The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, candidate, Mr. Dominic Bakundi, has been declared winner of Taraba State
House of Assembly by-election in Ardo-Kola state constituency.
Bakundi got 8,848 votes, while
Sanusi Usman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got 8,308 to emerge second.
Returning Officer, Dr. Manu
Donga, said Bakundi scored the majority votes and declared him as the
member-elect for Ardo-Kola Taraba State constituency.
Reacting, Minister for Women
Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Arhasan, aka Mama Taraba, praised
the peaceful conduct of the exercise across the 10 wards of the local
government area.
Vanguard quoted her as hailing
the exercise, adding that “transparent conduct of the election” was an
indication that the APC-led government was ready to reform the electoral
process in the country.
Meanwhile, Mama Taraba, has
reacted to speculations that she was “planning” to dump the APC following the
exit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
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