Bokkos (Plateau) – Mr Titus Alams, Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, PDP, Bokkos on Saturday lost his bid to return to the house.
Alams lost the seat to the All Progressives Party (APC) candidate, Mr Sunday Mallo who polled 30,851 votes in the result declared by the Returning Officer, Dr Kagoro Benjamin.
Alams polled 21,331 to concede the seat.
“I, Dr Kagoro Benjamin, the returning officer for Bokkos Local Government, declare that Mr Sunday Mallo having satisfied the requirement of the law and having scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner and returned as elected, “ he declared.
In Pankshin, Mr Diket Plang of the PDP, who is also the House Committee Chairman, lost the Pankshin North Constituency seat to another APC candidate, Mrs Alice Nimlong.
Dr Ajai Philip, the Returning Officer, declared that Nimlong scored 17, 782 votes against Plang’s 16,134 votes to clinch the seat.
A former Speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly, Mr Istifanus Mwansat, PDP, beat the APC candidate, Mr Gideon Dashe to retain his seat in the Pankshin South Constituency.
The Returning Officer, Dr Joel Barde, declared Mwansat winner with a total score of 9, 841 against Dashe’s 8, 997 votes.
In Kanke Local Government, PDP candidate, Mr Jacob Kassam scored 23, 480 to be declared winner over his APC rival Mr Emmanuel Jankanwa, who scored 17, 458 votes.
The Returning Officer, Mr Emmanuel Ramson accordingly declared him winner of the poll having scored the highest number of votes.
The result from Kanam Local Government showed that PDP and APC shared the two seats in the council with APC clinching Dengi constituency while PDP won at Kantana constituency.
APC candidate, Mr Saleh Shehu, scored 17, 282 votes to beat PDP candidate, Hajia Hadiza Usman who polled 11, 736 votes for the Dengi constituency.
The PDP candidate at Kantana constituency, Mr Yusuf Adamu, scored 16, 124 votes against APC’s Ismaila Bala’s score of 9,811 votes to win the seat. (NAN)
