The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged as the winner of all chairmanship and councillorship positions in the local government elections held across Kwara State on Saturday.
This was confirmed in a statement by the chairman of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, Mohammed Baba-Okanla, on Sunday morning.
According to the statement, the APC secured victories in all 16 local government chairmanship seats and the 193 councillorship seats across the wards in the state.
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Five political parties, including the APC, Allied Peoples Movement (APM), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Accord Party, participated in the elections.
“The electoral process in the 16 local government areas and 193 wards saw the peaceful participation of these five parties.
After thorough collation and verification of results from our officers, the APC has been declared the winner in all categories,” the statement read.
Baba-Okanla commended the peaceful conduct of the elections and lauded the security agencies for ensuring a calm and orderly process.
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“We are grateful to the people of Kwara State for their turnout and to all political parties for maintaining peace during the election. The security agencies also played a crucial role in maintaining order throughout,” he said.
Here are the details of the results from the polling units, wards, and local governments for the chairmanship positions:
Ifelodun LG
APC – 22,524
PDP – 2,727
APM – 482
Oyun LG
APC – 12,159
PDP – 356
APM – 386
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Oke Ero LG
APC – 7,472
PDP – 1,168
APM – 224
Isin LG
APC – 8,173
PDP – 1,165
APM – 77
Edu LG
APC – 23,963
PDP – 3,851
APM – 424
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Patigi LG
APC – 14,119
PDP – 2,939
APM – 806
Moro LG
APC – 14,555
PDP – 1,670
APM – 117
Asa LG
APC – 15,024
PDP – 2,638
APM – 41
Ilorin South LG
APC – 20,207
PDP – 2,072
APM – 226
SDP – 621
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Baruten LG
APC – 38,549
PDP – 1,335
APM – 665
Ilorin East LG
APC – 20,883
PDP – 5,383
SDP – 475
APM – 835
Kaima LG
APC – 23,029
PDP – 1,737
APM – 59
Ekiti LG
APC – 8,707
PDP – 907
APM – 966
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Offa LG
Accord – 1,919
APC – 22,400
PDP – 1,586
APM – 636
SDP – 391
Ilorin West LG
APC – 50,128
PDP – 4,202
APM – 1,882
Irepodun LG
APC – 14,010
PDP – 2,106
APM – 559
SDP – 239
