Kaduna council poll: PDP wins Kajuru LGA election
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ibrahim Gajere has been declared winner of the Kajuru Local Government chairmanship election.
Returning Officer, Dr Ibrahim DanMaraya, who announced the results of the election on Sunday, said Gajere polled 14,432 votes to defeat the immediate past LG Chairman and All Progressives (APC) candidate, Cafra Caino, who scored 9,095 votes.
Additionally, the PDP won nine councillorship seats, while the ruling APC took one.
The Kaduna State independent National Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) moved the conduct from September 4 to September 25 over security concerns.
Three weeks ago, PDP candidate for Kaura LG election, Mathias Siman was declared winner.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Mande Hosea announced that Siman polled 19,505 votes to defeat APC’s Adamu Donatus who got 10,942 votes.
The APC also lost in Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s polling unit – 01 Ungwan Sarki – in the Kaduna North LG election.
After voting ended in the ward, the Presiding Officer, Muhammad Sani said APC scored 62 votes, while PDP polled 86 votes. The PDP floored the APC in the councilorship election.
In his reaction, El-Rufai explained that his party lost because it did not manipulate the e-voting machines.
From the result, the ruling APC in the state has now lost one of the LGAs under its control to the opposition PDP
In all, APC won 15 chairmanship seats in Kaduna LGA elections. Though the PDP won some seats, the ruling APC won the majority of the chairmanship and councillorship seats in the local government council elections held in Kaduna state on Saturday, September 4.
The party won 15 of the 17 chairmanships seats whose results had been earlier declared, while the PDP won the other two.
The polls were previously postponed in four of the state’s 23 local government areas over security concerns.
