Nasarawa State
governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate,
Umaru Tanko Almakura appears to have won the governorship election in
the state after polling 191,463 votes to beat his major opponents in the
race.
As of the time of
this report, Governor Al-Makura won in eight or the nine local
government areas which results had been presented at the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Lafia, the state capital.
His closest
opponent, Mr Labaran Maku won by a landslide in his own local
government, Nasarawa Eggon, but fell short of replicating the feat in
any other local government as he polled a total of 114, 674 votes as
results from four out of the thirteen local government areas of the
state were being awaited.
Results collated
from the nine local councils by the state governorship returning
officer, Prof Abdulmumini Rafindadi, indicates that Al-Makura’s other
major contender, Alhaji Yusuf Agabi of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) scored a total of 79,651 votes.
Governor Al-Makura
carried the day in Keana, Keffi, Wamba, Akwanga, Karu, Kokona and Obi
local government areas, while Maku of APGA won in Nasarawa Eggon local
government area with an unprecedented votes,but Agabi of the PDP was yet
to win a local council.
As results from Awe,
Doma, Toto and Lafia were being awaited it was expected that Al-Makura
would extend his lead given the fact that in previous election Lafia
gave him an unprecedented 83, 000 votes and remained his stronghold in
every election since then.
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