PDP Wins Taraba Governorship Election

BEVERLY HILLS, April 26, (THEWILL) – Mr. Daruis Ishaku, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Taraba State governorship election following his victory in Saturday's supplementary poll.

The Returning Officer, Prof Kyari Mohammed, who announced the result on Sunday in Jalingo, said Ishaku scored 369,318 votes to emerge victorious.

Senator Aisha Alhassan (Mama Taraba) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came second with 275,984 votes, while Chief David Kente of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), polled 29, 966 votes.

The INEC official 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 were 174,131.

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