March 20, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Caleb Mutfwang, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Plateau State.
The INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Idris Amali, who declared the results, said Mutfwanhg polled a total of 525,299 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nentawe Yilwatda of the All Progressives (APC), who secured 481,370 votes.
The Labour Party candidate, Patrick Dakum, clinched the third position with 60,310 votes recorded across the 17 local government areas
Mutfwang won in 10 of the 17 local government areas in the state, while the APC candidate won in seven.
