No fewer than five Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) have lost their bids for the senate after Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Ayade, who is serving out his two-term as Governor, sought to replace Agom-Jarigbe as the Senator.
Ayade, who was in the Senate between 2011 and 2015, lost with 56,595 votes against Agom-Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 76,145 votes.
The returning officer, Emmanuel Emanghe, who spoke on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the result of the polls around 3:05 a.m. on Monday.
- Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP)
- Samuel Ortom (PDP)
- Simon Lalong (APC)
- Abubakar Bagudu (APC)
- Ben Ayade (APC)
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