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In Kaduna, Peter Obi’s Labour Party Snatches Rep. Seat from PDP
...As candidate wins Kaura Federal Constituency
Declaring the result in Kaura on Sunday, the Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Elijah Ella, said Mathew polled 10,508 votes to defeat the incumbent and his closest opponent, Mr. Gideon Gwani of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who got 10,221 votes.
The Returning Officer said Prof. Benjamin Gugong of the All Progressive Congress, APC, came third with 9,919 votes, while Mr. Simon Na’Allah of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, came fourth with 5,354 votes.
Prof. Ella explained that a total of 36,983 voters were accredited, out of the 101,624 registered voters in the LGA.
And of the 36,983 accredited voters, 36,133 cast their votes.
“Mr Donatus Mathew of the Labour Party, having satisfied the requirements of the law by scoring the highest votes, is hereby declared the winner,” he said.
