2015 Kogi State gubernatorial election

none August 2026 2015 Kogi State gubernatorial election presidential no 2011 Kogi State gubernatorial election 2011 2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election 2019 21 November 2015 Idris Wada People's Democratic Party 199,514 Prince Abubakar Audu All Progressives Congress 240,867 Governor Idris Wada PDP Yahaya Bello APC The 2015 Kogi State Gubernatorial election was held on 21 November 2015 to elect a governor for Kogi State.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/194601-%E2%80%8Einec-declares-apcs-yahaya-bello-winner-of-kogi-governorship-election.html INEC declares APC's Yahaya Bello winner of Kogi governorship election 28 January 2016 Premium Times The last Kogi state gubernatorial election was held in 2011. The incumbent governor, Captain Idris Wada, ran for re-election against the former governor, Prince Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress. Kogi State has a different governorship election calendar from other states of the Nigerian Federation. This happened in 2007, when the Appeal Court affirmed annulment of the election of the incumbent, Ibrahim Idris for electoral irregularities and ordered a fresh election in a case filed by Abubakar Audu.Nigeria: As Appeal Court Upholds Idris' Sack, Kogi Speaker Takes Over https://allafrica.com/stories/200802070156.html Candidates This is a list of Kogi State governorship candidates and their political parties. Although there would have been 22 candidates but Zainab Usman, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), announced her withdrawal from the contest on 21 November, asking her supporters to votes for Abubakar Audu. But this was too late to alter election materials, thus her name remained on the ballot paper. Two candidates were prominent, namely Idris Wada (incumbent) of the Peoples Democratic Party and Abubakar Audu of the All Progressives Congress.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/193562-kogi-election-audu-wada-20-other-candidates-in-race-for-governor.html Kogi Election: Audu, Wada, 20 other candidates in race for Governor February 27, 2016 November 21, 2015 Premium Times CandidatePartyPrince Abubakar Audu APCCaptain Idris Wada PDPIsah Yakubu KamaldeenAADickson F. Fred AUkenya Musa ACD Michael Abdullahi ADOdufu Cosmas Friday APAAkwu Umar Goodman APGAYinka Cherry OloruntobaCPP Philips Ezekiel KoleolaDPC Abubakar Ibrahim DPPIbrahim AdejohIDRaji Ogirima KOWAPhilips Omeiza Ozovehe Salawu LPMohammed Ibrahim Dangana NCPMallam Abdul HusseinNNPPEmmanuel DaikwoPD Emmanuel Enesi Ozigi PPAOjuh Godwin HusseinPPNEnema Paul SDPSaád Mukailu YaroUDPUsman ZainabADC Gubernatorial election campaigns Gubernatorial election campaigns by political parties commenced on 24 July 2015, and ended 19 November 2015.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/186473-inec-releases-timetable-for-governorship-elections-in-kogi-bayelsa.html INEC releases timetable for governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa July 10, 2015 Premium Times The two top contenders campaigned throughout the 21 local governments and 239 wards of the state. Results On 22 November 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the results of the election from all the 21 local government areas in the State.http://www.channelstv.com/2015/11/22/inec-declares-kogi-governorship-election-inconclusive/ INEC Declares Kogi Governorship Election Inconclusive - Channels Television Channels Television 26 February 2016 Though there were thoughts of possibly violence that resulted in huge deployment of security personnel, election day turned out to be largely peaceful. The election drew a crowd of voters in the election between the opposition APC and the ruling PDP (in Kogi State at the time). The results announced in all the polling units which make up the state for the election were declared by the State Collation/Returning Officer.http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/confusion-as-inec-declares-kogi-election-inconclusive/120775.html Confusion as INEC declares Kogi election inconclusive 26 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307062531/http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/confusion-as-inec-declares-kogi-election-inconclusive/120775.html 7 March 2016 dead Daily Trust Prince Abubakar Audu sponsored by the All Progressives Congress (APC) had 240,867 votes while Captain Idris Wada, the incumbent governor, who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 199,514 and came second. The margin between the two candidates was 41,353 votes.http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/kogidecides-inec-declares-kogi-governorship-election-inconclusive/ Lagos, Nigeria #kogidecides: INEC Declares Kogi Governorship Electionm Inconclusive 22 