By Gbenga Abulude
All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Ismail Danbaba, has won the bye-election for the Nasarawa state House of Assembly seat.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Mr Iiyasu Umar, announced the result of the bye-election conducted on Saturday in Nasarawa. He said the APC candidate, Danbaba scored 7,475 to defeat Mr Bage Nuhu of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who got 4,608 votes.
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Danbaba is from the state’s Central Constituency.
At the bye-election, 12,217 votes were cast, while 12,083 valid votes were recorded with 134 rejected votes.
INEC had scheduled the Nasarawa Central bye-election following the death of the member representing Nasarawa Central constituency at the state House of Assembly, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu (APC), on April 30.
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