The trend of state ruling parties dominating local government elections continued on Saturday as the All Progressives Congress (APC) swept the polls in Kaduna and Kogi states.
In most states that have conducted the elections this year, voter turnout was low, and the opposition parties have alleged malpractice by the state government-run electoral commissions. The states where local elections have been held recently cut across party lines, with the ruling parties winning virtually all the seats in Ebonyi, Bauchi, Kebbi, Kwara, Imo, Enugu and others.
On Saturday, the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission returned the ruling APC candidates as the winners of all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in the state’s 23 local government areas.
In Kogi, the ruling party also won all 21 chairmanship seats and 239 councillorship seats.
Eight political parties presented candidates for the elections in Kaduna State.
The chairman of the commission, Hajara Mohammed,…