LG Polls: PDP wins 30 LGs in Akwa Ibom, APC clinches 23 in Benue

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won 30 chairmanship positions in the Saturday’s local government council election in Akwa Ibom.

Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak, the Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission, announced this in a signed result released in Uyu on Sunday.

Ikoiwak also announced that the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Usoro Effiong won as the Chairman of Essien Udim Local Government Council.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the election was conducted in the 31 local government areas and 369 wards in the state.

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has clinched all 23 local government chairmanship seats in the local government elections conducted in Benue on Saturday.

The Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Mr Richard Tombowua, announced the results on Sunday in Makurdi.

Tombowua said that the APC also won all 276 councillorship seats in the state.

The chairman said that the election held in all the 5,102 polling units in the state spread across 276 council wards in the 23 local governments.

According to him, the results brought in by the 23 local government electoral officers show that APC won all the seats, which were keenly contested by five other political parties.

“A total of eight political parties participated in the elections, but in the field only five participated, which are APC, APGA, LP, PDP, and SDP.

“There is no local government where there was a candidate that was returned unopposed; every local government election is contested the same thing with the ward council,” he said.