Muhammad Garba
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won all 27 Chairmanship and 281 out of 287 councillorships contested by 11 political parties in the last Saturday 5th October local government council election held in Jigawa state.
APGA won one councilor seat in Margadu ward in Guri local government, while the councillorship seats won by Accord Party included Ajaura ward in Taura Local Government, Kanwa ward in Jahun local government, Maiaduwa ward in Gagarawa local government and Guntusu ward of Gwaiwa local government.
The election results were declared at the respective local government headquarters and political ward coalition center across the 27 local government areas of the state.
According to the results obtained from the Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission (JISEC), the winner of the councilors hip of Dubantu ward in Hadejia local government was not declared due to disagreement over the results coalition and destruction of some ballot boxes.
However, the Executive Chairman of JISEC, Hon Auwalu Muhammad Harbo, has already presented a certificate of return to all the winners of the 27 local government chairman seats.
Commenting on the outcome of the election, the Chairman of Jigawa State APC, Hon Aminu Sani Gumel, congratulates his party members for the overwhelming victory.
“Going by the exemplary leadership of His Excellency Governor Malam Umar Namadi and how it is positively impacting the life of Jigawa citizens, we have 100 percent assurance of winning all the seats.
“Jigawa people have confidence in our party and our Leader Governor Namadi and his 12-point agenda designed to make Jigawa Great, therefore they cannot make the mistake of voting party that lacks a manifesto or clear blueprint for the development of Jigawa state” Hon Gumel stated.
However, all efforts to reach the state chairmen of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) for comment on the outcome of the election proved abortive as their phone numbers were not going, and also did not respond to the text messages at the time of filing this story.
The election was conducted peacefully and the winners of the 27 local government chairmanship will be sworn-in on Monday 7th October 2024.
