BREAKING: INEC Declares Winner of Re-Run Senatorial Election, See New Breakdown of APC, PDP, LP Senators

• The APC has been declared the winner of the Plateau Central senatorial district rerun election by the returning officer of INEC
• INEC said Diket Plang of the APC defeated the PDP's Yohanna Gotom as well as his counterparts in the Labour Party, Garba Pwul
• The declaration of Plang has increased the number of APC senators in the forthcoming 10th assembly from 57-59 while the PDP and Labour Party still retain their seats

Hon. Diket Plang, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Plateau State central senatorial zone in the ongoing rerun election.

According to Daily Trust, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)'s returning officer in the senatorial district, Jim Lar, announced Plang as the winner of the poll at the headquarters of the commission in the zone in Pankshin with 131,129 votes.

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Lar noted that the APC candidate was ahead of his counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party, Yohanna Gotom and Garba Pwul, who scored 127,022 and 36,510 votes, respectively

The returning officer's statement reads in part:

“Hon Diket Plang, having scored the highest votes at the election and having satisfied the requirements of the law, has been declared the winner of the Plateau State Central Senatorial zone and returned elected.”

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This will be the second senatorial victory for the APC, as the ruling party was earlier declared the winner of the Yobe South senatorial re-run election.

The victory made the number of APC senators in the forthcoming 10th assembly increase from 57 to 59, while the PDP have 33 and Labour Party owns 7.

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This was disclosed by Bayo Onanuga, a chieftain of the APC and an aide to the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a Tweet on his Twitter page while reacting to the victory.

See the tweet here:

PDP vs APC: Tinubu's lawyer reveals major error in Atiku's petition

Legit.ng earlier reported that APC chieftain, Bayo Onanuga, has disclosed that Bola Tinubu's lawyers have seen some absurdity in the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar and the PDP against the president-elect.

According to Onanuga, the PDP and Atiku had claimed that there were issues with results of 10 states But Tinubu did not win any of the 10 states.

However, 9 of the 10 states in question were won by Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party was 1 was won by Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP.

Source: Legit.ng