Abdullahi Sule has been reelected as the governor of Nasarawa State following Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Sule contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Sule as the winner of the election on Monday, March 20.
The returning officer for the state Ishaya Tanko said Sule emerged the winner after polling 347,209 votes to edge his closest rival, David Ombugadu of the People Democratic Party (PDP), who secured 283,016 in the election.
He further stated that Abdullahi Maidoya of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) scored 11,726 votes while the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Mohammed Mustapha got 9,003.
According to the returning officer, the total number of registered voters in the state was 1,899,244 out of which 668,978 were accredited.
The total number of votes cast in the election was 660,805 out of which 6,934 were invalid.