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Plateau Gets First Female Senator

The by-election was conducted on December 5 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Ignatius Longjan which occurred on February 9.

Plateau South Senator-elect, Professor Nora Dadu’ut / Photo credit: TheCable

Professor Nora Dadu’ut has emerged the winner of the Plateau South senatorial race held on Saturday, making her the first female senator from the state.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared her winner of the by-election.

Dadu’ut who contested the election on the platform of the APC, polled 83,151 votes to defeat her closest challenger, Mr. George Daika, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 70,838 votes; a margin of 12,313 votes.

The by-election was conducted on December 5 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Ignatius Longjan which occurred on February 9.

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