Breaking news on 9am News Nigeria with Ogasabi on 9am News reports that the Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission (KESIEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of all the positions contested in Saturday’s local council elections. The announcement, made on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi, confirmed that the APC secured victories in all 21 chairmanship seats and 225 councillorship seats.
The Chairman of KESIEC, Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad-Mera, announced these results and emphasized that the elections were conducted peacefully across the state. Breaking news from 9am News Nigeria highlights that a total of 17 political parties, including APC, NNPP, LP, AAC, Boot Party, AP, and SDP, participated in the elections.
Muhammad-Mera noted that the Commission had officially ratified and adopted the chairmanship results for the local government areas as declared by the respective Returning Officers. Similarly, the councillorship results were affirmed at the electoral wards.
Furthermore, Ogasabi reports on 9am News Nigeria that the peaceful conduct of the elections was made possible through the invaluable support of security agencies and other stakeholders. Muhammad-Mera expressed his gratitude for their efforts in ensuring a smooth and hitch-free electoral process.
It’s important to recall that the PDP had boycotted the elections, alleging that the KESIEC chairman and his commissioners were card-carrying members of the APC. The PDP claimed that under such leadership, the Commission could not be fair to opposition parties
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