The All Progressives Congress, APC, has won all 21 Local Government Chairmanship seats and 239 Councillorship positions in the Kogi State Local Government election.

The election was conducted on Saturday, October 17, across 21 LGAs, 239 wards and 3,508 polling units in the state.

Announcing the results on Sunday at the Commission’s headquarters in Lokoja, the Chairman of Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, KOSIEC, Mamman Nda-Eri, said the APC swept all the seats.

He declared that the APC candidates scored the highest number of valid votes cast and fulfilled all requirements of the law.

According to him, the exercise was peaceful, credible, free and fair, and was conducted in accordance with the KOSIEC Law 2025 and the Electoral Act 2022.

He said no petition was received challenging the electoral process before or during the election, adding that Certificates of Return will be issued to winners on a date to be announced.

He also commended the 12 political parties that participated, security agencies, observers and voters.

The outgoing Chairmen and Councillors who were sworn in on October 23, 2024, will leave office this month at the expiration of their two-year tenure.

CREDIT: Channels Television