The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Usman Ododo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election.
Mr Ododo scored a total of 446,237 votes and is “hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” the chief returning officer announced at the INEC collation centre in Lokoja at about 10:24 p.m. on Sunday.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Ododo won in 13 of the 21 local government areas in the states.