The Peoples’ Democratic Party has been declared winners in all the 21 local government areas in Kogi State in the just-concluded local government elections.
This was according to results released by the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC).
The KOSIEC Chairman, Mr. Ayo Olaniran, also said the election was peaceful and in accordance with the electoral laws and regulations.
He commended the people for voting and the candidates for what he called peaceful and orderly election.
It can be recalled that opposition parties in the state, such as the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) had boycotted the elections, citing the partiality of the state electoral body towards the ruling party.
Meanwhile, the Kogi State Police Command said it had arrested 25 suspects for various electoral offences.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okansomi, during a media conference in Lokoja on Sunday, said two men died during preparation for the election on Friday.
According to him, one was a councillorship candidate who was shot to death by unknown assailants, while a suspected political thug died after a fight with another thug.
He also said KOSIEC office in Bassa Local Government and a two-room apartment office of the PDP in Ayingba was burnt and that two people were arrested in connection with the arson.
However, he said that the election was generally peaceful and orderly.
Okansomi said, “Two men died on Friday. Adonis, a councillorship candidate was ambushed and shut along Awo Garage and Awo Ajochipo in Okaba by unknown assailants. The other dead victim, Augustine Ebiloma, a political thug, died during a fight with a fellow thug, Danjuma Omede, who is now arrested.”