#ElectionBuzzNig’23
As the 2023 general election in Nigeria draws closer, Mr. Kolawole Abiola has emerged as the People’s Redemption Party, PRP, Presidential candidate.
Mr. Abiola won the PRP’s Presidential ticket with a total vote of 2,097 to defeat his closest revival, Usman Muhammad Bugaje, who polled 813 votes.
Patience Ndidi Key scored 329, while Gboluga Erosimi Mosugu scored 263.
The total accredited votes were 3,625, valid votes 3,519, and void votes 141.
The PRP National Chairman, Alhaji Falalu Bello, declared Mr. Abiola, the winner of the party’s presidential primary, held across the 36 States of the Federation.
According to him, a 36-man committee and the State organising committee for the primary election were earlier set up, and they conducted the Primaries in the various states of Nigeria.
He explained that the party’s presidential seat had not been zoned to any part of the country, and all party members were free to contest.
The people’s Redemption Party’s presidential primary started from 12 noon to 4 pm across the States. The results were collated at the Party’s Secretary in Abuja, the nation’s capital, with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, officials present to witness the process.
Presidential Aspirants of the PRP were Patience Ndidi Key, Gboluga Erosimi Mosugu, Latifu Kolawole Abiola, and Usman Muhammad Bugaje.
Below are the details of the collation of the Primaries
Bauchi State, North-east Nigeria
Accredited vote of delegates- 98
97 valid votes
1 void vote
Key _16 votes
Mosugu_ 3 votes
Abiola_ 26 votes
Bugaje_ 52 votes
Plateau State, north-central
88 Accredited votes
88 valid votes
No void vote
Key -15 votes
Mosugu- 1
Abiola -71
Bugaje -1
Ondo State, south-west Nigeria
96 Accredited votes
94 valid vote
2 void vote
Key-0
Mosugu -1
Abiola -92
Bugaje- 1
Abia State, southeast Nigeria
84 Accredited
Valid 83
Void 1
Key -13
Mosugu- 0
Abiola- 45
Bugaje -25
Delta State Southern Nigeria
Accredited votes 64
Valid votes
No void vote
Key- 55
Mosugu -2
Abiola -7
Bugaje -0
Jigawa State, North-west Nigeria
Accredited votes 124
Valid votes 123
Void vote 1
Key- 4
Mosugu -12
Abiola- 99
Bugaje- 18
Nasarawa State, North -Central Nigeria
Accredited votes 68
Valid votes 49
Void votes 19
Key- 1
Mosugu- 0
Abiola -47
Bugaje -1
Kwara State, North_ central Nigeria
Accredited votes 79
Valid votes 79
No void votes
Key -0
Mosugu -0
Abiola -77
Bugaje -2
Oyo State, South-west Nigeria
Accredited votes 163
Valid 122
Void votes 41
Key -1
Mosugu- 5
Abiola -116
Bugaje- 0
Niger State, North-central Nigeria
The total accredited votes were 48
Valid votes 48
There were no void votes
Key- 5
Mosugu
Imo State south-east Nigeria
Accredited 124
Key -20
Mosugu -27
Abiola- 14
Bugaje -63
Taraba State, North-east Nigeria
Accredited votes 105
Valid votes 103
Void votes 2
Key -28
Mosugu -27
Abiola -28
Bugaje -18
Yobe State, North-west Nigeria
Accredited votes 101
Valid votes 100
Void 1
Key- 23
Mosugu -8
Abiola- 49
Bugaje -20
Ogun State, south-east Nigeria
Accredited delegates 96
Valid 96
No valid votes
Key -0
Mosugu -0
Abiola -95
Bugaje -1
Benue State, North-central, has a total number of 130 accredited delegates
Valid votes 107
Void votes 3
Key-3
Mosugu- 3
Abiola -111
Bugaje- 11
Kebbi State, North-west Nigeria, has 92 delegates and 92 valid votes.
No void votes.
Key -1
Mosugu -10
Abiola -33
Bugaje- 48
Akwa- Ibom State, Southern Nigeria, had 134 accredited delegates.
Valid votes 134
No void
Key -0
Mosugu -1
Abiola -131
Bugaje- 2
Zamfara State, North-west Nigeria has 84 delegates
84 valid votes
No void votes
Key -0
Mosugu- 3
Abiola -65
Bugaje- 16
Federal Capital Territory, FCT has 46 Accredited delegates
Valid votes 46
Void votes 0
Key -0
Mosugu- 0
Abiola -11
Bugaje- 35
Borno State, North-east Nigeria, has 151 Accredited delegates
131 valid votes and
9 void votes
Key -5
Mosugu -17
Abiola -86
Bugaje -34
Anambra State, south-east Nigeria, has a total number of 121 delegates
Valid votes 117
Void votes 4
Key -4
Mosugu -12
Abiola -70
Bugaje- 27
Lagos State South-west Nigeria
105 delegates.
Valid votes 105
No void votes
Key -26
Mosugu -8
Abiola- 70
Bugaje -1
Ekiti State South-west Nigeria has a total number of 72 delegates.
Valid votes 70
Void votes 2
Key -0
Mosugu -17
Abiola -53
Bugaje-0
Kano State, North-west Nigeria
Accredited delegates 164, and there were no void votes.
Key- 5
Mosugu -3
Abiola- 77
Bugaje-79
Cross River State Southern Nigeria recorded 78 accredited delegates
70 valid votes
8 void votes
Key -3
Mosugu -3
Abiola -63
Bugaje- 1
Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria, had 103 accredited delegates and 103 valid votes.
There were no void votes
Key -4
Mosugu- 1
Abiola- 29
Bugaje -69
Sokoto State, northwest, has 90 accredited delegates with 80 valid votes. While void votes were 10.
Key -4
Mosugu -0
Abiola -44
Bugaje -32
Adamawa State, North-eastern Nigeria, had 104 accredited delegates
Valid votes 104
There were no void votes
Key- 0
Mosugu -3
Abiola -71
Bugaje -30
Ebonyi State south-east Nigeria had 66 accredited delegates and 66 valid votes
No void votes
Key -4
Mosugu- 17
Abiola -30
Bugaje -15
Enugu State, also in the Southeastern part of Nigeria, recorded 60 accredited delegates, 55 valid votes, and 5 void votes
Key- 3
Mosugu- 16
Abiola- 36
Bugaje- 0
Edo State, southern Nigeria, has 88 accredited delegates and 88 valid
Key- 67
Mosugu- 18
Katsina State North-west Nigeria has 152 accredited delegates, 151 valid vote
1 void vote.
Key -0
Mosugu- 1
Abiola- 17
Bugaje -133
Kogi State, North-central Nigeria, has 79 accredited delegates
78 valid votes while 1 void vote
Key- 5
Mosugu -27
Abiola -40
Bugaje- 6
Finally, Gombe State, north -eastern part of Nigeria, recorded 66 accredited delegates
66 valid votes and no void votes
Key -5
Mosugu -0
Abiola -14
Bugaje- 47
