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The local government election, conducted in Delta and Adamawa state saw the ruling party in the state securing the upper hand in all the chairmanship and councillorship elections. Take a look at the result below.
The party’s candidates contested against other parties and emerged winners in the 25 local government areas where the elections were conducted. However, there were no elections in the Udu Local Government Area as the chairmanship candidate of the party, Vincent Oyibode, returned unopposed.
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Also, the councillorship candidates contested and won 499 electoral wards in the state while the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) picked electoral ward one in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state.
The Delta local government election was the second after the Supreme Court granted financial autonomy to the third tier of government, ordering the Federal Government to pay the 20.60% monthly allocation of the 774 LGs in the country directly to their exclusive accounts and not to accounts controlled by governors.
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In the same way, the Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has declared the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) the overwhelming winner of the local government elections held on Saturday.
According to ADSIEC chairman, Mohammed Umar, the PDP secured a clean sweep, winning all 21 chairmanship seats and 225 councillorship seats in the state, while the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) secured a single councillorship seat in Demsa Local Government Area.
The election, which saw 18 political parties participate, was held on Saturday, with results announced on Sunday. The commission is set to present certificates of return to the winners on Monday. Read more Here.