The incumbent Senator representing Nasarawa North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Godiya Akwashiki, has won his bid to return to the red chambers in the just concluded National Assembly elections in Nasawara State.
Akwashiki who won on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), defeated his closest rival, Danladi Envulu-anza of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the elections, which held last Saturday.
After the final collation of results in Akwanga, the INEC Returning offficer, Illemona Adofu said Akwashiki scored a total votes of 44,471 against Envulu-anza’s with 32,058 votes to emerge victorious.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nathaniel Aboki, got 11,212 votes while a former Senator, John Danboyi of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), got 4,083 votes, with Musa Wen of the Labour Party (LP) coming slightly ahead of NNPP with 4,520 votes.
Also, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Ahmed Wadada, has won the Nasarawa West Senatorial election in the just-concluded 2023 general elections in the State.
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Nasarawa West is the Senatorial District of the incumbent National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, and he was the last occupant of the Senatorial seat before his present position.
Wadada scored 96,488 votes to beat the APC’s candidate, Shehu Ahmed Tukur, to emerge winner of the Nasarawa West Senatorial district election in the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Monday.
According to the results, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) got 46,820 and 23,228 votes respectfully.
In another feat, the PDP candidate for Nasarawa South Senatorial District, Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo, has been declared winner in the National Assembly elections.
The Returning Officer of the election, Professor Ahmed Yakubu Ashuku, while announcing the results said Onawo got 93,064 votes.
He stated that the candidate of the APC, Senator Tanko Al-Makura, scored 76,813 votes.
The results of the election was announced under tight security.
