Ambode, el-Rufai, Dankwambo, Udom, Ugwuanyi Win Guber Polls
Umahi, Shettima, Ajimobi, Tambuwal, Amosun also victorious Okowa, Gaidam, Wike, others in clear lead Imo results declared inconclusive, Abia suspended
Results released yesterday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the 29 states in which governorship elections were held on Saturday, showed that Governors Abiola Ajimobi, Ibrahim Dankwambo, Ibikunle Amosun and Kashim Shettima of Oyo, Gombe, Ogun and Borno States, trounced their rivals in hard fought contests
to win their re-election bids.
Also, victories were recorded by first-timers bidding for governorship posts, comprising the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto); Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos); former FCT Minister Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna); former House Speaker Aminu Masari (Katsina); and Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi).
Others who won governorship elections are Deputy Governors Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) and Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (Kano); Prof. Ben Ayade (Cross River) Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa), Emmanuel Udom ( Akwa Ibom); and Senator Umar Jibrilla Bindow (Adamawa) and Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara).
While the former Minister of State for Education, Nyeson Wike (Rivers); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe), Dr. Samuel Ortom (Benue), Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa) and Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger) had built an unassailable lead over their rivals and were coasting to comfortable wins.
Also, Senator Aisha Alhassan, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, was leading Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by a very narrow margin of 8,748 votes in seven out of the 16 local government areas in the state.
The slim margin, notwithstanding, unofficial results from outstanding local government areas showed that the PDP candidate was expected to win the state.
As at press time, results were being awaited from Kebbi and Zamfara States,