BREAKING NEWS: PDP Ishaku claims victory in Taraba gov election

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People's Democratic Party candidate in person of Mr Daruis Ishaku.
has won the Taraba supplementary governorship election held on
Saturday.
The Returning Officer, Prof Kyari Mohammed, who announced the result
on Sunday in Jalingo, said Ishaku scored 369,318 votes to emerge
victorious.
He said Sen. Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress came
second with 275,984 votes, while Chief David Kente of the Social
Democratic Party (SDP), polled 29, 966 votes.
The returning officer said there were 1,461,645 total registered
voters in the state, of which 787,516 were accredited for the
election.
Mohammed said that the total valid votes cast were 681,166, while the
total votes rejected was 174,131.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the April 11 governorship
election was declared inconclusive by the Independent National
Electoral Commission due to widespread irregularities.
INEC, on April 25, conducted supplementary elections in 218 polling
units in 10 council areas of the state.
The APC agent, Alhaji Gambo Umar, however, rejected the result stating
that the party would challenge it in court.
On his part, the PDP agent, Mr Rebo Usman, said, "this is a well
deserved victory."
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