The current Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Governor of Kwara State, as well as the governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress, Abdulrahman Abdularazaq, were able to secure victories at their respective polling units in the just-concluded Governorship and House of Assembly Elections in the State.
Saraki’s PDP won the governorship election in his unit at Ilorin West Local Government Area with a total of 253 votes, as against the All Progressive Congress which polled 125 votes.
For the House of Assembly poll, PDP had 257 votes while APC could only garner 118 votes.
The current Governor of Kwara, Ahmed, equally won at this polling unit in Ifelodun Local Government Area. PDP had 173 votes there, while APC had 128 votes.
In the same unit, PDP polled 183 votes for House of Assembly election, while APC polled 116 votes.
Meanwhile, Abdularazaq, the governorship candidate of the APC won his polling unit as well. He was able to get 592 votes as against PDP’s 80 votes in the governorship election.
A similar victory was recorded in the House of Assembly elections too. APC polled 573 votes, while PDP polled 80 votes.
Saraki lamented that the low turnout of voters in the state is as a result of the additional security forces that were deployed to the state. He equally mentioned that card readers did not work properly at some polling stations.
On the other end, Abdulrazaq did not buy any of Saraki’s complaints. He stated, “The security officials worked very well. They were not enough, but those who were deployed worked hard.”
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed also commended INEC for conducting the election the way they did. However, he lamented that thugs attacked APC members in some areas in the state.
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