The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Abner Shittu, as winner of the Karim-Lamido 1 State Constituency by-election in Taraba State.
The state INEC’s Returning Officer, Mustapha Sa’ad, declared the results on Sunday.
Sa’ad announced, “Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, I hereby declare Abner Shittu of the All Progressives Congress winner of the Karim 1 State Constituency by-election.”
Shittu polled 5,901 votes to defeat his closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Hon. Ali Kanda, who garnered 5,527 votes.
The African Democratic Congress scored 2,069 votes, while the Social Democratic Party managed 106 votes in the keenly contested election held on Saturday.
The vacancy in the constituency followed the resignation of Mr Mike Dio Jen, who left his seat in the State Assembly to take up an appointment as a commissioner in the Taraba State Executive Council.
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