APC sweeps Kebbi local council elections
The Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission (KESIEC), on Sunday, declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s local council polls in the state.
Aliyu Muhammad-Mera, chairman of the commission, who announced this in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, said the party won all the 21 chairmanship seats and 225 ward councillorship positions.
Mr Muhammad-Mera said that 17 political parties participated in the polls, including APC, NNPP, LP, AAC, Boot Party, AP, and SDP, among others.
He announced that the commission had ratified and adopted the chairmanship results for the LGAs as announced by the various councils’ Returning Officers and the councillorship results as announced at the electoral wards.
Mr Muhammad-Mera expressed joy that the exercise was peaceful and hitch-free and commended the security agencies and all other stakeholders for their invaluable support.
The PDP had boycotted the elections, insinuating that the KESIEC chairman and his commissioners were card-carrying members of the APC.
The PDP alleged that the commission’s leadership would not in any way be fair to opposition parties.
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