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 Almakura
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 Almakura 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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