Nasarawa Central bye election: PDP lost to APC, As winner declared amidst tighten security

From Ibrahim Keffi, Lafia

Declaring the result of the just concluded bye election into Nasarawa Central, State Constituency in Nasarawa state last night in Nasarawa, The Returning Officer, Mr Iiyasu Umar said the  APC  candidate Ismail Danbaba scored 7,475 to defeat Mr Bage Nuhu of Peoples Democratic Party who got 4,608 votes.

Mr Iliyasu Umar stated that the bye Election had 12,217 total votes cast out of which 12,083 were valid votes with 234 rejected votes.

The results of the election was announced under the supervision of INEC National Commissioner in charge of Kogi, Nasarawa and Kwara states Alhaji Mohammed Haruna amidst heavy security presence.