APC’s Plateau Governor, Simon Lalong Re-Elected For A Second

APC’s Plateau Governor, Simon Lalong Re-Elected For A Second

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has been re-elected for a
second term. The Returning Officer for the election, Professor Richard
Kimbir, announced the results this morning at the collation centre for
the governorship election in Jos, the state capital.

According to him, the governor who is the candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) was returned elected after polling the
highest number of votes in the keenly contested poll. .
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Governor Lalong got a total of 595,582 votes ahead of his closest rival
and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jerry Useni, who
polled 546,813 votes. He was declared the winner two weeks after the
governorship election held on March 9 in Plateau and 28 other states in
the country. 

The states where election did not hold are Edo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo,
Bayelsa, Kogi, and Anambra. While winners emerged in some states, the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the
governorship election in Plateau and five other states as inconclusive.

Professor Kimbir had explained that the declaration, was as a
result of the margin of a lead of 44,929 between the APC and the PDP
candidates, which was less than the 49,377 cancelled votes.

He added that this constrained him to return a winner but rather declare
the poll inconclusive. This led to the supplementary election which
held in nine local government areas of the state on Saturday, March 23. .

Governor Lalong defeated Mr Useni with a difference of 48,769 votes in the rerun poll. .

The local government where INEC conducted the supplementary election
below: Barkin Ladi LGA – APC: 041  PDP: 296 Jos North LGA – APC: 274 
PDP: 1,036 Shendam LGA – APC: 337  PDP: 80 Bassa LGA – APC: 1,040  PDP:
367 Kanam LGA – APC: 944  PDP: 476 Pankshin LGA – APC: 446  PDP: 151
Bokkos LGA – APC: 1,342  PDP: 1,337 Mangu LGA – APC: 6,931  PDP: 3,520
Langtang South LGA – APC: 972  PDP: 1,224