Mama Taraba Of APC Is Defeated In Taraba Re-run Governorship Election

Summary: At the end of collation of votes for Saturday’s supplementary election in the state, Ms. Al-Hasan got 13,599 votes to trail the Peoples Democratic Party’s Darius Ishiaku, who garnered 53,120 votes.

Jummai Al-Hassan

The 2015 governorship in Taraba state enjoyed huge following across the country with several activists and young people backing the APC candidate to make history as the first female governor in the country’s history.



In fact, as results of the election from local government areas trickled into INEC office in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, on April 11, Ms. Al-Hasan, fondly known as Mama Taraba by supporters, at some point overtook her main challenger, Mr. Ishiaku.

This triggered nationwide celebration by people who thought Ms. Al-hasan was on her way to dislodging the PDP from the state in a historic win.

Mr. Ishiaku

But as more votes arrived from remote local governments, it emerged that Ms. Al-Hasan was actually trailing her challenger.

At the end of INEC’s final collation that day, the election was declared inconclusive because the margin of Mr. Ishiaku’s victory was lower than the number of registered voters in areas where elections either did not hold or were cancelled due to irregularities.

Yesterday’s supplementary election held in those areas, with Mr. Ishiaku getting the most votes.

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