Mr Mathias Siman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Chairmanship seat in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the just concluded Council polls.
Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission conducted the elections on September 4 across 19 Local Government Areas in the state.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Mande Hosea, declared Siman winner of the election on Sunday in Manchok, having polled 19,505 votes, to defeat his closest opponent, Mr Adamu Donatus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , who garnered 10,942 votes.
“We acknowledged that voting did not take place in some polling units due to Electronic Voting Machines malfunction.
“However, the rule says that result can be declared if the total vote cast is up to two-thirds, and so far, the total votes cast are more than two-thirds.
“Therefore, Mr Mathias Siman of the PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is, hereby, declared winner of the election and returned elected,” he said.
The PDP also worn nine out of the 10 electoral wards for the councillors’ seats in the Local Government Area, with the APC winning only Manchok Ward.
Meanwhile, Alhaji Mohammed Usman of All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the Sabon Gari Local Government Council Chairmanship election.
The Returning Officer, Malam Abubakar-Mohammed Sadiq, announced the outcome of the election on Sunday in Sabon Gari, Zaria.
He said Usman had satisfied the requirements of the law, having scored highest number of votes,totaling 32,405, to defeat his closest contender, Alhaji Abdu Bello of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), who had 13,777 votes.
In spite of some technical hitches occasioned by the malfunctioning of electronic voting machines, as well as low turn-out of voters, the exercise was conducted peacefully.
