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The 1999 Kwara State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The APP nominee Mohammed Lawal won the election, defeating the PDP candidate. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Mohammed Lawal emerged APP candidate. [6] [7]
The Governor of Kwara State is elected using the plurality voting system.
The APP primary election was won by Mohammed Lawal. [8] [9]
The total number of registered voters in the state was 940,425. Total number of votes cast was 585,468 while number of valid votes was 567,568. Rejected votes were 17,900. [10] [11] [12]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Lawal | All People's Party | 283,136 | 61.91 | |
| People's Democratic Party | 174,205 | 38.09 | ||
| Total | 457,341 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 457,341 | 96.23 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 17,900 | 3.77 | ||
| Total votes | 475,241 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 940,425 | 50.53 | ||
| Source: Nigeria World, IFES, Semantics Scholar | ||||
Mohammed Alabi Lawal ; January 24, 1946 – November 15, 2006) was a Nigerian naval officer who was military governor of Ogun State between December 1987 and August 1990 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was one of the pioneers of the Nigeria Navy Secondary School Abeokuta.The then Navy Captain Mohammed Lawal, invited the Nigerian Navy to consider a location of the defunct St Leo's Teachers' Training College at Ibara Abeokuta (www.nnssab.net)on a hilly Onikolobo site. This premises had been abandoned and merely serve as a route to the Catholic Compound and was also used for administering a newly conceived secondary school in that name. The Nigerian Navy considered the site and found it suitable. After the return to democracy in 1999 he was elected governor of Kwara State, holding office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003.
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