MAMA TARABA REACTS AS PDP BEATS APC IN BY-ELECTION
MAMA TARABA REACTS AS PDP BEATS
APC IN BY-ELECTION
The
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Mr. Dominic Bakundi, has been
declared winner of Taraba State House of Assembly by-election in Ardo-Kola
state constituency.
Bakundi
got 8,848 votes, while Sanusi Usman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got
8,308 to emerge second.
Returning
Officer, Dr. Manu Donga, said Bakundi scored the majority votes and declared
him as the member-elect for Ardo-Kola Taraba State constituency.
Reacting,
Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Arhasan, aka
Mama Taraba, praised the peaceful conduct of the exercise across the 10 wards
of the local government area.
Vanguard
quoted her as hailing the exercise, adding that “transparent conduct of the
election” was an indication that the APC-led government was ready to reform the
electoral process in the country.
Meanwhile, Mama
Taraba, has reacted to speculations that she was “planning” to dump
the APC following the exit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.