How Pwajok clinches Plateau North senatorial bye election

Gyang Pwajok

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate in the Plateau North Senatorial bye-election, Gyang Pwajok the winner of the elections held in six local government areas which constitute the northern senatorial zone.

Candidates representing six political parties – Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Democratic People’s Party (DPP), All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) and the Labour Party (LP), contested election to replace Senator Gyang Dantong, who died on July 8, in a stampede when gunmen attacked mourners at Maseh, a village in Riyom District.

However, only three candidates contested the bye-election for the vacant position in the state house of assembly.

In spite of the heavy downpour, the electorates were not deterred as they troop out to exercise their civic rights to cast their votes. The young and the old were all out to determine the representative in their zone.

Security arrangement was beef up with security chiefs going round the zone to ensure that there was no breach of peace, with plateau state police commissioner, Dipo Ayeni leading the patrol team on inspection.

Announcing the results for the senatorial bye-election at the INEC collation centre in Jos, the Returning Officer for the zone, Professor Fatima Sawa of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi pronounced the PDP candidate as winners having scored majority votes and satisfied the requirements according to the electoral law.

The PDP candidate, Pwajok polled 195,349 votes to floor other contestants who polled the following votes; Colonel John Dungs (rtd) of DPP – 38,847; Chris Giwa  of APGA – 36,245; Danladi Atu of ANPP – 30,132; Jonathan Yusufu Pam of CAN – 27,609; Dah Adeh Lumumba of LP – 25,527

In the Plateau state house of assembly elections for Barkin Ladi constituency, Kaneng Gyang Fulani of PDPemerged winners with 33, 549 votes to defeat two other contestants, Bulus Bot of DPP with 6, 718 and Ezekiel Gyang of ACN with 4, 267
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