November 2015 26 February 2016 Vanguard Election declared inconclusive The candidate of the APC, Abubakar Audu died while election data were being collated for declaration of winner.How APC Governorship Candidate, Abubakar Audu, died - Relative https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/193748-how-apc-governorship-candidate-abubakar-audu-died-relative.html 2015-11-22 en-GB 2020-05-02 Premium TimesAbubakar Audu dies after 'massive stroke' https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-audu-apcs-kogi-candidate-dead 2015-11-22 TheCable en-US 2020-05-02Abubakar Audu died before his time— Tinubu https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/11/23/abubakar-audu-died-before-his-time-tinubu/ Lagos, Nigeria P.M. News 2020-05-02 This threw up confusion as to who would inherit the votes received by the deceased candidate.INEC asks APC to replace Audu, orders Kogi election to continue https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/193846-inec-asks-apc-to-replace-audu-orders-kogi-election-to-continue.html 2015-11-24 en-GB 2020-05-02 Premium TimesFaleke kicks as APC replaces Audu with Bello https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-apc-picks-bello-as-faleke-kicks 2015-11-30 TheCable en-US 2020-05-02Kogi: Why we rejected Audu Abubakar's son as father's replacement - APC https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/195368-kogi-why-we-rejected-audu-abubakars-son-as-fathers-replacement-apc.html 2015-12-18 en-GB 2020-05-02 Premium Times The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared the election inconclusive mainly due to the death of the APC candidate,Abubakar Audu's Death: INEC confused over fate of inconclusive Kogi governorship poll https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/193815-abubakar-audus-death-inec-confused-over-fate-of-inconclusive-kogi-governorship-poll.html 2015-11-23 en-GB 2020-05-02 Premium Times but cited other legal reasons to back its actio.#kogidecides: INEC Declares Kogi Governorship Election Inconclusive https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/kogidecides-inec-declares-kogi-governorship-election-inconclusive/ Lagos, Nigeria 2015-11-22 Vanguard en-US 2020-05-02INEC Declares Kogi governorship election inconclusive https://freedomradionig.com/inec-declares-kogi-governorship-election-inconclusive/ Abubakar Hassana Salisu 2015-11-22 Freedom Radio Nigeria en-GB 2020-05-02INEC declares Kogi governorship election inconclusive https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/193724-inec-declares-kogi-governorship-election-inconclusive.html 2015-11-22 en-GB 2020-05-02 Premium Times According to results declared by the Returning Officer, Emmanuel Kucha, Abubakar Audu of the All Progressives Congress scored 240,867 while Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party scored 199,514 votes. Mr. Kucha said the margin of votes between Abubakar Audu and Idris Wada is 41,353. And thereby making the election inconclusive because the total number of registered voters in 91 polling units, in 18 local government areas, where election was cancelled is 49,953.http://saharareporters.com/2015/11/22/inec-declares-kogi-election-inconclusive New York City, United States INEC Declares Kogi Election Inconclusive 26 February 2016 Sahara Reporters Supplementary Election The Supplementary Election was conducted on 5 December 2015, in 91 polling units across 18 local government areas in Kogi state. According to the results declared by Mr. Kucha, the APC had 6,885 votes in the supplementary election, bringing the total votes it received to 247,752, having polled 240,857 in the November 21 election. The second runner up, the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Captain Idris Wada, the incumbent governor, scored 5,363 in the supplementary election. Thus, PDP polled a total of 204, 877 votes, having had 199,514 at the November 21 election.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/194601-inec-declares-apcs-yahaya-bello-winner-of-kogi-governorship-election.html INEC declares APC's Yahaya Bello winner of Kogi governorship election 26 February 2016 Premium Times Declaration of Kogi state Governor The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) declared Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress following inconclusiveness of the governorship election on November 22. The Returning Officer, Mr. Kucha, declared Mr. Bello winner. Following the conclusion that Yahaya Bello of the APC, satisfied the requirement of the law. Mr. Kucha said, Mr. Bello emerged APC candidate for the supplementary election, after the death of Abubakar Audu on November 22. The deceased won the APC primary election and Yahaya Bello was first runner-up. 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