By Fatima Zahra Muhammad
ASHENEWS reports that the Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Umar Mohammed Bago made an early lead in the governorship election in the state.
This is according to results presented on Sunday morning by Collation Officers from eight out of the 25 local government areas in Niger State.
The collation exercise started at 10:00 am at the Head Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Minna, Niger State.
The APC won in the Tafa, Gurara, Paikoro, Bosso, Suleja, and Katcha local government areas of Niger State.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in the Munya and Edati local government areas of the state.
So far, Bago has tallied 126,856 while the PDP got 118,432 votes.
Bago is contesting alongside Isah Liman Kantigi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The collation exercise which was on recess for an hour is expected to resume by 01:00 pm.
A breakdown of the results announced so far is included below.
Tafa LGA
APC- 12520
PDP- 12082
NNPP- 11
Gurara LGA
APC- 14,520
NNPP- 14
PDP- 11,506
Paikoro LGA
APC- 21,855
APGA- 59
LP- 106
NNPP- 192
PDP- 15,780
Munya LGA
APC- 8644
APGA- 11
LP- 21
NNPP- 13
PDP- 10,208
Bosso LGA
APC- 24,794
APGA- 63
LP- 211
NNPP- 229
PDP- 20,251
Suleja LGA
APC- 18,261
APGA- 83
LP- 1,664
NNPP- 365
PDP- 15,551
Katcha LGA
APC- 17,037
APGA-12
LP- 03
NNPP- 63
PDP- 16, 495
Edati LGA
APC- 9,225
APGA- 09
LP- 06
NNPP- 32
PDP- 16,559
