The All Progressives Congress has won the 13 chairmanship positions out of the 147 wards in the just-concluded local government elections in Nasarawa State.
The Chairman of the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), Barr. Ayuba Usman, made the declaration Sunday evening at the Commission’s headquarters in Lafia, the state capital.
The results of the 2nd November elections were announced, to usher in chairmen and councillors of the thirteen local government areas and 147 electoral wards in the state.
He announced that the candidates of the All Progressives Congress won the 13 chairmanship positions and out of the 147 wards, 140 APC candidates won councillorship, while the Social Democratic Party (SDP) won five and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) won two.
He gave a breakdown of the results for Chairmanship seats as thus; Lafia (217573), Doma (70545), Keana (35094), Awe (59206), Obi (93486), Keffi (74419), Kokona (53057), Akwanga (82075), Toto (43792), Karu (146450), Wamba (39377), Nasarawa (96358) and Nasarawa-Eggon (94497).
He noted that the exercise was entirely peaceful, expressing profound appreciation to the voting public for their unwavering resolve towards entrenching democracy at the grassroots level.
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