A former Chief of Air Staff, AVM Isaac Alfa of Peoples Democratic Party has been declared winner of Kogi East Senatorial re-run election held on Saturday with 57,575 votes, defeating five other candidates.
Returning Officer, Professor Lucky Ovwhasa said candidates of ACPN, KOWA, MPPP, UPP and the Labour Party scored 1,793, 888, 498, 349 and 11,908 votes, respectively.
The senatorial election was held in eight out of the nine local governments in Kogi East senatorial district. They are Bassa, Dekina, Ankpa, Olamaboro, Ofu, Idah, Igalamela/Odolu and Ibaji.
The election was held in 236 out of the 1,080 polling units in the senatorial district, while only 140,297 out of the 643,559 registered voters in the area participated in the election that was conducted by 1,390 personnel.
All Progressives Congress, APC, did not participate in the election due to an Appeal Court judgment banning it from contesting.
