Anza of APC wins Nasarawa senatorial election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Danladi Halilu Envulu-Anza of All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winner of the Nasarawa North Senatorial By-Election held on Saturday. Aminu Ali, the Returning Officer for the Senatorial Bye-Election, announced the result on Sunday at the College of Education, Akwanga, declaring Envulu-Anza duly elected after polling the highest number of votes cast in the election. Announcing the final results, Ali said the APC candidate secured 45,362 votes to defeat his closest rivals in the keenly contested poll. According to the results declared by INEC, Labaran Maku, the Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), came second with 12,931 votes, while David Emmanuel Ombugadu, Candidate of the People s Democratic Party (PDP), garnered 11,570 votes.