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Preliminary
results from across the country indicate that all of a sudden the erstwhile ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is about to requite its majority of governorship seats to the former opposition paty the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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NEWS projection suggests that the opposition All Progressives Congress, which
won the March 28 presidential and national assembly elections, will prevail in some of the States under PDP control including Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina and
Kebbi.
As the returns of votes announced by INEC and collated by independents pundits, the APC might win 17 of 29 states where governorship election held Saturday.
This
projection foresees APC victories in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Jigawa,
Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Sokoto,
Yobe and Zamfara States.
By our projections, Rivers
and Imo States remains too close to call.
The
Peoples Democratic Party may win in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi,
Enugu, Gombe, Plateau and Taraba states.
If
the final outcome of the election stands that way, the APC will be in control
of 19 states when two of its states – Edo and Osun – where governorship
election did not hold Saturday, are added.
The
party will also nominate the federal minister who will govern the federal
capital, Abuja.
On
the other hand, the PDP will be in control in 15 states, given that it is presently
the ruling party in Ondo, Ekiti, Bayelsa and Kogi states, where governorship
election did not hold Saturday.
The
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) remains in charge only in Anambra so far.
- Battleground Lagos -
Nigeria's economic
capital Lagos has been controlled by the opposition since the end of military
rule in 1999, but the PDP has campaigned hard in the megacity and surrounding
state of the same name.
Some experts have said
PDP candidate Jimi Agbaje could pull out a surprise win over the APC's
Akinwunmi Ambode, who is hoping to succeed Governor Babatunde Fashola.
Fashola steps down after
a maximum two four-year terms during which he strived to improve Lagos'
infrastructure and enhance its appeal as an investment centre, but he faced
criticism over slum clearance.
- Jonathan's example praised -
Experts believe the
opposition could add to its tally of governors with the central state of
Plateau as well as Kaduna in the north.
There has been
dissatisfaction with outgoing PDP governor Jonah Jang in Plateau, while Kaduna,
a religiously and ethnically mixed state, voted nearly 70 percent in favour of
Buhari two weeks ago.
Taraba in the east is in
the spotlight because it could return a female governor for the first time in
Nigeria's history in the shape of Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan.
Jonathan made history two
weeks ago by conceding the election before the final results were announced,
winning plaudits for his statesmanship and for defusing the threat of violence.
Information Minister
Patricia Akwashiki on Saturday urged candidates in the local polls to follow
his example, with post-poll violence having hit previous elections in Nigeria.
"If our president was
able to walk away from an election and accept defeat, everybody, the winner and
the loser, should be able to accept that the people's will is what will carry
the day," local media quoted her as saying.
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