There have been major political upsets in some states in Nigeria, as official results from Sunday's governorship elections are announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The New Nigeria People’s Party, formed just months to the poll, defeated the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) party to win the governor seat in Kano - the country's largest state and economic hub of the north.
A similar upset was registered in neighbouring Sokoto state where the APC candidate clinched the governorship seat, defeating the People's Democracy Party in its stronghold.
In the same vein, the PDP candidate in Zamfara governorship election, Dauda Lawal defeated the incumbent governor and APC candidate, Bello Matawalle, who was seeking second term re-election.
Down south, incumbent governor of Lagos Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of the APC, has been re-elected to oversee the affairs of Nigeria’s economic hub for another term of four years.
He defeated Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party.
Lagos is the home state of president-elect Bola Tinubu, who won last month’s disputed presidential polls.
The governorship and state assembly elections are the second and final part of Nigeria’s general elections but low voter turnout as well as incidents of violence, voter intimidation, vote buying, and ballot box snatching by armed groups marred the polls in parts of the country.
BBC
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