Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the November 11, 2023 Governorship elections in Kogi State.
The state returning officer, Prof Johnson Urama, who is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, announced Ododo as the winner on Sunday night.
Ododo won with 446,237 votes, defeating his closest rival, Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who scored 259,052, while Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 46,362 votes.
Earlier on, INEC said fresh polls will be conducted in 59 polling units in the Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of the state on November 18, 2023 in line with its principle of the margin of lead.
However, the number of registered voters in the affected polling units totalled 15,136, which is insignificant to the about 200,000 votes margin between the APC candidate and his closest rival, Ajaka.
The margin of lead implied that the elections initially scheduled by INEC for next Saturday in the 59 polling units would no longer hold.
