With the election results announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Kogi West senatorial rerun election, the chances of PDP’s Dino Melaye returning to the red chambers is getting slimmer as he trails his closest rival, Smart Adeyemi of the APC with two more LGAs to be announced.
Of the seven local government areas in the senatorial district, five have been announced.
Of the five local government results announced, Mr Adeyemi has polled a total of 52,389 while Mr Melaye trails with 37,856.
The candidate of the APC won all of Kaba Bunnu, Kogi Koton Karfe, Mopa Muro and Ijumu LGAs while Mr Melaye has so far, won in only Yagba East LGA.
Both candidates of the PDP and APC are from Ijumu and the APC won in the area.
With the sail in Mr Adeyemi’s favour, Mr Melaye needs to cover up for the deficit of 14,533 votes in the two remaining local government areas that are yet to be announced by INEC.
These local government areas are Yabgba West and Lokoja LGAs.
The elections in Kogi West, like in a large part of the state, was characterized by violence.
Below is the breakdown of how both candidates fared in the five local governments announced so far.
Kaba Bunnu
APC — 15,037
PDP — 8,974
Kogi Koton Karfe
APC — 14,168
PDP — 9,786
Mopa Muro
APC — 4,874
PDP — 3,704
Ijumu
APC — 11,627
PDP — 7,647
Yagba East
APC — 6,683
PDP — 7,745
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