Just In: Bwacha wins Taraba APC Guber primary rerun
By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
The senator representing Taraba south, Dr Emmanuel Bwacha, has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress APC governorship primary election rerun for Taraba state.
Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd.) Chairman of the Electoral Committee, while announcing the result of the primary which held in Jalingo, announced that senator Bwacha scored 778 votes to defeat his close challenger, senator Yusuf Yusuf who polled 5 votes out of the 796 total votes cast in the exercise.
Buratai earlier announced that a total of 840 delegates were expected to participate in the exercise but only 796 were accredited.
Our Correspondent reports that other aspirants who contested in the election, Chief David Sabo Kente, Dr. Anthony Manzo, Barr. Danladi Kifasi and Engr. Sale Mamma both got zero vote, while eight votes were declared invalid.
Responding, Bwacha described the result as a confirmation that people of the state were truly yearning for good governance in Taraba state.
Bwacha, while commending Gen. Buratai, the APC and the Independent national electoral Commission for a credible exercise, also thanked the delegates for supporting him and promised to ensure dividend of democracy for the people if elected the next governor of Taraba state.
