Hopes of female governor dashed, as PDP wins Taraba

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Darius Ishaku, governor-elect in Taraba State
Darius Ishaku of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Taraba supplementary governorship election held on Saturday.
The Returning Officer, Prof Kyari Mohammed, who announced the result on Sunday in Jalingo, said Ishaku scored 369,318 votes to emerge victorious.
He said Sen. Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came second with 275,984 votes, while Chief David Kente of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), polled 29, 966 votes.
The returning officer said the there were 1,461,645 total registered voters in the state, of which 787,516 were accredited for the election.
Mohammed said that the total valid votes …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper