PDP floors APC in rescheduled Kaduna council poll

By : Saxone Akhaine, Kaduna

Date: 27 September 2021 4:55am WAT

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Officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) attach the list of eligible voters on a wall during the Edo State governorship elections in Benin City, Midwestern Nigeria, on September 19, 2020. - Hundreds of thousand voters gathered at the polls in Edo State, Midwestern Nigeria to elect a new governor or re-elect the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a second term, the first elections in Africa's most populous country amidst coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

Officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) attach the list of eligible voters on a wall during the Edo State governorship elections in Benin City, Midwestern Nigeria, on September 19, 2020. - Hundreds of thousand voters gathered at the polls in Edo State, Midwestern Nigeria to elect a new governor or re-elect the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a second term, the first elections in Africa's most populous country amidst coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has won the rescheduled chairmanship election for Kajuru Local Council.

During the ballot at the weekend, PDP also won nine councillorship positions, sparing just one for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Declaring the result yesterday, the Returning Officer (RO), Dr. Ibrahim DanMaraya, from Kaduna State University (KASU), said that Ibrahim Gajere polled 14,432 to floor the immediate past chairman/APC candidate, Cafra Caino, who manages 9,095 votes.

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As at press time, the result for Chikun Local Council was still being awaited.

The State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM) had initially scheduled the election for September 4, 2021, but shifted it to September 25 due to security concerns.

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