Governor Tanko Al-makura of the All Progressives Congress, has been declared winner of the April 11 governorship election in Nasarawa State with 309,746 votes.
Mr Al-makura emerged victorious, winning in 12 out of the 13 Local Government Areas, leaving Mr Labaran Maku of APGA in second place with 178,983 votes.
The APC has also won 19 out of the 24 seats at the State House of Assembly while the PDP won Five seats, relinquishing the majority it has enjoyed since 2011.
Declaring the result, the Nasarawa State Returning Officer, Prof. Ado Rafindadi, said that Governor Al-makura had met all requirements according to the Electoral Act.
Governor Al-makura had told Channels Television on Saturday that he was confident of victory after he had observed the peaceful conduct of the election in the state.
Some of the Nasarawa voters who spoke to Channels Television also attributed the peaceful conduct of the governorship and state assembly election to the deployment of the card readers which they said reduced irregularities in the state.
