PDP Defeats APC in Taraba Re-run Elections

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PDP Defeats APC in Taraba Re-run Elections
 
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last Saturday defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) in all the supplementary elections conducted in Taraba State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted supplementary elections into Sardauna/Gashaka/Kurmi federal constituency as well as Ardo/Kola and Mbamga state constituencies as ordered by the Court of Appeal, Yola.
Announcing the results of the elections at a press conference in Jalingo , the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Habu Hinna stated that the candidate of the PDP, Mr  Dan-Asabe Hosea won the Sardauna/Kurmi/Gashaka Federal constituency with 37,645 votes as against his closest rival Ibrahim Elsudi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with  37,609 votes.
In the same vein, Mr Hinna announced that former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Abel Peter Diah of the PDP polled 7,  825 to defeat Mr  Emmanuel Bongo of APC who scored 5, 642 votes to emerge winner of Mbamnga Constituency.
Similarly, according to the REC, Mr Emmanuel Dame  of PDP won the Ardo Kola state constituency election with 12,138 while his rival, Alhaji Sanusi Wale of the APC polled 11,047 votes.
The Commissioner thanked all the stakeholders for ensuring that the elections were conducted in the affected areas peacefully saying the elections were a huge success.
There were initial apprehensions about the peaceful conduct of the elections particularly in Sardauna local government area where there were violent clashes among supporters of PDP and APC thereby raising fears and security concerns.
However, the elections were generally peaceful in the three local government areas and were generally adjudged to be credible, free and fair.

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