Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col. Kefas Agbu (Retd), as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Taraba State.
Agbu polled 257,926 votes to defeat the candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof. Sani Yahaya, who got 202,278 votes, and Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha of the APC who scored 141,592 votes.
The Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Muhammed Abdulaziz, declared the results in the early hours of Tuesday.
He said: “The PDP candidate, having won majority votes and satisfied all requirements of the law is declared winner of Saturday’s polls and returned elected.”
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Meanwhile, the governor-elect has described his victory as a triumph of the people’s will.
Agbu, who said the battle was a very tough one, noted that in every contest, there was bound to be a winner and a loser.
He urged all contestants to get onboard to build a Taraba of the future.
Governor Darius Ishaku, on his part, congratulated the governor-elect, saying he was happy to be handing over to another PDP governor.
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