abdulrazaq won in all the 16 local government areas of the state.

According to him, AbdulRazaq of APC polled the highest votes of 273, 242, defeating his closet rival, Shuaib Yaman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), who scored 155, 490, while Akeem Lawal of the Social Democratic Party (SD), came third with 18,922.

Related Topics:

Up Next

INEC says collation of Rivers governorship election results will continue Monday

Don't Miss

Guber polls: IReV portal functioned optimally – Yiaga Africa

Afusat Agunbiade-oladipo

NEWSVERGE, published by The Verge Communications is an online community of international news portal and social advocates dedicated to bringing you commentaries, features, news reports from a Nigerian-African perspective. A unique organization, founded in the spirit of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, comprising of ordinary people with an overriding commitment to seeking the truth and publishing it without fear or favour. The Verge Communications is fully registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a corporate organization.