The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State, Kefas Agbu, has been declared the Governor-elect having scored the highest number of votes in the 18 March election.
M.A. Abdulazeez, a professor and returning officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, said Mr Agbu polled 302,614 votes to defeat the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Muhammad Yahaya, who scored 202,277 votes, Channels TV reports.
The results were declared by INEC in Jalingo, the state capital, according to Channels.
He said, ”The PDP candidate, having won majority votes and satisfied all requirements of the law is declared winner of the Saturday polls and returned elected”.
Meanwhile, the governor-elect Agbu has described his victory as a triumph of the people’s will.
Agbu, a retired Nigerian army lieutenant colonel and former PDP state chairman, said that the battle was a very tough one. He, however, noted that in every contest, there was bound to be a winner and a loser.
He urged all contestants to get onboard to build the Taraba of the future.
Gov. Darius Ishaku on his part congratulated the governor-elect and said that he was happy to be handing over to another PDP governor. (NAN)