The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Tafida Sadiq Abbas of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency bye-election. Abbas was declared winner of the election conducted on Wednesday after polling 19,681 votes to defeat his closest contenders, Umar Innocent Patrick of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who received a total of 16,379 votes and Ibrahim Aminu Malle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 12,662 votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is conducting re-run and bye-elections for some national and state legislative seats across 26 states of
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