The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Diket Plang of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Plateau State Central Senatorial District election.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that declaring the result of the supplementary election in Pankshin, the headquarters of the Plateau Central Senatorial zone, INEC’s Returning Officer (RO), Jima Lar said Plang scored a total vote of 131,129 to emerge the winner.
Plang’s closest challenger, Yohanna Gotom, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) came second with 127,022 votes, while Garba Pwul of the Labour Party emerged third with 36,510 votes.
“Hon Diket Plang having scored the highest votes at the election and having satisfied the requirements of the law has been declared the winner of the Plateau State Central Senatorial zone and returned elected,” the Returning Officer pronounced.
This newspaper had earlier reported that Ibrahim Bomai of the APC was declared as the winner of the Yobe South Senatorial District election.
Bomai secured 69,596 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Halilu Mazagane of the PDP, who garnered 68,885 votes.
THE APC STILL WINNING, INTERESTING.