It was all excitement as 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.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Idris Ahmed.
Announcing the result in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad-Mera, Chairman of the commission, said the party won all the 21 Chairmanship seats and 225 Ward Councillors.
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.
Expressing joy over the peaceful and hitch free exercise, he commended the security agencies and all other stakeholders for their invaluable support.
PDP had since boycotted the elections, insinuating that the KESIEC Chairman and his Commissioners were card carrying members of APC.
The PDP alleged that the commission’s leadership would not in any way be fair to opposition parties.
