Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku, loses Senatorial election

The Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku, has lost his election bid for Taraba South Senatorial District in the National Assembly.

In the results collated by INEC, Governor Ishaku who polled a total of 45, 708 votes lost to his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart in the district, David Jimkuta, who secured 85,415 votes.

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Michael Magaji came third with 4,133.

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