List and faces of All Newly Elected Governors in Nigeria 2015 part1

Here are the faces of the governors that won in their respective states during the elections which was held on April 11, 2015, across the country.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) won 19 states while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won 7 states out of those for which results have been announced.

The governorship elections were declared inconclusive in Abia, Imo and Taraba states of which a re-run in some pooling units were conducted on April 25, 2015 while elections didn’t hold in Kogi, Osun, Ekiti, Edo, Anambra, Ondo, Bayelsa.

Nigeria’s new Governors-elect are:

1. Akwa Ibom – Emmanuel Udom (PDP)

PDP’s Udom Emmanuel won the governorship election in Akwa Ibom. Emmanuel scored 996, 071 votes to defeat opponent, Umana Umana, who got 89, 865 votes.

2. Adamawa – Bindow Jibrilla (APC)

Bindo Jibrilla of APC triumphed over 11 other contestants, amongst them,Malam Nuhu Ribadu, to emerge winner of Adamawa Governorship election.

Declaring the result in the early hours of Monday, the Returning Officer of the election, Geofrey Okogbaa, said Jibrilla scored 362, 329 votes out of the 684, 050 total valid votes cast, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

3. Bauchi – Barrister Mohammed Abubakar (APC)

APC gubernatorial candidate in Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar won.

Abubakar polled 654,934 votes, to defeat nine other contestants, including PDP candidate, Mohammed Jatau who secured 282,650 votes.

4. Benue – Samuel Ortom (APC)

Former Minister of State for Trade and Industries, Samuel Ortom of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has won the Benue governorship election. Ortom polled 422,932 votes to beat seven other contestants.

The results showed that Ortoms’ closest rival in the contest, Terhemen Tarzoor of the PDP scored 313,878, NAN report.

5. Borno – Kashim Shettima (APC)

The returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Borno State, Professor Yaganami Karta, has declared Governor Kashim Shettima as the winner of the gubernatorial election in the state.

Declaring the results at the INEC headquarters in Maiduguri, Professor Karta said that the APC candidate satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest votes of 649,913 out of 690,182.

6. Cross River – Prof. Ben Ayade (PDP)

The Peoples Democratic Party Candidate, Senator Benedict Ayade, has been declared winner of the governorship election in Cross River State with 342,016 votes.

His two opponents, Mr Odey Ochicha of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had 53,983 votes, while Mr Fidelis Ugbo of the Labour Party scored a total of 36,918 votes.

7.Delta – Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP)

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday declared Ifeanyi Okowa, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Delta state.

The Returning Officer for the election, Bio Nyananyo, announced in Asaba, the Delta state capital, that Mr. Okowa polled 724,680 votes to beat his closest rival, Great Ogboru of the Labour Party, who got 130,028 votes.

8.Ebonyi -Engr Dave Umahi (PDP)

Ebonyi State deputy governor and PDP candidate, Dave Umahi won the Ebonyi elections. Leadership states that “Umahi polled a total of 289, 867 votes to emerged winner after defeating his closest rival, the Labour party candidate, Sir Edward Nkwegu who pulled a total of 124, 817 votes.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Juluis Ucha got a total of 27, 583 votes.”

9. Enugu – Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP)

The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) was on Sunday declared the winner of the gubernatorial elections held in Enugu State in April 11, 2015.

According to results collated and announced by INEC from the 17 local government areas in the state, Hon. Ugwuanyi won in all the councils.

Candidate of the PDP, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi scored 482,277 to defeat the candidate of APC , Okey Ezea, who scored 43,837.

10. Gombe – Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP)

The PDP governorship candidate in Gombe State has won the election despite losing the Presidential election .

Dankwambo scored 285,369 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Inuwa Yahya of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who scored 205,132 votes.
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