March 20, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the March 18 governorship election in Nasarawa State.
Sule was declared the winner on Monday morning, in Lafia, by the INEC Collation Officer for the Nasarawa governorship election, Prof. Tanko Ishaya.
The Governor scored 347,209 votes to defeat his closest rival, David Umbugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled a total of 283,016 votes.
Candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Abdullahi Maidoya, came third with 11,726 votes, while that of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mohammed Alfa Nyas, got 9003 votes.
According to INEC, Sule won seven Local Government Areas out of 13 in the State.
The State Collation Officer said the total number of registered voters was 1,899,244, while the number of accredited voters was 668,978.
