Following the March 18 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far announced 26 candidates as Governor-elects.
Alex Otti of the Labour Party, LP, was proclaimed the winner of the governorship election in Abia state on Wednesday.
Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was also declared the winner of the Enugu State governorship election.
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As a result, the results of 26 of the 28 governorship elections have been released. Kebbi and Adamawa elections were deemed inconclusive.
The APC won in 15 states, the PDP in nine, and the LP in one. Kano state was won by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
APC had seven Governors re-elected. They are: Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Mai Mala Muni (Yobe), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Babagana Zulum (Borno).
The ruling party also secured wins for eight new candidates: Uba Sani (Kaduna), Bassey Otu (Cross River), Mohammed Bago (Niger), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Ahmed Aliyu (Sokoto), Dikko Radda (Katsina), Hyacinth Alia (Benue), and Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi).
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Two PDP Governors – Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) – secured re-election.
Seven first-term governors were elected on the platform of the PDP. They are: Kefas Agbu (Taraba), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Siminialayi Fubara (Rivers) and Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta).
The PDP’s Dauda Lawal ousted Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle, while the NNPP’s Abba Kabir deposed the APC in Kano State.
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