Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State has lost his senatorial bid for the Taraba South to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, David Jimkuta.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC returning officer for the election Prof. Solomon Adeyeye, who announced the results on Monday in Wukari, said Jimkuta polled 85,415 votes to defeat Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who polled 45,708 votes.
Adeyeye said, “By the powers conferred on me as returning officer, I hereby announce and declare David Jimkuta as the winner of the just concluded Taraba South Senatorial district election.”
Jimkuta expressed gratitude to the teeming youths and security agencies for ensuring the necessary peaceful environment for the successful conduct of the elections.
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