APC clears 23 out of 25 Kogi Assembly seats | Nairalaw

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 23 state
assembly seats in Kogi State out of the 25.

Omala and Lokoja 1 state constituencies are yet to be concluded,
while PDP boycotted the rescheduled Mopamoro state assembly
poll.

The Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole,
was also reelected to represent Kabba/Bunu state constituency.

He was declared winner having polled 17,248 votes to beat his
closest rival, Mr. Alfred Bello of the PDP, who scored 9,337 votes;
followed by Mr. Aiyenale Fred of ADC, who polled 2,172 votes.

The Returning Officer, Dr Kizito Sunday, who declared the
results at the INEC Collation Centre in Kabba on Sunday said
Kolawole scored a total votes of 17, 248 to beat his closest rival,
Mr. Alfred Bello of PDP, who scored 9,337 votes; while Mr. Aiyenale
Fred of ADC, scored 2,172 votes.

“Mathew Kolawole is therefore returned as duly elected, having
scored the highest votes in the election,’’ he said.

Nigerian Army Nabs Sponsored Political Thugs in Military
Uniforms

Credible intelligence available to the Nigerian Army (NA) has
confirmed the kitting of political thugs with military uniforms and
arming of same, to impersonate soldiers and perpetrate various
crimes in the furtherance of the activities of their political
bosses.

Sadly, these thugs have severally been wrongly viewed and
addressed as real military personnel on various social and
mainstream media channels including blogs, chat rooms and messaging
platforms thereby bringing the reputation of the NA on several
occasions to disrepute.

The NA understands that most civilians caught in the callous
onslaught of these murderous thugs might not be able to distinguish
between a genuine soldier from an impersonator, especially when
they are armed with military-type weapons.

However, several of such arrested impostors have given useful
information that has led to unravelling the level of criminal
involvement of some politicians in arming thugs for their depraved
selfish gains. Consequently, the NA would continue with the line of
investigations being pursued to bring to successful prosecution,
both the arrested impostors and their sponsors.

In the interim, the NA would continue to advice well-meaning
citizens to avoid been used as tools in the hands of such wicked
politicians who would go to any immoral length, including meeting
out violence, to steal the mandate of the people. “Nobody’s selfish
ambition is worth the life of an innocent Nigerian citizen”.

Additionally, the NA would continue to use every opportunity
available to remined Nigerians of its apolitical, neutral and
non-partisan stance. The NA would continue to execute its
constitutional responsibilities of providing aid to civil
authorities in order to create a safe and secure environment where
real democratic processes would thrive.

To this end, the NA would gladly welcome any information from
the public about known or suspected impostors/armed thugs being
used to perpetrate violence in the society, for the furtherance of
the wicked ambitions of any criminal individual. Please be assured
that every such information would be treated with the highest level
of confidentiality.

SAGIR MUSA
Colonel
Acting Director Army Public Relations