The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Caleb Mutfwang, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Plateau State.
INEC’s Returning Officer in the state, Prof Idris Amali, declared Mutfwang as the winner having scored 525,299 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nantawe Yilwatda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored with 481,370 votes.
Patrick Dakum of the Labour Party (LP) came a distant third with 60,310 votes.
The PDP candidate won in 10 out of the 17 LGAs of the State while the ruling APC candidate won in the remaining seven LGAs.