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BREAKING: INEC Declares Winner of Taraba State Governorship Election
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BREAKING: INEC Declares Winner of Taraba State Governorship Election

by  Bada Yusuf 1 min read

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Kefas Agbu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of the Taraba state March 18 governorship election.

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According to Premium Times, INEC returning officer in the state, M.A. Abdulazeez, said Agbu garnered 302,614 votes to defeat his closest rival, Muhammad Yahaya, the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), who polled 202,277 votes.

Kefas Agbu/PDP/Taraba/NNPP/Muhammad Yahaya/2023 Election/Northeast/Arewa
PDP’s Kefas Agbu wins Taraba state governorship election Photo Credit: Kefas Agbu
Source: UGC

Agbu is a former PDP chairman in the state and a retired lieutenant of the Nigerian army.

The results of the poll were declared by INEC in Jalingo, the state capital.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng

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