{"id":36712,"date":"2019-12-03T11:15:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T10:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=36712"},"modified":"2019-12-03T11:15:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T10:15:01","slug":"niger-gov-sani-bellolost-his-polling-unit-in-lg-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/niger-gov-sani-bellolost-his-polling-unit-in-lg-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Gov. Sani Bello,Lost His Polling Unit In LG Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olabode Adaramola, Niger State<\/p>

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji \u00a0Abubakar Sani Bello, \u00a0lost his polling unit and his Kontagora Central Ward, \u00a0to the opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the just concluded local government election in parts of the state.<\/div>\n
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The election which took place last \u00a0Saturday, \u00a030th November, 2019 in the 25 local government Areas of the state’s \u00a0results indicated that Hon. Mallami Abdullahi of the PDP was declared winner of central ward, Kontagora, where the governor came from.<\/div>\n
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The Zonal vice chairman( Zone B) \u00a0of the \u00a0PDP, Alhaji Yahaya Ability told our reporter that his party members defended their votes jealously to ensure their votes \u00a0count hence the victory at the polls.<\/div>\n
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He added that this is preparatory to 2023 general election, saying , \u00a0” we must do everything humanly possible within armbit of the law to \u00a0ensure our votes count comes 2023 general polls \u00a0not only in Kontagora, \u00a0but the entire state. Let everybody’s work speaks for him”.<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile, the state’s chapter of All Progressive Party (APC) has won 22 chairmanship positions, leaving its counterpart, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with one local government as 2 \u00a0local government areas were still pending.<\/div>\n
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Announcing the results at Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC) by the chairman, Alhaji Aminu Baba who said that 9 Political Parties participated in the just concluded local government elections, noting \u00a0that 85 candidates participated in the chairmanship election, while 661 councelorship candidates also participated \u00a0in the 25 local government areas of the state.<\/div>\n
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Baba also stated \u00a0that Mashegu and Tafa local governments were still pending while 6 wards were declared inconclusive.<\/div>\n
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He however appreciated the peaceful conduct of the people throughout the exercise most especially security agencies and the media for ensuring the violent free polls.<\/div>\n
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