Natasha Akpoti Declared Winner of Kogi's Central Senate Election By Tribunal

 

 On Wednesday, the  Kogi State Election  Petitions Court annulled Senator Abubakar Ohere's  victory  as the winner of the Kogi  central  senatorial election. 

  The court also declared Natasha Akpoti Uduagan the de facto winner of February's Senate elections.  

 The  presiding judge  of the  court, K.A. Orjiako,  who read the unanimous  verdict  of the  trio,  said  Ohere's  results  at  nine polling  stations in the  Ajaokuta Local Government Area (LGA)  were overstated and Natasha's  in  the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  area. He said her results were deliberately lowered. The  three other  investigative  units  yielded the same results for Natasha  that  were intentionally  not entered  into her  LGA. 

  After  making the  appropriate corrections, the court  declared Natasha of the  People's  Democratic Party (PDP)  the winner  with  54,074  votes and Mr. Ohere  (APC)  with 51,291 votes.  

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