Kwara: Saraki Concedes Defeat, Congratulates APC’s Abdulrazaq

Senate President Bukola Saraki has conceded defeat to the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State’s governorship and
Houses of Assembly elections.

He congratulated the governor-elect, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and
other winners.

He said: “I thank all Kwarans, particularly PDP supporters, who
worked for the party in the just concluded elections. My
congratulations go to Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq and all those who
emerged at all levels. I wish them all the best.”

I thank all Kwarans, particularly PDP
supporters, who worked for the party in the just concluded
elections. My congratulations go to Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq and all
those who emerged at all levels. I wish them all the best.

— Abubakar Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) March
10, 2019^[1]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) won the governorship ticket
and all the 24 House of Assembly seats in Kwara.

The Returning Officer for the governorship election, Prof. Liman
Sanusi, announced the emergence of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of the
APC as winner of the governorship election.

Sanusi, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Lafia
said AbdulRazaq scored a total of 331 546 votes to emerge
victorious.

Sanusi said Razak Atunwa of the PDP came second with 114,754
votes, while APA came third.

According to the returning officer, the total number of
registered voters in the state is 1,376,372, while a total of
464,393 were accredited for the election.

He added that there were 453,433 valid votes, while 9,994 votes
were rejected.

He said “I, Prof. Mohammed Sanusi Liman, hereby certify that I
am the Returning Officer for the governorship election of March 9,
2019 in Kwara.

“That AbdukRahman AbdulRazaq, having satisfied the requirements
of the law by scoring more than one quarter of the votes cast in
each of the 16 local governments and the highest number of votes is
hereby declared the winner and return elected.”

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Malam GarbaGarba
Ataihuru-Madami, also announced that candidates of the APC won all
the 24 seats in the House of Assembly.

He said that the results of the elections were announced at the
various state constituencies by the Returning Officers for the
constituencies.