Connect with us

2019 Election

Abubakar Bello re-elected in Niger State

Niger governor Abubakar Bello who sought a second term has won the bid, according to the results announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Angela Miri.

Published

on

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has been re-elected
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has been re-elected
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has been re-elected

Niger governor Abubakar Bello who sought a second term on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, has won the bid, according to the results of the Saturday polls announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Angela Miri.

Miri, Vice Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja, who announced the result on Sunday in Minna, said that Bello won the polls in all of the 25 local governments of the state.

He scored 526,412  votes, while Umar Nasko of PDP polled 298,065 votes.

“Abubakar Sani Bello of APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest votes is hereby returned elected and declared the winner of the March 9, Saturday governorship election in the state,” she  said.

READ: Nigerian writers mourn Prof. Pius Adesanmi

Advertisement

Niger state has 2,387,734 voters registered. But 925,518 voters were accredited for the governorship election, with total valid votes put at 900,817. The number of votes cast was 920,480, while 19,609 votes were rejected.

Prof. Samuel Egwu, Niger Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) commended stakeholders for the peaceful conduct of the election in the state.

He lauded the Niger State Police Command and other security agencies for providing the ambience to enable a peaceful and transparent poll.

Advertisement
Advertisement
1 Comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Copyright © 2015 - 2024 ChronicleNG

Discover more from Chronicle.ng

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading