VP Sambo loses polling unit in Kaduna

VP Sambo loses polling unit in Kaduna

Sunday, March 29, 2015 12:31 am


The results of the presidential and national assembly elections in the former polling unit (Kabala 005) of Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo in Kaduna indicated that the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) received the overwhelming majority of votes.

The APC scored 386 votes to beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that scored 53 votes in the presidential election. APC got 385 and 369 votes in the senate and house of Representatives elections respectively while the PDP got 59 and 62 respectively.

The results were announced by the presiding officer Abdulfatah Ali.

Sambo however delivered his new polling unit to the PDP and Jonathan. Returning Officer, Olorufemi Raphael, while announcing the result at the Kabala Doki Ward 5, Police College polling unit 11, said  PDP polled 105 votes, APC 20 votes, NCP 01, and while  APA 01.

The Vice President had earlier, on the eve of the Saturday’s election, relocated his polling unit from Link/Camp Road to swimming pool road by  the Kaduna Police College fence.

*Reported by Weekend Trust


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