INEC Declares Jos North/ Bassa Federal Constituency Election Inconclusive, As ID Gyang Wins Senatorial Seat For Plateau North
Yakubu Busari
“The Controversy Surrounding the last Saturday’s National Assembly Elections in Plateau State might have been laid to rest, as INEC finally announced the results five days after the elections were conducted.”
Professor Christopher Vande; the Coalition and Returning officer for the Plateau North Senatorial zone had on Thursday declared the NASS Elections Result in the state.
A Federal House of Representatives Member – Hon. Istisfanu Dalyop Gyang, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been declared winner of the Plateau Northern Senatorial Polls after defeating his close rival Hon. Rufus Bature of the All Progressives Congress, APC .
Hon. I.D. Gyang of the PDP scored the highest number of votes cast with a total number of 269,555 to defeat his close opponent Rufus Bature of APC who scored 171,233.
Professor Christopher Vande announced the results of the district’s National Assembly elections where Hon. I. D. Gyang was returned as the Senator-elect.
Meanwhile, the Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency elections were declared inconclusive and a rerun was ordered in Tudun Wada/Kabong at a date to be subsequently determined by INEC.
In a statement credited to Dr. Jock Alexander of the Electoral Umpire, the challenges of conducting a hitch-free election have forced the commission to declare the exercise inconclusive. Meanwhile, the results brought to the public domain through the Media had the APC scoring 87,361 and PDP scoring 53,416.
The National Assembly elections were conducted last Saturday, 23rd, February 2019. The major contenders for the Senatorial seat were Rufus Bature of the APC and Istifanus D. Gyang of the PDP; where the APC Candidate, scored 171, 233 and the PDP – 269,555 to emerge victorious.
