The results of the Niger State governorship election held on Saturday have been announced, and Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner.
After announcing the tallied results on Monday afternoon, Prof. Clement Alawa, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, pronounced him the election’s victor.
Announcing the collated votes, he said the APC candidate scored 469,896 votes and won in 20 local government areas of the State as against candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kantigi, who garnered 387,476 votes and won in the remaining five local government areas of the State.
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