Kogi State Chooses Governor But The Candidate Dies.

Saturday, 21st, 2015 was the date Kogi State, North central Nigeria went to the polls to elect their Governor.  However, when the poll results were being announced the nation’s electoral regulator: the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) discovered reasons to nullify results from 91 polling units in 19 Local Government Areas out of the 21 Local Government Areas in the State.

With the nullification of the results from the 91 polling units in 19 Local Government Areas out of the 21 Local Government Areas in the State, INEC declared that the Guber race was inconclusive.

Many Nigerians and Kogi State citizens were still coming to terms with the inconclusive results of the election when news broke through the social media that the leading candidate in the election, Prince Abubakar Audu, of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has slumped and died aged 68.

However, the officially given results of the governorship election in Kogi State as declared by the Returning officer for the election who is Professor Emmanuel Kucha, the Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State showed the votes garnered by the two main candidates for the polls: The incumbent Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Abubakar Audu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as follows:

Given the 21 Local Government Areas in the State;
1. Okehi LGA: APC – 10,170. PDP- 8504 (APC winner)
2. Mopa Muro LGA: APC 3888. PDP – 4195 (PDP winner)
3. Ogori/Magongo LGA: APC – 1931. PDP – 2601 (PDP winner)
4. Ajaokuta LGA: APC – 8581. PDP – 6903 (APC winner)
5. Adavi LGA: APC – 15636. PDP – 11902 (APC winner)
6. Koton Karfe LGA: APC – 10, 426. PDP – 9316 (APC winner)
7. Ijumu LGA: APC – 9958. PDP – 6040 (APC winner)
8. Okene LGA: APC 14786. PDP – 15968 (PDP winner)
9. Yagba West LGA: APC – 7930. PDP – 7021 (APC winner)
10. Yagba East LGA: APC – 7129. PDP – 5368 (APC winner)
11. Idah LGA: APC – 11,779. PDP- 6,952 (APC winner)
12. Omala LGA: APC – 9,228. PDP -10,517 (PDP winner)
13. Kabba-Burnu LGA: APC – 9,659. PDP – 7,768 (APC winner)
14. Ofu LGA: APC – 16800. PDP – 10997 (APC winner)
15. Ankpa LGA: APC – 22983. PDP – 14731 (APC winner)
16. Olamaboro LGA: APC – 13, 227. PDP – 8202 (APC winner)
17. Igalamela-Odolu LGA: APC – 9, 003. PDP – 8, 683 (APC winner)
18. Bassa LGA: APC – 11815. PDP – 9258 (APC winner)
19. Lokoja LGA: APC – 13517. PDP – 12414 (APC winner)
20. Dekina LGA: APC – 20994. PDP – 21602 (PDP winner) and
21. Ibaji LGA: APC – 11427. PDP – 10572 (APC winner)