APC Loses First Assembly Seat In Kogi To PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ogori Magongo local government in Kogi State, Bode Ogumola, has been declared the winner of the House of Assembly election held on Saturday in the state.

Naija News reports that the PDP chieftain was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The INEC’s Returning Officer for the election, Ekundayo Mejebi, declared the results at the council’s collating centre at Magongo in the early hours of Sunday.

He said the PDP candidate polled 2,910 votes to defeat his rival, Major Akerejoka of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who recorded 2,162 votes.