The Action Democratic Party is leading in five of the six Local Government Areas in the Plateau North Senatorial District re-run election held on Saturday, according to official results.
The Eagle Online reports the showing of the ADP was propelled by the alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party.
It will be recalled that the PDP was barred from the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission over a court ruling that the party was not fit to stand for the election.
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This followed the ruling that the party failed to comply with a court order to have a proper executive in the state.
The Returning Officer for Saturday’s election, Prof. Nestor Chagok, announced that the ADP Candidate, Pam Dachungyang, was leading with 91,184 votes.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Chris Giwa, came a distant second with 31,183, while the Labour Party candidate, Gyang Zi, trailed behind with 20,395.
The results showed that ADP won in all the five LGAs in the district: Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Jos South, Jos East and Riyom.
A breakdown of the results shows that in Barkin Ladi, ADP polled 19,663, APC got 4,700 and LP 7,989
In Jos South, ADP got 38,605, APC 11,416 and LP 6,638 and in Jos East, ADP got 7,750, APC 2,817, and LP 2,725.
In Riyom, ADP polled I2,130, APC 4,342, LP 1,942, while in Bassa, ADP scored 13,036, APC 7,908 and LP 6,101.
The outstanding result for Jos LGA was still being collated at the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, the Returning Officer for Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency, Prof. James Damen, has announced that the LP candidate, Daniel Asama, was leading in the only local government where the election took place in the constituency.
According to the result as announced by Damen, LP scored 22,963 to lead PRP with 6,074 and APC 4,782.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the rerun election for the 16 polling units in the constituency was rescheduled for Sunday because of the alleged missing ballot papers.
The rescheduled election was still ongoing at the time of filing this report.
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