INEC has revealed the first winner of the 2015 electoral polls.

The winner is Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ado/Opoku/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency in Benue State, Christian Adabah Abah because he ran unopposed.
Abah was declared winner because he was the sole candidate seeking election into the House of Representative from the constituency.
His position was authorised in a Decision Extract signed by the Director (Commission’s Secretariat), Ishiaku Gali, where the election was declared as being uncontested.
It read: “Section 41 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) provides that: If after expiration of time for delivering of nomination papers, withdrawal of candidates and the extension of time as provided for in this Act, there is only one person whose name is validly nominated in respect of an election, other than to the office of the President or Governor, that person shall be declared elected” .
INEC also removed the eligibility of seven governorship candidates due to failing to nominate their running mates as at when due.
INEC revealed that the parties affected include: the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) in Delta State; Labour Party (LP) in Niger State and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Ogun State.
The rest include Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in Oyo state; United Democratic Party (UDP), in Rivers State; and Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), in Sokoto and Zamfara states respectively.
“Section 187 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) provides that a candidate to the office of a Governor shall not be deemed to be validly nominated for such office unless he appoints another candidate as his running mate who shall occupy the office of Deputy Governor,” the commission said.
The 2015 national elections is scheduled to begin on the 14th of Febraury, while the governorship election begins a week later.