Thursday, November 7

Elections: APC Candidate Beats Natasha Akpoti To Win Kogi Central Senatorial Seat

Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has been declared winner of Kogi central senatorial district.

He defeated Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Announcing the results, Rotimi Ajayi, INEC returning officer for Kogi central senatorial district, said Sadiku-Ohere garnered 52,132 votes to beat Natasha who had 51,763 votes.

He added that Engineer Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere having scored the highest votes in the election for the Kogi central senatorial seat is hereby declared winner, and is therefore returned elected,”.

Just last week Thursday, Akpoti-Uduaghan accused the Kogi government of trying to disenfranchise voters in the state.

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