The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Hassan Shado, has emerged winner of the Dekina-Okura II Federal Constituency by-election in Kogi State.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Emmanuel Enenche-Onome, who announced the result on Sunday, said Shado polled 55,073 votes to defeat his closest challengers, Meliga Godwin of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 1,038 votes, and Egene Joseph Ugbede of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), with 445 votes.
“I declare that Mr. Hassan Shado, having scored the highest number of valid votes, is duly returned elected,” Enenche-Onome stated.
The election which held on Saturday, recorded low voter turnout, with six of the 18 registered political parties taking part.
The participating parties included Accord Party, African Democratic Congress (ADC), APC, APM, Social Democratic Party (SDP), and PDP.
The by-election followed the death of Hon. Enema Paul, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, on December 14, 2024, after a prolonged illness.
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