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Governor Ishaku re-elected in Taraba

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EMMANUEL AWARI, Jalingo

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Darius Ishaku, as the winner of the 2019 governorship election held on Saturday in Taraba State.

The Returning Officer for the election,  Prof  Shehu Iya, at about 3.50 am Tuesday at the INEC office in Jalingo pronounced Darius Dickson Ishiaku, who is the incumbent governor, as the winner having satisfied the requirement of the law.

The returning officer, a professor at the Modibo Adama University, Yola, announced that the PDP scored a total vote of 520, 433 while the All Progressives Congress (APC) recorded 362, 735 across the 16 LGAs.

According to the breakdown of the results from the 16 LGAs, the PDP won 12 LGAs while the APC candidate, Sani Danladi claimed victory in the four other LGAs.

PDP’s biggest tally was recorded in Wukari LGA where the party pulled a total of 92,527 while the APC had 34,995 votes

The PDP also had it nice in Takum LGA where the present governor hails from as they recorded 50,562 votes compared to APC’s 14,014.

For the APC, their biggest win was in Jalingo LGA where the party got 58,511 compared to the PDP’s 31,917

In all, the Total Registered Voters for Saturday’s election was 1, 777, 105 while the Total Accredited Voters were 931539.

The valid votes from Saturday’s polls were 909,716 and the total votes cast was 925320.

The rejected votes across the 16 LGAs were 15604.

Final Results of the 16 LGAs released

1) GASSOL L GA:  APC: 46,385; PDP: 28,181; UDP: 1577

2) Zing LGA: APC: 7105; PDP: 31,619; UDP: 699

3) ARDO-KOLA LGA:  APC: 19,617; PDP: 22,208; UDP: 576

4) YORRO LGA:  APC: 6,712; PDP: 16,278; UDP: 725

5) LAU LGA: APC; 12,542; PDP; 20,881; UDP 659

6) USSA LGA: APC: 10,209; PDP: 20,567; UDP: 1,795

7) TAKUM LGA: APC: 14,014; PDP: 50,562; UDP: 1676

8) GASHAKA L GA:  APC: 10,746; PDP: 12,592; UDP: 505

9) JALINGO LG A:  APC: 58,511; PDP: 31,917; UDP: 1698

10) BALI L GA:  APC: 31,357; PDP: 34,744; UDP: 476

11) IBI LG A:  APC: 18,616; PDP: 13,630; UDP: 253

12) DONGA L GA:  APC: 13,707;  PDP: 42,696; UDP: 1834

13) Wukari LGA:  APC: 34,995; PDP: 92,527; UDP: 1638

  1. Kurmi LGA: APC: 3815; PDP: 28,519; UDP: 595
  2. Karim Lamido LGA: APC: 44, 480; PDP: 34, 892; UDP : 1327
  3. Sardauna: APC: 29, 924; PDP: 38, 618

PDP has never lost Governorship Election in Taraba since 1999.

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