The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Governor Douye Diri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for last Saturday’s election as winner of the the poll.
Announcing the result at INEC headquarters in Yenagoa, the Returning Officer for the state and Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Prof. Kuta Farouk, said Diri polled a total of 175,196 votes to defeat Timipre Sylva, the APC candidate, who polled 110,108 votes.
