Photo: Sen Abdullahi Adamu
APC National Chairman humiliated again as another SDP candidate, Akwashiki, wins Nasarawa Senate seat
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen Abdullahi Adamu has been humiliated again in his home state, Nasarawa after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sen. Godiya Akwashiki of the Social Democractic Party (SDP), as the winner of Saturday’s election for Nasarawa North Senatorial District.
Akwashiki is the second SDP candidate from Nasarawa State to win, following in the footsteps of Aliyu Wadada, who defeated Umar Tukur, a protege of APC National Chairman, Sen Abdullahi Adamu, to clinch seat of Adamu’s senatorial zone.
Announcing the results, INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Ilemona Adofu of Federal University, Lafia, in the early hours of Monday in Akwanga, declared Akwashiki as the winner with 44,471 votes.
Akwashiki defeated the former Executive Secretary, National Judicial Commission (NJC), Alhaji Danladi Halilu Envuluanza of the All Progressives Congress, who scored 32,058 votes.
According to the Returning Officer, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 11,212 votes, New Nigeria Peoples Party 4,083 votes and All Progressives Grand Alliance 1,455 votes, among others.
“Godiya Akwashiki of SDP having scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared as the winner of the election conducted on the 25th of February for Nasarawa North North Senatorial District,” Adofu said.
The Returning Officer said that the total registered votes in the zone was 338,042.
He added that votes cast were 101,863 while valid votes were 99,687 and rejected votes were 2,176.
