Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Diket Pland, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the Plateau central senatorial election.
The Jima Lar, INEC returning officer, on Saturday, announced that Pland polled 131,129 votes to win the election.
Yohanna Gotom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second with 127,022 votes, while Garba Pwul of the Labour Party (LP) came third with 36,510 votes.
“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,” Lar said.
Earlier, INEC declared APC Ibrahim Bomai as the winner of the Yobe south senatorial district election.
Bomai scored 69,596 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Halilu Mazagane of the PDP who polled 68,885 votes.
