PLATEAU: Female Professor Nora Daduut wins Plateau South Senatorial bye-lection

A FEMALE professor, Nora Daduut, has been declared winner of Saturday’s Plateau South Senatorial bye-election.

Daduut is a Professor of French Language.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled a total of 83,15104 votes, while Hon. George Daika, her Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, garnered 70,838 votes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Lafia, Professor Idris Amale, therefore declared Daddut as the winner of the election.

The candidate of the APC defeated her closest opponent in four local government areas in the senatorial zone, namely Shendam, Wade, Quan’pan, and Mikang, while the PDP candidate won in two local government areas; Langtang North and Langtang South.

INEC had rescheduled the bye-election into Plateau South which became vacant due to the demise of the former occupant, Ignatius Datong Longjan.

Longjan, a former Deputy Governor of Plateau State died in October at the Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja hospital after a brief illness.