The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the
three legislative positions contested at Saturday’s
re-run in Taraba.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state,
Habu Zarma, announced the results at a press
briefing on Sunday in Jalingo.
Mr. Zarma said that the PDP candidate, Dan-Asabe
Hosea, won the Sardauna/Kurmi/Gashaka Federal
Constituency with 37,645 votes, while his closest
rival, Ibrahim Elsudi of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, received 37,609 votes.
The commissioner added that the former Speaker of
the state’s House of Assembly, Abel Diah of the PDP,
also defeated Emmanuel Bongo of the APC for the
Mbamnga state constituency with 7,825 votes as
against 5,642 votes.
He said that Emmanuel Dame of the PDP got the
victory for Ardo Kola state constituency with 12,138
votes over Sanusi Janbawaile of the APC who got
11,047 votes.
The REC thanked stakeholders for ensuring peaceful
election across the affected areas in the state.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola had in December
2015 nullified the elections in the constituencies and
ordered re-run in some polling units across the
three local government areas of the state.
(NAN)
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