Governor Douye Diri has been declared the winner of Saturday’s Governorship Elections held in the state.
The Independent Mirror reported that State Governorship Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Lafia, Prof Farouk Kuta noted that the elections were contested and Diri of the PDP having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate fought off his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart Timipre Sylva in a fiercely contested exercise in the oil-rich state.
Diri, got a total of 175,196 votes while Sylva polled 110,108 votes. The figures meant the PDP flag-bearer beat his closest rival by 65,088 votes.
The Labour Party (LP) scored a total of 905 votes to come a distant third.
