By Busari Kabirat
Daniel Asama, under the Labour Party (LP), has been declared the winner of the House of Representatives for Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency from last Saturday’s election rerun.
Prof. James Garba, who is the Returning Officer, made the declaration that Asama is the winner with 66,422 votes to win Mohammed Gwani of Peoples Redemption Party, (PRP), with 61,670 votes.
Prince Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang, the candidate of Action Democratic Party, (ADP), has been declared winner of the Plateau North senatorial from the rerun election.
Prof. Nestor Chagok, the Returning Officer of the senatorial rerun election, announced the results in the early hours of Monday, said Prince Dachungyang of the (ADP), polled 122,442 votes to win Yakub Muhammad Safiu of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), who got 53,980 votes.
Christopher Musa Giwa, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), polled 39,132 votes, while Barr. Gyang Zi of the (LP), polled 33,243 votes.
It should be recalled that the Court of Appeal in Abuja cancelled the election of PDP’s Musa Agah and Sen. Simon Mwadkon, last year and ordered for a rerun election within 90 days, likewise the PDP excluded from the ballot paper by INEC, citing the aforementioned judgement.
