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Kogi Central: Natasha Akpoti Loses Bid to APC Candidate
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has lost her bid for the Kogi Central Senatorial District.
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has lost her bid for the Kogi Central Senatorial District.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25 election.
Rotimi Ajayi, the INEC Returning Officer for Kogi central senatorial district, announced the result on Tuesday in Okene.
He said Mr Sadiku-Ohere garnered 52,132 votes against Ms Akpoti-Uduaghan’s 51,763 to clinch the seat, a difference of 369 votes between them.
“Engineer Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the APC, having scored the highest votes in the election for the Kogi Central Senatorial seat, is hereby declared the winner and is therefore returned elected,” Mr Ajayi said.
The APC candidate went into jubilation immediately after declaring the result, chanting, “we have won”.
(NAN)
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