by Damilola Jagun

If/when Senator Jummai Aisha Alhassan becomes the governor of Taraba state… she won’t be the first female governor in Nigeria’s democratic history.

What she will be is – the first elected female governor ever recorded.

Virginia Etiaba, who became governor in Anambra after then governor Peter Obi was impeached, holds the title of the first female to govern a state.

According to early votes, Alhassan is leading the People Democratic Party’s Darius Ishaku by a wide margin in Taraba.

Nigerians, especially the female gender, are already celebrating in advance of the official announcement by INEC.

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