Nasarawa State governor, Tanko Al- Makura has been declared the winner of the governorship election in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Lafia, the state capital.
The governor won 12 out of the 13 local government areas, polling 309, 746 to defeat former Minister of Information and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Labaran Maku.
Maku came a distant second with 178, 983, while the PDP candidate, Dr. Yusuf Agabi polled 119, 782.
The results were announced by the Returning Officer for the governorship election, Prof. Hassan Rafindadi.
The final result sheet was signed by the agents of APC, PDP and other parties except that of Accord Party and APGA. The two agents left the collation centre before the APC candidate was declared winner at about 5AM on Monday morning by INEC.
Almakura won in Wamba, Obi, Akwanga, Keffi, Karu, Keana, Kokona and Nasarawa, Toto, Awe, Lafia, and Doma local government.
The APGA candidate, Labaran Maku won in Nasarawa Eggon, his home local government. The PDP did not win any local government in the state.
Below are the results from the 13 local governments as announced by the returning officer:
Wamba
APC 14, 872
APGA 2, 842
PDP 5, 043
Keana
APC 9, 505
APGA 3, 231
PDP 4, 432
Keffi
APC 23, 308
APGA 4, 174
PDP 6, 243
Akwanga
APC 18, 234
APGA 5, 427
PDP 6, 268
Karu
APC 23, 336
APGA 12, 665
PDP 10, 300
Kokona
APC 25, 419
APGA 12, 864
PDP 9, 701
Nasarawa Eggon
APC 7, 804
APGA 49, 285
PDP 5, 837
Obi
APC 25, 153
APGA 15, 662
PDP 10, 442
Nasarawa
APC 43, 842
APGA 11, 386
PDP 21, 405
Toto
APC 21, 915
APGA 5, 084
PDP 8, 788 Awe
APC 17, 364
APGA 1, 978
PDP 9, 592
Doma
APC 15356
APGA 7, 733
PDP 10, 286
Lafia
APC 63, 638
APGA 46, 652
PDP 11, 465
Returning officer, Prof. Hassan Rafindadi
Reg voters 1, 203, 099
Acc voters 650572
Apc 309746, 12
Apga 178983, 5
Pdp 119782, 4
Total valid votes 613508
Total votes cast 623279.
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