BREAKING: INEC Announces Dachungyang and Asama Plateau Senate/Rep Re-run election winners

February 5, 2024 Salisu Hamisu Ali

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Plateau State branch, has declared Pam Mwadkwon of the Action Democratic Party ADP the winner of Saturday’s Plateau North Senatorial rerun election

The returning officer of the election, Professor Nestor Chagok, on Monday in Jos announced Pam Dachungyang the winner of the rerun election having scored the highest votes of 122,442votes to beat the first runner-up, Yakub Muhammad Safiu of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) who pulled 53,980 votes.

Similarly
Daniel Asama of the Labour Party LP, was declared winner of Saturday’s re-run election for Jos North and Bassa Federal Constituency.

The returning officer of the election, Prof. James Damen also announced that he scored the highest votes of 66,422 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Muhammad Alkali of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) who garnered and seventy 61,670
Votes. while Hon. Suleiman Kwande of the PRP scored11,054 Votes.
Also the Candidate of the APC Hon. Ibrahim Baba Hassan pulled a total of 10,063 Votes in the election.

Our correspondent recalled that the Appeal court had directed INEC to conduct a rerun election in Six Local Government of Plateau North Senatorial District and the PDP candidate whose election was nullified was excluded from the ballot.