READ Official Results Of 2015 Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) starts the official announcement of the results of the April 11 elections in Nigeria.

Collation centres in the 29 states are in the process of computing, before the official announcements would be made by the RECs.

SEE the official winners, as more declarations are expected during April 12, 2015, Sunday.

North Central

Nasarawa state: Governor Umaru Almakura of the APC confidently defeats his closest opponent, Labaran Maku of APGA, with the following results:

APC – 309,746

APGA – 178,983

PDP – 119,782.

Benue state: The INEC has declared the governorship candidate of the APC, Chief Samuel Ortom, as the winner of the election.

APC – 422,932

PDP –  313,878.

Terhemen Tarzor, the PDP candidate, has congratulated Ortom on his victory.

The APC governorship candidate, Abubakar Sani Bello, has been declared winner of the Niger state governorship election.

APC –  593,702

PDP –  239,772

Plateau state gubernatorial election has put the APC gubernatorial candidate, Simon Bako Lalong as a winner.

APC – 564,913

PDP – 520,627

In Kwara state Governor Abdul Fatah Ahmed confidently defeats his challenger, Senator Simeon Ajibola, with the following official result:

APC – 295,832

PDP – 115,220

LP – 2,973

South West

Lagos state: Jimi Agbaje (PDP) congratulates, prays for Akinwunmi Ambode (APC). The official result:

APC – 811,994

PDP – 659,788

AD – 6,087.

Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi (APC), is officially re-elected for the second term. INEC returning officer, Prof Ayobami Salami, read the result of governorship poll:

APC – 327,310

Accord – 254,520

LP – 184,111

PDP – 79,019.

Ogun REC, Prof Duro Oni, declares the APC candidate, Ibikunle Amosun, the winner of the governorship poll.

APC – 306,988

PDP – 201,440

SDP – 25,826.

South South

Delta state: Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of the PDP declared winner of governorship election.

PDP – 724,680

Cross River state: the PDP governorship candidate, Prof. Ben Ayade, has been declared the winner of the governorship election.

PDP – 342,016

APC – 53,983

LP – 36,918.

Nyesom Wike (PDP) was returned as governor-elect for Rivers state.

PDP – 1, 029,102

APC – 124,896.

Results from Akwa Ibom have been announced by the collating officer. Emmanuel Udom Gabriel (PDP) is the governor-elect:

PDP – 996,071

APC – 89,865

LP – 86,000.

South East

Engr Dave Umahi (PDP) is the winner of the April 11 governorship election in Ebonyi state.

PDP – 289,867

LP – 124,817

APC – 27,583.

Finally, results for Imo state announced. Rochas Okorocha emerges winner beating Chukwuemeka Ihedioha. Imo PDP says it will not accept the governorship election outcome, alleging that Okorocha was favoured.

APC – 392,093

PDP – 307,197.

According to the latest update, INEC says Imo state election is inconclusive.

Areas where results were cancelled have voting population of about 144,000, which is higher than the difference between the APC and the PDP.

Enugu state official results: Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi Lawrence (PDP) is the winner:

PDP – 482,277

APC – 43,839

APGA – 3,303.

North West

Kano state Deputy Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, defeated his PDP counterpart, Salihu Takaihas, and was declared winner of the governorship election.

APC –  1,546,434

PDP – 509,726

Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (APC) has been officially declared the winner in Sokoto state:

APC – 647,609

PDP – 269,074.

Jigawa state has decided, choosing Abubakar Badaru, the APC governorship candidate.

APC – 648,045

PDP – 479,447.

The state has been under PDP since 1999 when the country returned to democratic rule.

The PDP lost one more state, as Aminu Bello Masari (APC) has been declared the winner in Katsina state:

APC – 943,085

PDP – 476,768

APGA – 42,302.

Nasir El-Rufai (APC) is officially victorious in Kaduna state. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero (PDP) conceded the defeat.

APC – 1,117,635

PDP – 485,833

APGA – 20,140.

Kebbi state: Senator Atiku Bagudu (APC) emerges winner with the following result:

APC – 477,376

PDP – 293,443.

North East

Borno state: Kashim Shettima, the APC governorship candidate, is in comfortable lead.

The PDP candidate, Darius Dickson Ishaku, is ahead in the governorship election in Taraba state with result from one Local Government outstanding.

Barr. Mohammed Abubakar (APC) is the winner of the April 11 governorship election in Bauchi state.

APC – 654,934

PDP – 282,650.

Yobe state: Governor Ibrahim Gaidam got re-elected following the INEC declaration:

APC – 334,847

PDP – 179,700.

Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo (PDP) retains his seat in Gombe state.

PDP – 285,369

APC – 205,132.