Isaac Alfa, former chief of air staff and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been declared winner of the Kogi east senatorial re-run election held on Saturday.
Announcing the result in Idah on Sunday, Lucky Ovwhasa, a professor and the returning officer of the election, said Alfa polled 57,575 votes to defeat five other candidates.
He said that the candidates of Mega People Political Party (MPPP), United Progressives Party (UPP), KOWA, ACPN and Labour Party scored 1,793 votes, 888 votes 498 votes, 349 votes and 11,908 votes respectively.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) did not participate in the exercise due to an appeal court judgment prohibiting it from fielding a candidate.
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The senatorial election, according to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), held in 236 out of the 1,080 policing units in the area,
The returning officer announced that only 140, 297 voters out of the 643,559 registered voters in the area participated in the election.
Earlier, on Saturday, Haruna Idoko of the APC had been declared winner of the Idah state constituency re-run election.
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According to Femi Ajayi, a professor and the returning officer of the election, Idoko polled 8,346 votes to beat his closest rival, James Ukwubile of the PDP, who scored 8,274 votes.
The result of Ofu state constituency re-run is still being awaited.
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