In Katsina, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won three senatorial seats and nine of the 15 house of representatives seats.
The party lost the majority of votes cast in the state during the presidential election to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to media reports, the PDP won six House of Representatives seats in the state.
Alhaji Abdulaziz Yar’adua of the All Progressives Congress was declared the winner of the Katsina Central zone, with 153,512 votes to PDP’s Aminu Sirajo’s 152,140.
Prof. Aminu Dalhatu-Kankia, the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) senatorial Returning Officer, declared Yar’adu’a the winner.
PDP incumbent Sen. Ahmed Babba-Kaita lost to All Progressives Congress’s Nasir Zangon-Daura in the Northern Katsina senatorial district (Daura zone).
According to the Returning Officer, Prof. Umar Sanda, Zangon-Daura, a current member of the House of Representatives, received 174,062 votes, while Babba-Kaita received 163,586 votes.
In the Southern zone, the APC’s Muntari Dandutse, an incumbent House of Representatives member, received 203,245 votes to defeat the PDP’s Shehu Garba, who received 151,519 votes.
Prof. Iliyasu Yusuf-Gobir, the Returning Officer, announced the results on Monday.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
