PDP records landslide victory in Zamfara LGA elections

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all 14 chairmanship seats in the local government election in Zamfara state.

Bala Aliyu, chair of the Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC), announced the results on Sunday in Gusau, the state capital.

Aliyu said the APC also won all 147 councillorship seats, adding that 18 political parties participated in the election.

“Based on the results announced by the electoral and returning officers at different collation centres, at the end of the exercise, 14 candidates of the PDP won the chairmanship positions,” NAN quoted Aliyu as saying.

“The 147 candidates of the same party won all the councillorship positions in the state.

“We appreciate stakeholders, especially security agencies, media organisations, CSOs, NGOs as well as political parties.”

Aliyu said the exercise was “conducted peacefully and successfully” across the state, adding that the electorate showed commendable orderliness.

Speaking after voting on Saturday, Dauda Lawal, Zamfara governor, commended the “massive” turnout of voters and overall “peaceful” conduct.

The governor noted that LGAs are the closest tier of government to the people, and that the proximity enables them to address grassroots needs.

“You know, elections are all about people and development, the election process starts from LGs to the state,” Lawal said.

“The LG poll is important with local government councils being the third tier of government and most closer to the people.”