Late arrival of materials, apathy mar Kaduna LG poll, as APC wins 23 councils

The local government election in Kaduna State on Saturday was characterized by Late arrival of materials and general apathy among voters. In many parts of the state, voters complained about the inability of the Kaduna State Electoral Independent Commission (SEICOM) to convey the voting materials to the polling unit on time. However, SEICOM has announced the result of the election with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) wining all the 23 local government Chairmanship seats as well as the 255 councillorship positions across the State.

SEICOM Chairman, Hajara Mohammed while announcing the results said “Eight political parties participated in the process, namely ADC, APC, APGA, LP, NNPP, PDP, PRP, and YPP. “The 23 local government returning officers and 255 wards returning officers have declared the results in their respective constituency and submitted their results in accordance with the law along side with the presiding officers. “By the power vested on the Commission, I hereby wish to confirm the result earlier collected and returned by the returning officers. I am confirming these results as follows; APC won the 23 local government Chairmanship positions and the 255 wards councillorship positions across the State. Meanwhile the Kaduna State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edward Masha had alleged gross irregularities in the conduct of the election across the state.

Addressing journalists on the outcome of the poll, Masha expressed concerns over the exclusion of crucial materials, specifically ward and local government result sheets, from the electoral umpire. “We were invited by SIECOM to receive sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria, but upon inspection, we discovered that the result sheets were missing. This omission compromised the integrity of the elections, and our representatives stood against the impunity,” He said.