UPDATE: APC Wins Kwara, Katsina By-elections

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday night declared Raheem Olawuyi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal constituency bye-election in Kwara State.

Announcing the results, INEC’s Chief Returning Officer for the poll, Prof. Abimbola Adesoji, said APC had 21,236 votes, followed by PDP with 18,095 votes.

He added that the Labour Party had 150 votes; just as the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) had 76 votes while UPN had 42 votes.

He said out of the 40,930 total votes cast, the total valid votes were 39,599 while 1,331 votes were rejected.

Meanwhile, Alhaji Abubakar Kusada of the All Progressives Congress(APC) was also declared the winner of the by-election into the House of Representatives .

The election was conducted in the Kankiya/Kusada/Ingawa Federal Constituency in Katsina State on Saturday.

Kusada was the speaker of Katsina State House of Assembly before his election Saturday.

Prof. Adedayo Hamza, the returning officer who announced the result on Saturday in Kankiya said Kusada scored 48,518 votes to emerge winner.

Alhaji Abdussamad Yusuf of PDP came second with 20,193 votes, while Nasiru Kankiya of the Peoples Redemption Party scored 1,810 votes as second runner-up.

Abdullahi Umar of the Yes Electorate Solidarity (YES) got 221 votes.

According to Hamza, the total number of registered voters in the constituency is 193,904, while the number of accredited voters was 74,242.

The number of valid votes cast was 70,742 and rejected votes 2,331.The total number of votes cast was 73,073.

Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner, advised political parties to intensify voter education and management of polling units.

He commended the political parties, security agencies, media men and other stakeholders for the peaceful conduct of the by-election.